diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/inode.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/inode.c
index b3962c3a03480ca16a36dcdb98c44cf4dc6839ad..5be40aa483fdb8644a3667e5480449cdc40e30a6 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/inode.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/inode.c
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ spufs_setattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *attr)
static int
spufs_new_file(struct super_block *sb, struct dentry *dentry,
- struct file_operations *fops, int mode,
+ const struct file_operations *fops, int mode,
struct spu_context *ctx)
{
static struct inode_operations spufs_file_iops = {
diff --git a/arch/ppc/kernel/ppc_htab.c b/arch/ppc/kernel/ppc_htab.c
index 2f5c7650274f26a76e7b4f75cba8ed554dccc33e..9b84bffdefced595f8876b2f5855feab0b063611 100644
--- a/arch/ppc/kernel/ppc_htab.c
+++ b/arch/ppc/kernel/ppc_htab.c
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ static int ppc_htab_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
return single_open(file, ppc_htab_show, NULL);
}
-struct file_operations ppc_htab_operations = {
+const struct file_operations ppc_htab_operations = {
.open = ppc_htab_open,
.read = seq_read,
.llseek = seq_lseek,
diff --git a/drivers/char/drm/drm_fops.c b/drivers/char/drm/drm_fops.c
index 641f7633878c798d660657a5d56a1e1395e9ad38..b7f7951c458721d8b3517c49dd5b4531bfa6f3be 100644
--- a/drivers/char/drm/drm_fops.c
+++ b/drivers/char/drm/drm_fops.c
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ int drm_stub_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
drm_device_t *dev = NULL;
int minor = iminor(inode);
int err = -ENODEV;
- struct file_operations *old_fops;
+ const struct file_operations *old_fops;
DRM_DEBUG("\n");
diff --git a/drivers/char/drm/i810_dma.c b/drivers/char/drm/i810_dma.c
index ae0aa6d7e0bb74140ca576c89bb4c8bf2fcd5705..c658dde3633b4307b4e38d79eafdf079ab56af0d 100644
--- a/drivers/char/drm/i810_dma.c
+++ b/drivers/char/drm/i810_dma.c
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ static int i810_map_buffer(drm_buf_t * buf, struct file *filp)
drm_device_t *dev = priv->head->dev;
drm_i810_buf_priv_t *buf_priv = buf->dev_private;
drm_i810_private_t *dev_priv = dev->dev_private;
- struct file_operations *old_fops;
+ const struct file_operations *old_fops;
int retcode = 0;
if (buf_priv->currently_mapped == I810_BUF_MAPPED)
diff --git a/drivers/char/drm/i830_dma.c b/drivers/char/drm/i830_dma.c
index 163f2cbfe60d2dd4b1c90761f4aaf0a95145db76..b0f815d8cea8592028cee0540f6b23ffe3dac9c8 100644
--- a/drivers/char/drm/i830_dma.c
+++ b/drivers/char/drm/i830_dma.c
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ static int i830_map_buffer(drm_buf_t * buf, struct file *filp)
drm_device_t *dev = priv->head->dev;
drm_i830_buf_priv_t *buf_priv = buf->dev_private;
drm_i830_private_t *dev_priv = dev->dev_private;
- struct file_operations *old_fops;
+ const struct file_operations *old_fops;
unsigned long virtual;
int retcode = 0;
diff --git a/drivers/char/mem.c b/drivers/char/mem.c
index 5245ba1649ed9b12ba81385ad76bf9c5d3faf5aa..66719f9d294c32457584ae00a08dea2a97e1cdf7 100644
--- a/drivers/char/mem.c
+++ b/drivers/char/mem.c
@@ -899,7 +899,7 @@ static const struct {
unsigned int minor;
char *name;
umode_t mode;
- struct file_operations *fops;
+ const struct file_operations *fops;
} devlist[] = { /* list of minor devices */
{1, "mem", S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR | S_IRGRP, &mem_fops},
{2, "kmem", S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR | S_IRGRP, &kmem_fops},
diff --git a/drivers/char/misc.c b/drivers/char/misc.c
index 3e4c0414a01a2177d3a1d40638a5dc6b34aa5437..96eb2a709e21d66ca7772d75c83ca79d595c81bf 100644
--- a/drivers/char/misc.c
+++ b/drivers/char/misc.c
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ static int misc_open(struct inode * inode, struct file * file)
int minor = iminor(inode);
struct miscdevice *c;
int err = -ENODEV;
- struct file_operations *old_fops, *new_fops = NULL;
+ const struct file_operations *old_fops, *new_fops = NULL;
down(&misc_sem);
diff --git a/drivers/input/input.c b/drivers/input/input.c
index 4fe3da3c667a0ecfa06eefad1759d831aa7f014f..f8af0945964ecf85147a54712e08b73f237101e1 100644
--- a/drivers/input/input.c
+++ b/drivers/input/input.c
@@ -923,7 +923,7 @@ void input_unregister_handler(struct input_handler *handler)
static int input_open_file(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
{
struct input_handler *handler = input_table[iminor(inode) >> 5];
- struct file_operations *old_fops, *new_fops = NULL;
+ const struct file_operations *old_fops, *new_fops = NULL;
int err;
/* No load-on-demand here? */
diff --git a/drivers/isdn/capi/kcapi_proc.c b/drivers/isdn/capi/kcapi_proc.c
index 2cc8b27e4c3be918aeb05ab855ca13bd0afee574..ca9dc00a45c4aedc9147c4c47877194000c1d36e 100644
--- a/drivers/isdn/capi/kcapi_proc.c
+++ b/drivers/isdn/capi/kcapi_proc.c
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ static struct file_operations proc_applstats_ops = {
};
static void
-create_seq_entry(char *name, mode_t mode, struct file_operations *f)
+create_seq_entry(char *name, mode_t mode, const struct file_operations *f)
{
struct proc_dir_entry *entry;
entry = create_proc_entry(name, mode, NULL);
diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvbdev.c b/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvbdev.c
index 54f8b95717b0fd7740dcb7a4bcacd4fff80d869c..96fe0ecae25089da66ee5bd4ca77dd4261dcdd34 100644
--- a/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvbdev.c
+++ b/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvbdev.c
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ static int dvb_device_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
if (dvbdev && dvbdev->fops) {
int err = 0;
- struct file_operations *old_fops;
+ const struct file_operations *old_fops;
file->private_data = dvbdev;
old_fops = file->f_op;
diff --git a/drivers/media/video/videodev.c b/drivers/media/video/videodev.c
index 75e3d41382f2b1875e332d887e1d28350d627657..5f87dd5f1d0b7fe28af648e26d10f142aa2cfab9 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/videodev.c
+++ b/drivers/media/video/videodev.c
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ static int video_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
unsigned int minor = iminor(inode);
int err = 0;
struct video_device *vfl;
- struct file_operations *old_fops;
+ const struct file_operations *old_fops;
if(minor>=VIDEO_NUM_DEVICES)
return -ENODEV;
diff --git a/drivers/message/i2o/i2o_proc.c b/drivers/message/i2o/i2o_proc.c
index 2a0c42b8cda5016257504f713a9308583af15a19..3d2e76eea93e9d8fb0779bd66462bc497d1237a2 100644
--- a/drivers/message/i2o/i2o_proc.c
+++ b/drivers/message/i2o/i2o_proc.c
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
typedef struct _i2o_proc_entry_t {
char *name; /* entry name */
mode_t mode; /* mode */
- struct file_operations *fops; /* open function */
+ const struct file_operations *fops; /* open function */
} i2o_proc_entry;
/* global I2O /proc/i2o entry */
diff --git a/drivers/oprofile/oprofilefs.c b/drivers/oprofile/oprofilefs.c
index d6bae699749af49785577284c130e5128c28e9d3..b62da9b0cbf025f7a93684cdbe6be6160dbe7159 100644
--- a/drivers/oprofile/oprofilefs.c
+++ b/drivers/oprofile/oprofilefs.c
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ static struct file_operations ulong_ro_fops = {
static struct dentry * __oprofilefs_create_file(struct super_block * sb,
- struct dentry * root, char const * name, struct file_operations * fops,
+ struct dentry * root, char const * name, const struct file_operations * fops,
int perm)
{
struct dentry * dentry;
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ int oprofilefs_create_ro_atomic(struct super_block * sb, struct dentry * root,
int oprofilefs_create_file(struct super_block * sb, struct dentry * root,
- char const * name, struct file_operations * fops)
+ char const * name, const struct file_operations * fops)
{
if (!__oprofilefs_create_file(sb, root, name, fops, 0644))
return -EFAULT;
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ int oprofilefs_create_file(struct super_block * sb, struct dentry * root,
int oprofilefs_create_file_perm(struct super_block * sb, struct dentry * root,
- char const * name, struct file_operations * fops, int perm)
+ char const * name, const struct file_operations * fops, int perm)
{
if (!__oprofilefs_create_file(sb, root, name, fops, perm))
return -EFAULT;
diff --git a/drivers/telephony/phonedev.c b/drivers/telephony/phonedev.c
index 7a6db1c5c8c5bf491f8f9b237d18b2b812e0dcf3..e166fffea86ba5b971df5d6fd7e4f2c95240e689 100644
--- a/drivers/telephony/phonedev.c
+++ b/drivers/telephony/phonedev.c
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ static int phone_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
unsigned int minor = iminor(inode);
int err = 0;
struct phone_device *p;
- struct file_operations *old_fops, *new_fops = NULL;
+ const struct file_operations *old_fops, *new_fops = NULL;
if (minor >= PHONE_NUM_DEVICES)
return -ENODEV;
diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/file.c b/drivers/usb/core/file.c
index 37b13368c8145c9ca8522aab5d074d30dc3eb42f..b263a54a13c0b79099bf0989fa818b862284521a 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/core/file.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/core/file.c
@@ -24,15 +24,15 @@
#include "usb.h"
#define MAX_USB_MINORS 256
-static struct file_operations *usb_minors[MAX_USB_MINORS];
+static const struct file_operations *usb_minors[MAX_USB_MINORS];
static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(minor_lock);
static int usb_open(struct inode * inode, struct file * file)
{
int minor = iminor(inode);
- struct file_operations *c;
+ const struct file_operations *c;
int err = -ENODEV;
- struct file_operations *old_fops, *new_fops = NULL;
+ const struct file_operations *old_fops, *new_fops = NULL;
spin_lock (&minor_lock);
c = usb_minors[minor];
diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/inode.c b/drivers/usb/gadget/inode.c
index b44cfda76b61a572ddb2c6f7411297d4d7433dd1..3f618ce6998dbb1b92a604784d96de0b9df29ba1 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/gadget/inode.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/inode.c
@@ -1581,7 +1581,7 @@ static void destroy_ep_files (struct dev_data *dev)
static struct inode *
gadgetfs_create_file (struct super_block *sb, char const *name,
- void *data, struct file_operations *fops,
+ void *data, const struct file_operations *fops,
struct dentry **dentry_p);
static int activate_ep_files (struct dev_data *dev)
@@ -1955,7 +1955,7 @@ module_param (default_perm, uint, 0644);
static struct inode *
gadgetfs_make_inode (struct super_block *sb,
- void *data, struct file_operations *fops,
+ void *data, const struct file_operations *fops,
int mode)
{
struct inode *inode = new_inode (sb);
@@ -1979,7 +1979,7 @@ gadgetfs_make_inode (struct super_block *sb,
*/
static struct inode *
gadgetfs_create_file (struct super_block *sb, char const *name,
- void *data, struct file_operations *fops,
+ void *data, const struct file_operations *fops,
struct dentry **dentry_p)
{
struct dentry *dentry;
diff --git a/fs/char_dev.c b/fs/char_dev.c
index 8c6eb04d31e2ab9033a067fc42393d5fa8c38a60..b53dffa46baccc479610503e108e7349f68c7c78 100644
--- a/fs/char_dev.c
+++ b/fs/char_dev.c
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ int alloc_chrdev_region(dev_t *dev, unsigned baseminor, unsigned count,
}
int register_chrdev(unsigned int major, const char *name,
- struct file_operations *fops)
+ const struct file_operations *fops)
{
struct char_device_struct *cd;
struct cdev *cdev;
@@ -473,7 +473,7 @@ struct cdev *cdev_alloc(void)
return p;
}
-void cdev_init(struct cdev *cdev, struct file_operations *fops)
+void cdev_init(struct cdev *cdev, const struct file_operations *fops)
{
memset(cdev, 0, sizeof *cdev);
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&cdev->list);
diff --git a/fs/debugfs/inode.c b/fs/debugfs/inode.c
index d4f1a2cddd47779a9b765316f7c653273d86eace..85d166cdcae4908e8916b4e66a1dd30722b00f1c 100644
--- a/fs/debugfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/debugfs/inode.c
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ static int debugfs_create_by_name(const char *name, mode_t mode,
*/
struct dentry *debugfs_create_file(const char *name, mode_t mode,
struct dentry *parent, void *data,
- struct file_operations *fops)
+ const struct file_operations *fops)
{
struct dentry *dentry = NULL;
int error;
diff --git a/fs/inode.c b/fs/inode.c
index 1fddf2803af8593cc0e7a079221864d871966735..32b7c3375021fdacaade973b59ccb350899b2dd6 100644
--- a/fs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/inode.c
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ static struct inode *alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb)
{
static struct address_space_operations empty_aops;
static struct inode_operations empty_iops;
- static struct file_operations empty_fops;
+ static const struct file_operations empty_fops;
struct inode *inode;
if (sb->s_op->alloc_inode)
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
index 5320e5afaddbe0498c8cbde8e54cba835ab374a3..31018333dc383f58905f6348ac7a949de04849ca 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
@@ -706,7 +706,7 @@ nfsd_close(struct file *filp)
* after it.
*/
static inline int nfsd_dosync(struct file *filp, struct dentry *dp,
- struct file_operations *fop)
+ const struct file_operations *fop)
{
struct inode *inode = dp->d_inode;
int (*fsync) (struct file *, struct dentry *, int);
diff --git a/fs/proc/generic.c b/fs/proc/generic.c
index 47b7a20d45eb56e1d0c4f09bc47cad509e36f46e..4ba03009cf72328770df1a9e1b33787dc7ef7429 100644
--- a/fs/proc/generic.c
+++ b/fs/proc/generic.c
@@ -560,7 +560,7 @@ static void proc_kill_inodes(struct proc_dir_entry *de)
struct file * filp = list_entry(p, struct file, f_u.fu_list);
struct dentry * dentry = filp->f_dentry;
struct inode * inode;
- struct file_operations *fops;
+ const struct file_operations *fops;
if (dentry->d_op != &proc_dentry_operations)
continue;
diff --git a/fs/proc/internal.h b/fs/proc/internal.h
index 95a1cf32b838e162bb3e41fe3afd2356bd7b4b22..0502f17b860def3b7e221783979aa4a4eba59a7d 100644
--- a/fs/proc/internal.h
+++ b/fs/proc/internal.h
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ do { \
#endif
-extern void create_seq_entry(char *name, mode_t mode, struct file_operations *f);
+extern void create_seq_entry(char *name, mode_t mode, const struct file_operations *f);
extern int proc_exe_link(struct inode *, struct dentry **, struct vfsmount **);
extern int proc_tid_stat(struct task_struct *, char *);
extern int proc_tgid_stat(struct task_struct *, char *);
diff --git a/fs/proc/proc_misc.c b/fs/proc/proc_misc.c
index 1edce0c34bfd37a4bebc086bbde537c373763940..ef5a3323f4b551c7968bfb56d6a8daf74858f39c 100644
--- a/fs/proc/proc_misc.c
+++ b/fs/proc/proc_misc.c
@@ -731,7 +731,7 @@ static struct file_operations proc_sysrq_trigger_operations = {
struct proc_dir_entry *proc_root_kcore;
-void create_seq_entry(char *name, mode_t mode, struct file_operations *f)
+void create_seq_entry(char *name, mode_t mode, const struct file_operations *f)
{
struct proc_dir_entry *entry;
entry = create_proc_entry(name, mode, NULL);
diff --git a/fs/select.c b/fs/select.c
index 05cd199a112715d49bf042a520fcd36bd6a97c65..b3a3a1326af66e63505860cef77c8ae343ebc55a 100644
--- a/fs/select.c
+++ b/fs/select.c
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ int do_select(int n, fd_set_bits *fds, s64 *timeout)
for (i = 0; i < n; ++rinp, ++routp, ++rexp) {
unsigned long in, out, ex, all_bits, bit = 1, mask, j;
unsigned long res_in = 0, res_out = 0, res_ex = 0;
- struct file_operations *f_op = NULL;
+ const struct file_operations *f_op = NULL;
struct file *file = NULL;
in = *inp++; out = *outp++; ex = *exp++;
diff --git a/include/linux/cdev.h b/include/linux/cdev.h
index 8da37e29cb877177208e0e51821a72a2e9c72927..2216638962d2790fa8d5e4776d17559c3717a69a 100644
--- a/include/linux/cdev.h
+++ b/include/linux/cdev.h
@@ -5,13 +5,13 @@
struct cdev {
struct kobject kobj;
struct module *owner;
- struct file_operations *ops;
+ const struct file_operations *ops;
struct list_head list;
dev_t dev;
unsigned int count;
};
-void cdev_init(struct cdev *, struct file_operations *);
+void cdev_init(struct cdev *, const struct file_operations *);
struct cdev *cdev_alloc(void);
diff --git a/include/linux/debugfs.h b/include/linux/debugfs.h
index 4b0428e335beb5b652bddf8ad77fde35f982e57a..176e2d37157783153458fc1d8e57b53057482171 100644
--- a/include/linux/debugfs.h
+++ b/include/linux/debugfs.h
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ struct debugfs_blob_wrapper {
#if defined(CONFIG_DEBUG_FS)
struct dentry *debugfs_create_file(const char *name, mode_t mode,
struct dentry *parent, void *data,
- struct file_operations *fops);
+ const struct file_operations *fops);
struct dentry *debugfs_create_dir(const char *name, struct dentry *parent);
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 680d913350e7edd074b09e7c0c2ca1cf3797de03..ef355bc73714104fcb710c2d444188c7be20ecd2 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -496,7 +496,7 @@ struct inode {
struct mutex i_mutex;
struct rw_semaphore i_alloc_sem;
struct inode_operations *i_op;
- struct file_operations *i_fop; /* former ->i_op->default_file_ops */
+ const struct file_operations *i_fop; /* former ->i_op->default_file_ops */
struct super_block *i_sb;
struct file_lock *i_flock;
struct address_space *i_mapping;
@@ -636,7 +636,7 @@ struct file {
} f_u;
struct dentry *f_dentry;
struct vfsmount *f_vfsmnt;
- struct file_operations *f_op;
+ const struct file_operations *f_op;
atomic_t f_count;
unsigned int f_flags;
mode_t f_mode;
@@ -1414,7 +1414,7 @@ extern void bd_release_from_disk(struct block_device *, struct gendisk *);
extern int alloc_chrdev_region(dev_t *, unsigned, unsigned, const char *);
extern int register_chrdev_region(dev_t, unsigned, const char *);
extern int register_chrdev(unsigned int, const char *,
- struct file_operations *);
+ const struct file_operations *);
extern int unregister_chrdev(unsigned int, const char *);
extern void unregister_chrdev_region(dev_t, unsigned);
extern int chrdev_open(struct inode *, struct file *);
diff --git a/include/linux/input.h b/include/linux/input.h
index 6d4cc3c110d6b375ab90fa3e979bbe0cbd33cbde..1d4e341b72e62c23bcd0847bdaa44b5f2971ff9a 100644
--- a/include/linux/input.h
+++ b/include/linux/input.h
@@ -957,7 +957,7 @@ struct input_handler {
struct input_handle* (*connect)(struct input_handler *handler, struct input_dev *dev, struct input_device_id *id);
void (*disconnect)(struct input_handle *handle);
- struct file_operations *fops;
+ const struct file_operations *fops;
int minor;
char *name;
diff --git a/include/linux/miscdevice.h b/include/linux/miscdevice.h
index 14ceebfc1efaf5d35153b7f9e2e22b41d4320adb..5b584dafb5a6d4384f9b3169b2500d8cf0c3b518 100644
--- a/include/linux/miscdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/miscdevice.h
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ struct class_device;
struct miscdevice {
int minor;
const char *name;
- struct file_operations *fops;
+ const struct file_operations *fops;
struct list_head list;
struct device *dev;
struct class_device *class;
diff --git a/include/linux/oprofile.h b/include/linux/oprofile.h
index b5b3197dfd4fef62d14cfd1d7e5827f64eaccb50..0d514b252454478a71e4706bc3b693e6b3d7941a 100644
--- a/include/linux/oprofile.h
+++ b/include/linux/oprofile.h
@@ -84,10 +84,10 @@ void oprofile_add_trace(unsigned long eip);
* the specified file operations.
*/
int oprofilefs_create_file(struct super_block * sb, struct dentry * root,
- char const * name, struct file_operations * fops);
+ char const * name, const struct file_operations * fops);
int oprofilefs_create_file_perm(struct super_block * sb, struct dentry * root,
- char const * name, struct file_operations * fops, int perm);
+ char const * name, const struct file_operations * fops, int perm);
/** Create a file for read/write access to an unsigned long. */
int oprofilefs_create_ulong(struct super_block * sb, struct dentry * root,
diff --git a/include/linux/proc_fs.h b/include/linux/proc_fs.h
index cb224cf653b1bcd60b2945fa7e5d4707a789a8bc..6d03d025fcd560fc7e3cf2174b47adafe9e6d909 100644
--- a/include/linux/proc_fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/proc_fs.h
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ struct proc_dir_entry {
gid_t gid;
loff_t size;
struct inode_operations * proc_iops;
- struct file_operations * proc_fops;
+ const struct file_operations * proc_fops;
get_info_t *get_info;
struct module *owner;
struct proc_dir_entry *next, *parent, *subdir;
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ static inline struct proc_dir_entry *proc_net_create(const char *name,
}
static inline struct proc_dir_entry *proc_net_fops_create(const char *name,
- mode_t mode, struct file_operations *fops)
+ mode_t mode, const struct file_operations *fops)
{
struct proc_dir_entry *res = create_proc_entry(name, mode, proc_net);
if (res)
diff --git a/include/linux/sound.h b/include/linux/sound.h
index 72b9af4c3fd48e822fb28a8d3d025115fc82ff62..f63d8342ffa342a813c5b2bc10f89a54f00f801a 100644
--- a/include/linux/sound.h
+++ b/include/linux/sound.h
@@ -30,12 +30,12 @@
*/
struct device;
-extern int register_sound_special(struct file_operations *fops, int unit);
-extern int register_sound_special_device(struct file_operations *fops, int unit, struct device *dev);
-extern int register_sound_mixer(struct file_operations *fops, int dev);
-extern int register_sound_midi(struct file_operations *fops, int dev);
-extern int register_sound_dsp(struct file_operations *fops, int dev);
-extern int register_sound_synth(struct file_operations *fops, int dev);
+extern int register_sound_special(const struct file_operations *fops, int unit);
+extern int register_sound_special_device(const struct file_operations *fops, int unit, struct device *dev);
+extern int register_sound_mixer(const struct file_operations *fops, int dev);
+extern int register_sound_midi(const struct file_operations *fops, int dev);
+extern int register_sound_dsp(const struct file_operations *fops, int dev);
+extern int register_sound_synth(const struct file_operations *fops, int dev);
extern void unregister_sound_special(int unit);
extern void unregister_sound_mixer(int unit);
diff --git a/include/linux/sunrpc/stats.h b/include/linux/sunrpc/stats.h
index 0d6ed3c8bdc4c75811a3442e2495f70088afdab0..d93c24b47f3f4ceb82b3fd21d20c52c795e4c174 100644
--- a/include/linux/sunrpc/stats.h
+++ b/include/linux/sunrpc/stats.h
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ struct proc_dir_entry * rpc_proc_register(struct rpc_stat *);
void rpc_proc_unregister(const char *);
void rpc_proc_zero(struct rpc_program *);
struct proc_dir_entry * svc_proc_register(struct svc_stat *,
- struct file_operations *);
+ const struct file_operations *);
void svc_proc_unregister(const char *);
void svc_seq_show(struct seq_file *,
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ static inline void rpc_proc_unregister(const char *p) {}
static inline void rpc_proc_zero(struct rpc_program *p) {}
static inline struct proc_dir_entry *svc_proc_register(struct svc_stat *s,
- struct file_operations *f) { return NULL; }
+ const struct file_operations *f) { return NULL; }
static inline void svc_proc_unregister(const char *p) {}
static inline void svc_seq_show(struct seq_file *seq,
diff --git a/include/linux/usb.h b/include/linux/usb.h
index 130d125fda12282509268be224ac76c73afd3d40..e34e5e3dce529bff49f09e1565471d7d9c657c85 100644
--- a/include/linux/usb.h
+++ b/include/linux/usb.h
@@ -615,7 +615,7 @@ extern struct bus_type usb_bus_type;
*/
struct usb_class_driver {
char *name;
- struct file_operations *fops;
+ const struct file_operations *fops;
int minor_base;
};
diff --git a/include/linux/videodev2.h b/include/linux/videodev2.h
index 2275bfec5b687e3c7545fc848346cc14a16d2ccc..af2d6155d3fe21208c8f03e33b3742f35425a71e 100644
--- a/include/linux/videodev2.h
+++ b/include/linux/videodev2.h
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ struct video_device
int minor;
/* device ops + callbacks */
- struct file_operations *fops;
+ const struct file_operations *fops;
void (*release)(struct video_device *vfd);
diff --git a/include/sound/core.h b/include/sound/core.h
index 144bdc2f217fab4aa814c2cdc5ee75d65c13af4a..7f32c12b4a0a6313d0751863c5b92e394dd41534 100644
--- a/include/sound/core.h
+++ b/include/sound/core.h
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ struct snd_minor {
int type; /* SNDRV_DEVICE_TYPE_XXX */
int card; /* card number */
int device; /* device number */
- struct file_operations *f_ops; /* file operations */
+ const struct file_operations *f_ops; /* file operations */
void *private_data; /* private data for f_ops->open */
char name[0]; /* device name (keep at the end of
structure) */
@@ -200,14 +200,14 @@ extern int snd_ecards_limit;
void snd_request_card(int card);
int snd_register_device(int type, struct snd_card *card, int dev,
- struct file_operations *f_ops, void *private_data,
+ const struct file_operations *f_ops, void *private_data,
const char *name);
int snd_unregister_device(int type, struct snd_card *card, int dev);
void *snd_lookup_minor_data(unsigned int minor, int type);
#ifdef CONFIG_SND_OSSEMUL
int snd_register_oss_device(int type, struct snd_card *card, int dev,
- struct file_operations *f_ops, void *private_data,
+ const struct file_operations *f_ops, void *private_data,
const char *name);
int snd_unregister_oss_device(int type, struct snd_card *card, int dev);
void *snd_lookup_oss_minor_data(unsigned int minor, int type);
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/rpc_pipe.c b/net/sunrpc/rpc_pipe.c
index aa4158be9900479ca1a152557e9686d2efc57af2..cc673dd8433fd3653d66100e460acf7cdfac60ac 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/rpc_pipe.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/rpc_pipe.c
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ enum {
*/
struct rpc_filelist {
char *name;
- struct file_operations *i_fop;
+ const struct file_operations *i_fop;
int mode;
};
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/stats.c b/net/sunrpc/stats.c
index 790941e8af4daf6b77d6c549d6cba2c11c7d44ac..dea529666d6991077aa69deaecad2818033def0c 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/stats.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/stats.c
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(rpc_print_iostats);
* Register/unregister RPC proc files
*/
static inline struct proc_dir_entry *
-do_register(const char *name, void *data, struct file_operations *fops)
+do_register(const char *name, void *data, const struct file_operations *fops)
{
struct proc_dir_entry *ent;
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ rpc_proc_unregister(const char *name)
}
struct proc_dir_entry *
-svc_proc_register(struct svc_stat *statp, struct file_operations *fops)
+svc_proc_register(struct svc_stat *statp, const struct file_operations *fops)
{
return do_register(statp->program->pg_name, statp, fops);
}
diff --git a/sound/core/init.c b/sound/core/init.c
index ad68761abba1a86eb9dd9fa16d0c495ecb428d84..5bb8a8b23d5191fe53516a754ba8a775271ce77c 100644
--- a/sound/core/init.c
+++ b/sound/core/init.c
@@ -223,7 +223,8 @@ int snd_card_disconnect(struct snd_card *card)
struct snd_monitor_file *mfile;
struct file *file;
struct snd_shutdown_f_ops *s_f_ops;
- struct file_operations *f_ops, *old_f_ops;
+ struct file_operations *f_ops;
+ const struct file_operations *old_f_ops;
int err;
spin_lock(&card->files_lock);
diff --git a/sound/core/sound.c b/sound/core/sound.c
index 4d28e52126118bbc57659825ac6b93579de18a88..108e430b50362dc10f65f97e73ecdc0992d93b62 100644
--- a/sound/core/sound.c
+++ b/sound/core/sound.c
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ static int snd_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
{
unsigned int minor = iminor(inode);
struct snd_minor *mptr = NULL;
- struct file_operations *old_fops;
+ const struct file_operations *old_fops;
int err = 0;
if (minor >= ARRAY_SIZE(snd_minors))
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ static int snd_kernel_minor(int type, struct snd_card *card, int dev)
* Retrurns zero if successful, or a negative error code on failure.
*/
int snd_register_device(int type, struct snd_card *card, int dev,
- struct file_operations *f_ops, void *private_data,
+ const struct file_operations *f_ops, void *private_data,
const char *name)
{
int minor;
diff --git a/sound/core/sound_oss.c b/sound/core/sound_oss.c
index 4023d3b406de2c22613bcfc6811e4c83193584cd..9055c6de95875d4b199dce59b0db0b1fe5737ed6 100644
--- a/sound/core/sound_oss.c
+++ b/sound/core/sound_oss.c
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ static int snd_oss_kernel_minor(int type, struct snd_card *card, int dev)
}
int snd_register_oss_device(int type, struct snd_card *card, int dev,
- struct file_operations *f_ops, void *private_data,
+ const struct file_operations *f_ops, void *private_data,
const char *name)
{
int minor = snd_oss_kernel_minor(type, card, dev);
diff --git a/sound/sound_core.c b/sound/sound_core.c
index 394b53e20cb8bd36532f23ba14078a67120759f4..6f849720aef35fa08552dc1bc8e16fc84383e0aa 100644
--- a/sound/sound_core.c
+++ b/sound/sound_core.c
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
struct sound_unit
{
int unit_minor;
- struct file_operations *unit_fops;
+ const struct file_operations *unit_fops;
struct sound_unit *next;
char name[32];
};
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(sound_class);
* join into it. Called with the lock asserted
*/
-static int __sound_insert_unit(struct sound_unit * s, struct sound_unit **list, struct file_operations *fops, int index, int low, int top)
+static int __sound_insert_unit(struct sound_unit * s, struct sound_unit **list, const struct file_operations *fops, int index, int low, int top)
{
int n=low;
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(sound_loader_lock);
* list. Acquires locks as needed
*/
-static int sound_insert_unit(struct sound_unit **list, struct file_operations *fops, int index, int low, int top, const char *name, umode_t mode, struct device *dev)
+static int sound_insert_unit(struct sound_unit **list, const struct file_operations *fops, int index, int low, int top, const char *name, umode_t mode, struct device *dev)
{
struct sound_unit *s = kmalloc(sizeof(*s), GFP_KERNEL);
int r;
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ static struct sound_unit *chains[SOUND_STEP];
* a negative error code is returned.
*/
-int register_sound_special_device(struct file_operations *fops, int unit,
+int register_sound_special_device(const struct file_operations *fops, int unit,
struct device *dev)
{
const int chain = unit % SOUND_STEP;
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ int register_sound_special_device(struct file_operations *fops, int unit,
EXPORT_SYMBOL(register_sound_special_device);
-int register_sound_special(struct file_operations *fops, int unit)
+int register_sound_special(const struct file_operations *fops, int unit)
{
return register_sound_special_device(fops, unit, NULL);
}
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(register_sound_special);
* number is returned, on failure a negative error code is returned.
*/
-int register_sound_mixer(struct file_operations *fops, int dev)
+int register_sound_mixer(const struct file_operations *fops, int dev)
{
return sound_insert_unit(&chains[0], fops, dev, 0, 128,
"mixer", S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR, NULL);
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(register_sound_mixer);
* number is returned, on failure a negative error code is returned.
*/
-int register_sound_midi(struct file_operations *fops, int dev)
+int register_sound_midi(const struct file_operations *fops, int dev)
{
return sound_insert_unit(&chains[2], fops, dev, 2, 130,
"midi", S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR, NULL);
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(register_sound_midi);
* and will always allocate them as a matching pair - eg dsp3/audio3
*/
-int register_sound_dsp(struct file_operations *fops, int dev)
+int register_sound_dsp(const struct file_operations *fops, int dev)
{
return sound_insert_unit(&chains[3], fops, dev, 3, 131,
"dsp", S_IWUSR | S_IRUSR, NULL);
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(register_sound_dsp);
*/
-int register_sound_synth(struct file_operations *fops, int dev)
+int register_sound_synth(const struct file_operations *fops, int dev)
{
return sound_insert_unit(&chains[9], fops, dev, 9, 137,
"synth", S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR, NULL);
@@ -501,7 +501,7 @@ int soundcore_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
int chain;
int unit = iminor(inode);
struct sound_unit *s;
- struct file_operations *new_fops = NULL;
+ const struct file_operations *new_fops = NULL;
chain=unit&0x0F;
if(chain==4 || chain==5) /* dsp/audio/dsp16 */
@@ -540,7 +540,7 @@ int soundcore_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
* switching ->f_op in the first place.
*/
int err = 0;
- struct file_operations *old_fops = file->f_op;
+ const struct file_operations *old_fops = file->f_op;
file->f_op = new_fops;
spin_unlock(&sound_loader_lock);
if(file->f_op->open)