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-rwxr-xr-xscripts/checkpatch.pl7
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 5ea55e330c24..447435c33dd5 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -2527,9 +2527,10 @@ sub process {
WARN("please use device_initcall() instead of __initcall()\n" . $herecurr);
}
# check for struct file_operations, ensure they are const.
- if ($line =~ /\bstruct\s+file_operations\b/ &&
- $line !~ /\bconst\b/) {
- WARN("struct file_operations should normally be const\n" . $herecurr);
+ if ($line !~ /\bconst\b/ &&
+ $line =~ /\bstruct\s+(file_operations|seq_operations)\b/) {
+ WARN("struct $1 should normally be const\n" .
+ $herecurr);
}
# use of NR_CPUS is usually wrong