@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ static const char optflags[]
static const char unsupported_rev[] = " [unsupported revision]";
-static struct option original_opts[] = {
+static const struct option original_opts[] = {
{.name = "append", .has_arg = 1, .val = 'A'},
{.name = "delete", .has_arg = 1, .val = 'D'},
{.name = "check" , .has_arg = 1, .val = 'C'},
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ static const char optflags[]
static const char unsupported_rev[] = " [unsupported revision]";
-static struct option original_opts[] = {
+static const struct option original_opts[] = {
{.name = "append", .has_arg = 1, .val = 'A'},
{.name = "delete", .has_arg = 1, .val = 'D'},
{.name = "check", .has_arg = 1, .val = 'C'},
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ static int get_current_chain(const char *chain)
/* Default command line options. Do not mess around with the already
* assigned numbers unless you know what you are doing */
-static struct option ebt_original_options[] =
+static const struct option ebt_original_options[] =
{
{ "append" , required_argument, 0, 'A' },
{ "insert" , required_argument, 0, 'I' },
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ static const char cmdflags[] = { 'I', 'D', 'D', 'R', 'A', 'L', 'F', 'Z',
static const char optflags[]
= { 'n', 's', 'd', 'p', 'j', 'v', 'x', 'i', 'o', '0', 'c', 'f'};
-static struct option original_opts[] = {
+static const struct option original_opts[] = {
{.name = "append", .has_arg = 1, .val = 'A'},
{.name = "delete", .has_arg = 1, .val = 'D'},
{.name = "check", .has_arg = 1, .val = 'C'},
The struct of type option is only used to initialise a field inside the xtables_globals struct and is not modified anywhere. Done using following coccinelle semantic patch @r1 disable optional_qualifier@ identifier s,i; position p; @@ static struct option i@p[] ={...}; @ok1@ identifier r1.i; expression e; position p; @@ e = i@p @bad@ position p != {r1.p,ok1.p}; identifier r1.i; @@ e@i@p @depends on !bad disable optional_qualifier@ identifier r1.i; @@ static +const struct option i[] = { ... }; Signed-off-by: Harsha Sharma <harshasharmaiitr@gmail.com> --- iptables/ip6tables.c | 2 +- iptables/iptables.c | 2 +- iptables/xtables-eb.c | 2 +- iptables/xtables.c | 2 +- 4 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)