Since commit ee6d3dd4 ("driver core: make kobj_type constant.")
the driver core allows the usage of const struct kobj_type.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh <linux@weissschuh.net>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230204-kobj_type-checkpatch-v1-1-9a94b04adbb2@weissschuh.net


Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>

Add commonly used structs (>50 instances) which are always or almost
always const.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20211127101134.33101-1-rikard.falkeborn@gmail.com


Signed-off-by: Rikard Falkeborn <rikard.falkeborn@gmail.com>
Cc: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

Add a couple of commonly used (>50 instances) sound ops structs that are
typically const.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210922211042.38017-1-rikard.falkeborn@gmail.com


Signed-off-by: Rikard Falkeborn <rikard.falkeborn@gmail.com>
Cc: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Cc: Liam Girdwood <lgirdwood@gmail.com>
Cc: Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>
Cc: Jaroslav Kysela <perex@perex.cz>
Cc: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

All usages of include/linux of these are const pointers, and all instances
in the kernel except one, that are not const can be made const (patches
have been posted for those separately).

Signed-off-by: Rikard Falkeborn <rikard.falkeborn@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Reviewed-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>
Acked-by: Manivannan Sadhasivam <manivannan.sadhasivam@linaro.org>
Cc: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Cc: Andreas Färber <afaerber@suse.de>
Cc: Rikard Falkeborn <rikard.falkeborn@gmail.com>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200830224352.37114-1-rikard.falkeborn@gmail.com


Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

All usages of phy_ops in include/linux uses const phy_ops * and all
instances of phy_ops in the kernel that are not const already can be made
const (patches have been posted for those separately).

Suggested-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Signed-off-by: Rikard Falkeborn <rikard.falkeborn@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Kishon Vijay Abraham I <kishon@ti.com>
Cc: Vinod Koul <vkoul@kernel.org>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200824214132.9072-1-rikard.falkeborn@gmail.com


Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

Add regulator_ops to expected to be const list.

Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Pi-Hsun Shih <pihsun@chromium.org>
Cc: Liam Girdwood <lgirdwood@gmail.com>
Cc: Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>
Cc: Benson Leung <bleung@chromium.org>
Cc: Enric Balletbo i Serra <enric.balletbo@collabora.com>
Cc: Guenter Roeck <groeck@chromium.org>
Cc: Rikard Falkeborn <rikard.falkeborn@gmail.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/dab1ba1aa03a8236933cfb7a28937efb0b808f13.camel@perches.com


Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

Using const is generally a good idea.

Julia Lawall has created a list of always const and almost always const
structs in the kernel sources.

Link: https://lkml.org/lkml/2016/8/28/95

Add the most frequently used (> 50 cases) that are almost always or
always const.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1e16020f8027654db0095bbfbcc11da51025365c.1472664220.git.joe@perches.com


Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Acked-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Cc: Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@lip6.fr>
Cc: Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

Make it easier to add new structs that should be const.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/e5a8da43e7c11525bafbda1ca69a8323614dd942.1472664220.git.joe@perches.com


Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Cc: Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@lip6.fr>
Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Cc: Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>