The fops structure is referenced only locally and hence could be made static Signed-off-by: Hari Prasath Gujulan Elango <hgujulan(a)visteon.com&gt; --- drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/mdc/lproc_mdc.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/mdc/lproc_mdc.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/mdc/lproc_mdc.c index acfe08e..fbeddf9 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/mdc/lproc_mdc.c +++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/mdc/lproc_mdc.c @@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ static ssize_t mdc_kuc_write(struct file *file, return count; } -struct file_operations mdc_kuc_fops = { +static const struct file_operations mdc_kuc_fops = { .open = mdc_kuc_open, .write = mdc_kuc_write, .release = single_release, -- 1.9.1