122 files changed, 188 insertions, 188 deletions

diff --git a/fs/9p/v9fs_vfs.h b/fs/9p/v9fs_vfs.h
index 43c9f7de0314..f867b8d3e973 100644
--- a/fs/9p/v9fs_vfs.h
+++ b/fs/9p/v9fs_vfs.h
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@
 
 extern struct file_system_type v9fs_fs_type;
 extern struct address_space_operations v9fs_addr_operations;
-extern struct file_operations v9fs_file_operations;
-extern struct file_operations v9fs_dir_operations;
+extern const struct file_operations v9fs_file_operations;
+extern const struct file_operations v9fs_dir_operations;
 extern struct dentry_operations v9fs_dentry_operations;
 
 struct inode *v9fs_get_inode(struct super_block *sb, int mode);
diff --git a/fs/9p/vfs_dir.c b/fs/9p/vfs_dir.c
index 766f11f1215c..e32d5971039b 100644
--- a/fs/9p/vfs_dir.c
+++ b/fs/9p/vfs_dir.c
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ int v9fs_dir_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
         return 0;
 }
 
-struct file_operations v9fs_dir_operations = {
+const struct file_operations v9fs_dir_operations = {
         .read = generic_read_dir,
         .readdir = v9fs_dir_readdir,
         .open = v9fs_file_open,
diff --git a/fs/9p/vfs_file.c b/fs/9p/vfs_file.c
index 59e744163407..083dcfcd158e 100644
--- a/fs/9p/vfs_file.c
+++ b/fs/9p/vfs_file.c
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ v9fs_file_write(struct file *filp, const char __user * data,
         return total;
 }
 
-struct file_operations v9fs_file_operations = {
+const struct file_operations v9fs_file_operations = {
         .llseek = generic_file_llseek,
         .read = v9fs_file_read,
         .write = v9fs_file_write,
diff --git a/fs/adfs/adfs.h b/fs/adfs/adfs.h
index f6cd01352cc8..29217ff36d44 100644
--- a/fs/adfs/adfs.h
+++ b/fs/adfs/adfs.h
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ void __adfs_error(struct super_block *sb, const char *function,
 
 /* dir_*.c */
 extern struct inode_operations adfs_dir_inode_operations;
-extern struct file_operations adfs_dir_operations;
+extern const struct file_operations adfs_dir_operations;
 extern struct dentry_operations adfs_dentry_operations;
 extern struct adfs_dir_ops adfs_f_dir_ops;
 extern struct adfs_dir_ops adfs_fplus_dir_ops;
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ extern int adfs_dir_update(struct super_block *sb, struct object_info *obj);
 
 /* file.c */
 extern struct inode_operations adfs_file_inode_operations;
-extern struct file_operations adfs_file_operations;
+extern const struct file_operations adfs_file_operations;
 
 static inline __u32 signed_asl(__u32 val, signed int shift)
 {
diff --git a/fs/adfs/dir.c b/fs/adfs/dir.c
index 0b4c3a028076..7b075fc397da 100644
--- a/fs/adfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/adfs/dir.c
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ out:
         return ret;
 }
 
-struct file_operations adfs_dir_operations = {
+const struct file_operations adfs_dir_operations = {
         .read           = generic_read_dir,
         .readdir        = adfs_readdir,
         .fsync          = file_fsync,
diff --git a/fs/adfs/file.c b/fs/adfs/file.c
index 6af10885f9d6..1014b9f2117b 100644
--- a/fs/adfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/adfs/file.c
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 
 #include "adfs.h"
 
-struct file_operations adfs_file_operations = {
+const struct file_operations adfs_file_operations = {
         .llseek         = generic_file_llseek,
         .read           = generic_file_read,
         .mmap           = generic_file_mmap,
diff --git a/fs/affs/affs.h b/fs/affs/affs.h
index 0c6799f2137a..a43a876742b8 100644
--- a/fs/affs/affs.h
+++ b/fs/affs/affs.h
@@ -192,9 +192,9 @@ extern void   affs_dir_truncate(struct inode *);
 extern struct inode_operations   affs_file_inode_operations;
 extern struct inode_operations   affs_dir_inode_operations;
 extern struct inode_operations   affs_symlink_inode_operations;
-extern struct file_operations    affs_file_operations;
-extern struct file_operations    affs_file_operations_ofs;
-extern struct file_operations    affs_dir_operations;
+extern const struct file_operations      affs_file_operations;
+extern const struct file_operations      affs_file_operations_ofs;
+extern const struct file_operations      affs_dir_operations;
 extern struct address_space_operations   affs_symlink_aops;
 extern struct address_space_operations   affs_aops;
 extern struct address_space_operations   affs_aops_ofs;
diff --git a/fs/affs/dir.c b/fs/affs/dir.c
index 548efd0ee98c..5d9649fa1814 100644
--- a/fs/affs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/affs/dir.c
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 static int affs_readdir(struct file *, void *, filldir_t);
 
-struct file_operations affs_dir_operations = {
+const struct file_operations affs_dir_operations = {
         .read           = generic_read_dir,
         .readdir        = affs_readdir,
         .fsync          = file_fsync,
diff --git a/fs/affs/file.c b/fs/affs/file.c
index f72fb776ecdf..7076262af39b 100644
--- a/fs/affs/file.c
+++ b/fs/affs/file.c
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ static struct buffer_head *affs_get_extblock_slow(struct inode *inode, u32 ext);
 static int affs_file_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp);
 static int affs_file_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp);
 
-struct file_operations affs_file_operations = {
+const struct file_operations affs_file_operations = {
         .llseek         = generic_file_llseek,
         .read           = generic_file_read,
         .write          = generic_file_write,
diff --git a/fs/afs/dir.c b/fs/afs/dir.c
index 5c61c24dab2a..a6dff6a4f204 100644
--- a/fs/afs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/afs/dir.c
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ static int afs_d_delete(struct dentry *dentry);
 static int afs_dir_lookup_filldir(void *_cookie, const char *name, int nlen,
                                   loff_t fpos, ino_t ino, unsigned dtype);
 
-struct file_operations afs_dir_file_operations = {
+const struct file_operations afs_dir_file_operations = {
         .open           = afs_dir_open,
         .readdir        = afs_dir_readdir,
 };
diff --git a/fs/afs/internal.h b/fs/afs/internal.h
index ab8f87c66319..72febdf9a35a 100644
--- a/fs/afs/internal.h
+++ b/fs/afs/internal.h
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ extern struct cachefs_index_def afs_cache_cell_index_def;
  * dir.c
  */
 extern struct inode_operations afs_dir_inode_operations;
-extern struct file_operations afs_dir_file_operations;
+extern const struct file_operations afs_dir_file_operations;
 
 /*
  * file.c
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ extern struct cachefs_netfs afs_cache_netfs;
  * mntpt.c
  */
 extern struct inode_operations afs_mntpt_inode_operations;
-extern struct file_operations afs_mntpt_file_operations;
+extern const struct file_operations afs_mntpt_file_operations;
 extern struct afs_timer afs_mntpt_expiry_timer;
 extern struct afs_timer_ops afs_mntpt_expiry_timer_ops;
 extern unsigned long afs_mntpt_expiry_timeout;
diff --git a/fs/afs/mntpt.c b/fs/afs/mntpt.c
index 31ee06590de5..4e6eeb59b83c 100644
--- a/fs/afs/mntpt.c
+++ b/fs/afs/mntpt.c
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ static struct dentry *afs_mntpt_lookup(struct inode *dir,
 static int afs_mntpt_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file);
 static void *afs_mntpt_follow_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd);
 
-struct file_operations afs_mntpt_file_operations = {
+const struct file_operations afs_mntpt_file_operations = {
         .open           = afs_mntpt_open,
 };
 
diff --git a/fs/afs/proc.c b/fs/afs/proc.c
index 9c81b8f7eef0..101d21b6c037 100644
--- a/fs/afs/proc.c
+++ b/fs/afs/proc.c
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ static struct seq_operations afs_proc_cells_ops = {
         .show   = afs_proc_cells_show,
 };
 
-static struct file_operations afs_proc_cells_fops = {
+static const struct file_operations afs_proc_cells_fops = {
         .open           = afs_proc_cells_open,
         .read           = seq_read,
         .write          = afs_proc_cells_write,
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ static ssize_t afs_proc_rootcell_write(struct file *file,
                                        const char __user *buf,
                                        size_t size, loff_t *_pos);
 
-static struct file_operations afs_proc_rootcell_fops = {
+static const struct file_operations afs_proc_rootcell_fops = {
         .open           = afs_proc_rootcell_open,
         .read           = afs_proc_rootcell_read,
         .write          = afs_proc_rootcell_write,
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ static struct seq_operations afs_proc_cell_volumes_ops = {
         .show   = afs_proc_cell_volumes_show,
 };
 
-static struct file_operations afs_proc_cell_volumes_fops = {
+static const struct file_operations afs_proc_cell_volumes_fops = {
         .open           = afs_proc_cell_volumes_open,
         .read           = seq_read,
         .llseek         = seq_lseek,
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ static struct seq_operations afs_proc_cell_vlservers_ops = {
         .show   = afs_proc_cell_vlservers_show,
 };
 
-static struct file_operations afs_proc_cell_vlservers_fops = {
+static const struct file_operations afs_proc_cell_vlservers_fops = {
         .open           = afs_proc_cell_vlservers_open,
         .read           = seq_read,
         .llseek         = seq_lseek,
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ static struct seq_operations afs_proc_cell_servers_ops = {
         .show   = afs_proc_cell_servers_show,
 };
 
-static struct file_operations afs_proc_cell_servers_fops = {
+static const struct file_operations afs_proc_cell_servers_fops = {
         .open           = afs_proc_cell_servers_open,
         .read           = seq_read,
         .llseek         = seq_lseek,
diff --git a/fs/autofs/autofs_i.h b/fs/autofs/autofs_i.h
index 990c28da5aec..a62327f1bdff 100644
--- a/fs/autofs/autofs_i.h
+++ b/fs/autofs/autofs_i.h
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ struct autofs_dir_ent *autofs_expire(struct super_block *,struct autofs_sb_info
 
 extern struct inode_operations autofs_root_inode_operations;
 extern struct inode_operations autofs_symlink_inode_operations;
-extern struct file_operations autofs_root_operations;
+extern const struct file_operations autofs_root_operations;
 
 /* Initializing function */
 
diff --git a/fs/autofs/root.c b/fs/autofs/root.c
index 870e2cf33016..9cac08d6a873 100644
--- a/fs/autofs/root.c
+++ b/fs/autofs/root.c
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ static int autofs_root_rmdir(struct inode *,struct dentry *);
 static int autofs_root_mkdir(struct inode *,struct dentry *,int);
 static int autofs_root_ioctl(struct inode *, struct file *,unsigned int,unsigned long);
 
-struct file_operations autofs_root_operations = {
+const struct file_operations autofs_root_operations = {
         .read           = generic_read_dir,
         .readdir        = autofs_root_readdir,
         .ioctl          = autofs_root_ioctl,
diff --git a/fs/autofs4/autofs_i.h b/fs/autofs4/autofs_i.h
index c70204a61268..57c4903614e5 100644
--- a/fs/autofs4/autofs_i.h
+++ b/fs/autofs4/autofs_i.h
@@ -176,8 +176,8 @@ extern struct inode_operations autofs4_dir_inode_operations;
 extern struct inode_operations autofs4_root_inode_operations;
 extern struct inode_operations autofs4_indirect_root_inode_operations;
 extern struct inode_operations autofs4_direct_root_inode_operations;
-extern struct file_operations autofs4_dir_operations;
-extern struct file_operations autofs4_root_operations;
+extern const struct file_operations autofs4_dir_operations;
+extern const struct file_operations autofs4_root_operations;
 
 /* Initializing function */
 
diff --git a/fs/autofs4/root.c b/fs/autofs4/root.c
index c8fe43a475e2..84e030c8ddd0 100644
--- a/fs/autofs4/root.c
+++ b/fs/autofs4/root.c
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ static int autofs4_root_readdir(struct file * filp, void * dirent, filldir_t fil
 static struct dentry *autofs4_lookup(struct inode *,struct dentry *, struct nameidata *);
 static void *autofs4_follow_link(struct dentry *, struct nameidata *);
 
-struct file_operations autofs4_root_operations = {
+const struct file_operations autofs4_root_operations = {
         .open           = dcache_dir_open,
         .release        = dcache_dir_close,
         .read           = generic_read_dir,
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ struct file_operations autofs4_root_operations = {
         .ioctl          = autofs4_root_ioctl,
 };
 
-struct file_operations autofs4_dir_operations = {
+const struct file_operations autofs4_dir_operations = {
         .open           = autofs4_dir_open,
         .release        = autofs4_dir_close,
         .read           = generic_read_dir,
diff --git a/fs/bad_inode.c b/fs/bad_inode.c
index e172180a1d8c..80599ae33966 100644
--- a/fs/bad_inode.c
+++ b/fs/bad_inode.c
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ static int return_EIO(void)
 
 #define EIO_ERROR ((void *) (return_EIO))
 
-static struct file_operations bad_file_ops =
+static const struct file_operations bad_file_ops =
 {
         .llseek         = EIO_ERROR,
         .aio_read       = EIO_ERROR,
diff --git a/fs/befs/linuxvfs.c b/fs/befs/linuxvfs.c
index 044a59587829..68ebd10f345d 100644
--- a/fs/befs/linuxvfs.c
+++ b/fs/befs/linuxvfs.c
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ static const struct super_operations befs_sops = {
 /* slab cache for befs_inode_info objects */
 static kmem_cache_t *befs_inode_cachep;
 
-static struct file_operations befs_dir_operations = {
+static const struct file_operations befs_dir_operations = {
         .read           = generic_read_dir,
         .readdir        = befs_readdir,
 };
diff --git a/fs/bfs/bfs.h b/fs/bfs/bfs.h
index 1fbc53f14aba..9d791004b21c 100644
--- a/fs/bfs/bfs.h
+++ b/fs/bfs/bfs.h
@@ -49,11 +49,11 @@ static inline struct bfs_inode_info *BFS_I(struct inode *inode)
 
 /* file.c */
 extern struct inode_operations bfs_file_inops;
-extern struct file_operations bfs_file_operations;
+extern const struct file_operations bfs_file_operations;
 extern struct address_space_operations bfs_aops;
 
 /* dir.c */
 extern struct inode_operations bfs_dir_inops;
-extern struct file_operations bfs_dir_operations;
+extern const struct file_operations bfs_dir_operations;
 
 #endif /* _FS_BFS_BFS_H */
diff --git a/fs/bfs/dir.c b/fs/bfs/dir.c
index 5af928fa0449..26fad9621738 100644
--- a/fs/bfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/bfs/dir.c
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ static int bfs_readdir(struct file * f, void * dirent, filldir_t filldir)
         return 0;       
 }
 
-struct file_operations bfs_dir_operations = {
+const struct file_operations bfs_dir_operations = {
         .read           = generic_read_dir,
         .readdir        = bfs_readdir,
         .fsync          = file_fsync,
diff --git a/fs/bfs/file.c b/fs/bfs/file.c
index 807723b65daf..d83cd74a2e4e 100644
--- a/fs/bfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/bfs/file.c
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 #define dprintf(x...)
 #endif
 
-struct file_operations bfs_file_operations = {
+const struct file_operations bfs_file_operations = {
         .llseek         = generic_file_llseek,
         .read           = generic_file_read,
         .write          = generic_file_write,
diff --git a/fs/binfmt_misc.c b/fs/binfmt_misc.c
index 6a7b730c206b..d73d75591a39 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_misc.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_misc.c
@@ -600,7 +600,7 @@ static ssize_t bm_entry_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buffer,
         return count;
 }
 
-static struct file_operations bm_entry_operations = {
+static const struct file_operations bm_entry_operations = {
         .read           = bm_entry_read,
         .write          = bm_entry_write,
 };
@@ -668,7 +668,7 @@ out:
         return count;
 }
 
-static struct file_operations bm_register_operations = {
+static const struct file_operations bm_register_operations = {
         .write          = bm_register_write,
 };
 
@@ -715,7 +715,7 @@ static ssize_t bm_status_write(struct file * file, const char __user * buffer,
         return count;
 }
 
-static struct file_operations bm_status_operations = {
+static const struct file_operations bm_status_operations = {
         .read           = bm_status_read,
         .write          = bm_status_write,
 };
diff --git a/fs/block_dev.c b/fs/block_dev.c
index 17c76182f389..af88c43043d5 100644
--- a/fs/block_dev.c
+++ b/fs/block_dev.c
@@ -1087,7 +1087,7 @@ struct address_space_operations def_blk_aops = {
         .direct_IO      = blkdev_direct_IO,
 };
 
-struct file_operations def_blk_fops = {
+const struct file_operations def_blk_fops = {
         .open           = blkdev_open,
         .release        = blkdev_close,
         .llseek         = block_llseek,
diff --git a/fs/char_dev.c b/fs/char_dev.c
index b53dffa46bac..4e1b849f912f 100644
--- a/fs/char_dev.c
+++ b/fs/char_dev.c
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ static void cdev_purge(struct cdev *cdev)
  * is contain the open that then fills in the correct operations
  * depending on the special file...
  */
-struct file_operations def_chr_fops = {
+const struct file_operations def_chr_fops = {
         .open = chrdev_open,
 };
 
diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
index 6b99b51d6694..4bbc544857bc 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
@@ -583,7 +583,7 @@ struct inode_operations cifs_symlink_inode_ops = {
 #endif 
 };
 
-struct file_operations cifs_file_ops = {
+const struct file_operations cifs_file_ops = {
         .read = do_sync_read,
         .write = do_sync_write,
         .readv = generic_file_readv,
@@ -607,7 +607,7 @@ struct file_operations cifs_file_ops = {
 #endif /* CONFIG_CIFS_EXPERIMENTAL */
 };
 
-struct file_operations cifs_file_direct_ops = {
+const struct file_operations cifs_file_direct_ops = {
         /* no mmap, no aio, no readv - 
            BB reevaluate whether they can be done with directio, no cache */
         .read = cifs_user_read,
@@ -626,7 +626,7 @@ struct file_operations cifs_file_direct_ops = {
         .dir_notify = cifs_dir_notify,
 #endif /* CONFIG_CIFS_EXPERIMENTAL */
 };
-struct file_operations cifs_file_nobrl_ops = {
+const struct file_operations cifs_file_nobrl_ops = {
         .read = do_sync_read,
         .write = do_sync_write,
         .readv = generic_file_readv,
@@ -649,7 +649,7 @@ struct file_operations cifs_file_nobrl_ops = {
 #endif /* CONFIG_CIFS_EXPERIMENTAL */
 };
 
-struct file_operations cifs_file_direct_nobrl_ops = {
+const struct file_operations cifs_file_direct_nobrl_ops = {
         /* no mmap, no aio, no readv - 
            BB reevaluate whether they can be done with directio, no cache */
         .read = cifs_user_read,
@@ -668,7 +668,7 @@ struct file_operations cifs_file_direct_nobrl_ops = {
 #endif /* CONFIG_CIFS_EXPERIMENTAL */
 };
 
-struct file_operations cifs_dir_ops = {
+const struct file_operations cifs_dir_ops = {
         .readdir = cifs_readdir,
         .release = cifs_closedir,
         .read    = generic_read_dir,
diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.h b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.h
index 821a8eb22559..74f405ae4da3 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.h
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.h
@@ -61,10 +61,10 @@ extern struct inode_operations cifs_file_inode_ops;
 extern struct inode_operations cifs_symlink_inode_ops;
 
 /* Functions related to files and directories */
-extern struct file_operations cifs_file_ops;
-extern struct file_operations cifs_file_direct_ops; /* if directio mount */
-extern struct file_operations cifs_file_nobrl_ops;
-extern struct file_operations cifs_file_direct_nobrl_ops; /* if directio mount */
+extern const struct file_operations cifs_file_ops;
+extern const struct file_operations cifs_file_direct_ops; /* if directio mount */
+extern const struct file_operations cifs_file_nobrl_ops;
+extern const struct file_operations cifs_file_direct_nobrl_ops; /* if directio mount */
 extern int cifs_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file);
 extern int cifs_close(struct inode *inode, struct file *file);
 extern int cifs_closedir(struct inode *inode, struct file *file);
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ extern int cifs_lock(struct file *, int, struct file_lock *);
 extern int cifs_fsync(struct file *, struct dentry *, int);
 extern int cifs_flush(struct file *);
 extern int cifs_file_mmap(struct file * , struct vm_area_struct *);
-extern struct file_operations cifs_dir_ops;
+extern const struct file_operations cifs_dir_ops;
 extern int cifs_dir_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file);
 extern int cifs_readdir(struct file *file, void *direntry, filldir_t filldir);
 extern int cifs_dir_notify(struct file *, unsigned long arg);
diff --git a/fs/coda/dir.c b/fs/coda/dir.c
index 54f76de8a686..71f2ea632e53 100644
--- a/fs/coda/dir.c
+++ b/fs/coda/dir.c
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ struct inode_operations coda_dir_inode_operations =
         .setattr        = coda_setattr,
 };
 
-struct file_operations coda_dir_operations = {
+const struct file_operations coda_dir_operations = {
         .llseek         = generic_file_llseek,
         .read           = generic_read_dir,
         .readdir        = coda_readdir,
diff --git a/fs/coda/file.c b/fs/coda/file.c
index 146a991d6eb5..7c2642431fa5 100644
--- a/fs/coda/file.c
+++ b/fs/coda/file.c
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ int coda_fsync(struct file *coda_file, struct dentry *coda_dentry, int datasync)
         return err;
 }
 
-struct file_operations coda_file_operations = {
+const struct file_operations coda_file_operations = {
         .llseek         = generic_file_llseek,
         .read           = coda_file_read,
         .write          = coda_file_write,
diff --git a/fs/coda/pioctl.c b/fs/coda/pioctl.c
index 127714936c66..214822be87bd 100644
--- a/fs/coda/pioctl.c
+++ b/fs/coda/pioctl.c
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ struct inode_operations coda_ioctl_inode_operations =
         .setattr        = coda_setattr,
 };
 
-struct file_operations coda_ioctl_operations = {
+const struct file_operations coda_ioctl_operations = {
         .owner          = THIS_MODULE,
         .ioctl          = coda_pioctl,
 };
diff --git a/fs/coda/psdev.c b/fs/coda/psdev.c
index 98c74fe2e139..6c6771db36da 100644
--- a/fs/coda/psdev.c
+++ b/fs/coda/psdev.c
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ static int coda_psdev_release(struct inode * inode, struct file * file)
 }
 
 
-static struct file_operations coda_psdev_fops = {
+static const struct file_operations coda_psdev_fops = {
         .owner          = THIS_MODULE,
         .read           = coda_psdev_read,
         .write          = coda_psdev_write,
diff --git a/fs/configfs/configfs_internal.h b/fs/configfs/configfs_internal.h
index f70e46951b37..3f4ff7a242b9 100644
--- a/fs/configfs/configfs_internal.h
+++ b/fs/configfs/configfs_internal.h
@@ -72,9 +72,9 @@ extern void configfs_release_fs(void);
 
 extern struct rw_semaphore configfs_rename_sem;
 extern struct super_block * configfs_sb;
-extern struct file_operations configfs_dir_operations;
-extern struct file_operations configfs_file_operations;
-extern struct file_operations bin_fops;
+extern const struct file_operations configfs_dir_operations;
+extern const struct file_operations configfs_file_operations;
+extern const struct file_operations bin_fops;
 extern struct inode_operations configfs_dir_inode_operations;
 extern struct inode_operations configfs_symlink_inode_operations;
 
diff --git a/fs/configfs/dir.c b/fs/configfs/dir.c
index ca60e3abef45..8ed9b06a9828 100644
--- a/fs/configfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/configfs/dir.c
@@ -1027,7 +1027,7 @@ static loff_t configfs_dir_lseek(struct file * file, loff_t offset, int origin)
         return offset;
 }
 
-struct file_operations configfs_dir_operations = {
+const struct file_operations configfs_dir_operations = {
         .open           = configfs_dir_open,
         .release        = configfs_dir_close,
         .llseek         = configfs_dir_lseek,
diff --git a/fs/configfs/file.c b/fs/configfs/file.c
index 3921920d8716..f499803743e0 100644
--- a/fs/configfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/configfs/file.c
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ static int configfs_release(struct inode * inode, struct file * filp)
         return 0;
 }
 
-struct file_operations configfs_file_operations = {
+const struct file_operations configfs_file_operations = {
         .read           = configfs_read_file,
         .write          = configfs_write_file,
         .llseek         = generic_file_llseek,
diff --git a/fs/cramfs/inode.c b/fs/cramfs/inode.c
index acc1b2c10a86..9efcc3a164e8 100644
--- a/fs/cramfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/cramfs/inode.c
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 
 static struct super_operations cramfs_ops;
 static struct inode_operations cramfs_dir_inode_operations;
-static struct file_operations cramfs_directory_operations;
+static const struct file_operations cramfs_directory_operations;
 static struct address_space_operations cramfs_aops;
 
 static DEFINE_MUTEX(read_mutex);
@@ -512,7 +512,7 @@ static struct address_space_operations cramfs_aops = {
 /*
  * A directory can only readdir
  */
-static struct file_operations cramfs_directory_operations = {
+static const struct file_operations cramfs_directory_operations = {
         .llseek         = generic_file_llseek,
         .read           = generic_read_dir,
         .readdir        = cramfs_readdir,
diff --git a/fs/debugfs/file.c b/fs/debugfs/file.c
index 40c4fc973fad..66a505422e5c 100644
--- a/fs/debugfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/debugfs/file.c
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ static int default_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
         return 0;
 }
 
-struct file_operations debugfs_file_operations = {
+const struct file_operations debugfs_file_operations = {
         .read =         default_read_file,
         .write =        default_write_file,
         .open =         default_open,
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ static ssize_t write_file_bool(struct file *file, const char __user *user_buf,
         return count;
 }
 
-static struct file_operations fops_bool = {
+static const struct file_operations fops_bool = {
         .read =         read_file_bool,
         .write =        write_file_bool,
         .open =         default_open,
diff --git a/fs/devfs/base.c b/fs/devfs/base.c
index b621521e09d4..52f5059c4f31 100644
--- a/fs/devfs/base.c
+++ b/fs/devfs/base.c
@@ -856,14 +856,14 @@ static int devfsd_close(struct inode *inode, struct file *file);
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEVFS_DEBUG
 static ssize_t stat_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf, size_t len,
                          loff_t * ppos);
-static struct file_operations stat_fops = {
+static const struct file_operations stat_fops = {
         .open = nonseekable_open,
         .read = stat_read,
 };
 #endif
 
 /*  Devfs daemon file operations  */
-static struct file_operations devfsd_fops = {
+static const struct file_operations devfsd_fops = {
         .open = nonseekable_open,
         .read = devfsd_read,
         .ioctl = devfsd_ioctl,
@@ -1842,8 +1842,8 @@ static int try_modload(struct devfs_entry *parent, struct fs_info *fs_info,
 
 static struct inode_operations devfs_iops;
 static struct inode_operations devfs_dir_iops;
-static struct file_operations devfs_fops;
-static struct file_operations devfs_dir_fops;
+static const struct file_operations devfs_fops;
+static const struct file_operations devfs_dir_fops;
 static struct inode_operations devfs_symlink_iops;
 
 static int devfs_notify_change(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *iattr)
@@ -2061,11 +2061,11 @@ static int devfs_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
         return err;
 }                               /*  End Function devfs_open  */
 
-static struct file_operations devfs_fops = {
+static const struct file_operations devfs_fops = {
         .open = devfs_open,
 };
 
-static struct file_operations devfs_dir_fops = {
+static const struct file_operations devfs_dir_fops = {
         .read = generic_read_dir,
         .readdir = devfs_readdir,
 };
diff --git a/fs/efs/dir.c b/fs/efs/dir.c
index 777c614ff360..17f5b2d3c16a 100644
--- a/fs/efs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/efs/dir.c
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 static int efs_readdir(struct file *, void *, filldir_t);
 
-struct file_operations efs_dir_operations = {
+const struct file_operations efs_dir_operations = {
         .read           = generic_read_dir,
         .readdir        = efs_readdir,
 };
diff --git a/fs/eventpoll.c b/fs/eventpoll.c
index e067a06c6464..242fe1a66ce5 100644
--- a/fs/eventpoll.c
+++ b/fs/eventpoll.c
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ static kmem_cache_t *pwq_cache __read_mostly;
 static struct vfsmount *eventpoll_mnt __read_mostly;
 
 /* File callbacks that implement the eventpoll file behaviour */
-static struct file_operations eventpoll_fops = {
+static const struct file_operations eventpoll_fops = {
         .release        = ep_eventpoll_close,
         .poll           = ep_eventpoll_poll
 };
diff --git a/fs/ext2/dir.c b/fs/ext2/dir.c
index 0165388c425c..d672aa9f4061 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/dir.c
@@ -658,7 +658,7 @@ not_empty:
         return 0;
 }
 
-struct file_operations ext2_dir_operations = {
+const struct file_operations ext2_dir_operations = {
         .llseek         = generic_file_llseek,
         .read           = generic_read_dir,
         .readdir        = ext2_readdir,
diff --git a/fs/ext2/ext2.h b/fs/ext2/ext2.h
index 11035ac7986f..9f74a62be555 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/ext2.h
+++ b/fs/ext2/ext2.h
@@ -154,12 +154,12 @@ extern void ext2_write_super (struct super_block *);
  */
 
 /* dir.c */
-extern struct file_operations ext2_dir_operations;
+extern const struct file_operations ext2_dir_operations;
 
 /* file.c */
 extern struct inode_operations ext2_file_inode_operations;
-extern struct file_operations ext2_file_operations;
-extern struct file_operations ext2_xip_file_operations;
+extern const struct file_operations ext2_file_operations;
+extern const struct file_operations ext2_xip_file_operations;
 
 /* inode.c */
 extern struct address_space_operations ext2_aops;
diff --git a/fs/ext2/file.c b/fs/ext2/file.c
index a484412fc782..509cceca04db 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/file.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/file.c
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ static int ext2_release_file (struct inode * inode, struct file * filp)
  * We have mostly NULL's here: the current defaults are ok for
  * the ext2 filesystem.
  */
-struct file_operations ext2_file_operations = {
+const struct file_operations ext2_file_operations = {
         .llseek         = generic_file_llseek,
         .read           = generic_file_read,
         .write          = generic_file_write,
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ struct file_operations ext2_file_operations = {
 };
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_EXT2_FS_XIP
-struct file_operations ext2_xip_file_operations = {
+const struct file_operations ext2_xip_file_operations = {
         .llseek         = generic_file_llseek,
         .read           = xip_file_read,
         .write          = xip_file_write,
diff --git a/fs/ext3/dir.c b/fs/ext3/dir.c
index 38bd3f6ec147..f37528ed222e 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/dir.c
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ static int ext3_dx_readdir(struct file * filp,
 static int ext3_release_dir (struct inode * inode,
                                 struct file * filp);
 
-struct file_operations ext3_dir_operations = {
+const struct file_operations ext3_dir_operations = {
         .llseek         = generic_file_llseek,
         .read           = generic_read_dir,
         .readdir        = ext3_readdir,         /* we take BKL. needed?*/
diff --git a/fs/ext3/file.c b/fs/ext3/file.c
index 59098ea56711..783a796220bb 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/file.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/file.c
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ force_commit:
         return ret;
 }
 
-struct file_operations ext3_file_operations = {
+const struct file_operations ext3_file_operations = {
         .llseek         = generic_file_llseek,
         .read           = do_sync_read,
         .write          = do_sync_write,
diff --git a/fs/fat/dir.c b/fs/fat/dir.c
index 4095bc149eb1..698b85bb1dd4 100644
--- a/fs/fat/dir.c
+++ b/fs/fat/dir.c
@@ -741,7 +741,7 @@ static int fat_dir_ioctl(struct inode * inode, struct file * filp,
         return ret;
 }
 
-struct file_operations fat_dir_operations = {
+const struct file_operations fat_dir_operations = {
         .read           = generic_read_dir,
         .readdir        = fat_readdir,
         .ioctl          = fat_dir_ioctl,
diff --git a/fs/fat/file.c b/fs/fat/file.c
index 88aa1ae13f9f..1ee25232e6af 100644
--- a/fs/fat/file.c
+++ b/fs/fat/file.c
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ int fat_generic_ioctl(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp,
         }
 }
 
-struct file_operations fat_file_operations = {
+const struct file_operations fat_file_operations = {
         .llseek         = generic_file_llseek,
         .read           = do_sync_read,
         .write          = do_sync_write,
diff --git a/fs/fifo.c b/fs/fifo.c
index d13fcd3ec803..889f722ee36d 100644
--- a/fs/fifo.c
+++ b/fs/fifo.c
@@ -145,6 +145,6 @@ err_nocleanup:
  * is contain the open that then fills in the correct operations
  * depending on the access mode of the file...
  */
-struct file_operations def_fifo_fops = {
+const struct file_operations def_fifo_fops = {
         .open           = fifo_open,    /* will set read or write pipe_fops */
 };
diff --git a/fs/freevxfs/vxfs_extern.h b/fs/freevxfs/vxfs_extern.h
index 927acf70c591..1cf1fe8466a2 100644
--- a/fs/freevxfs/vxfs_extern.h
+++ b/fs/freevxfs/vxfs_extern.h
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ extern void			vxfs_clear_inode(struct inode *);
 
 /* vxfs_lookup.c */
 extern struct inode_operations  vxfs_dir_inode_ops;
-extern struct file_operations   vxfs_dir_operations;
+extern const struct file_operations     vxfs_dir_operations;
 
 /* vxfs_olt.c */
 extern int                      vxfs_read_olt(struct super_block *, u_long);
diff --git a/fs/freevxfs/vxfs_lookup.c b/fs/freevxfs/vxfs_lookup.c
index 554eb455722c..29cce456c7ce 100644
--- a/fs/freevxfs/vxfs_lookup.c
+++ b/fs/freevxfs/vxfs_lookup.c
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ struct inode_operations vxfs_dir_inode_ops = {
         .lookup =               vxfs_lookup,
 };
 
-struct file_operations vxfs_dir_operations = {
+const struct file_operations vxfs_dir_operations = {
         .readdir =              vxfs_readdir,
 };
 
diff --git a/fs/fuse/dev.c b/fs/fuse/dev.c
index 0c9a2ee54c91..23d1f52eb1b8 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/dev.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/dev.c
@@ -922,7 +922,7 @@ static int fuse_dev_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
         return 0;
 }
 
-struct file_operations fuse_dev_operations = {
+const struct file_operations fuse_dev_operations = {
         .owner          = THIS_MODULE,
         .llseek         = no_llseek,
         .read           = fuse_dev_read,
diff --git a/fs/fuse/dir.c b/fs/fuse/dir.c
index c72a8a97935c..256355b80256 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/dir.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/dir.c
@@ -1170,7 +1170,7 @@ static struct inode_operations fuse_dir_inode_operations = {
         .removexattr    = fuse_removexattr,
 };
 
-static struct file_operations fuse_dir_operations = {
+static const struct file_operations fuse_dir_operations = {
         .llseek         = generic_file_llseek,
         .read           = generic_read_dir,
         .readdir        = fuse_readdir,
diff --git a/fs/fuse/file.c b/fs/fuse/file.c
index 6f05379b0a0d..975f2697e866 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/file.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/file.c
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 
-static struct file_operations fuse_direct_io_file_operations;
+static const struct file_operations fuse_direct_io_file_operations;
 
 static int fuse_send_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file, int isdir,
                           struct fuse_open_out *outargp)
@@ -611,7 +611,7 @@ static int fuse_set_page_dirty(struct page *page)
         return 0;
 }
 
-static struct file_operations fuse_file_operations = {
+static const struct file_operations fuse_file_operations = {
         .llseek         = generic_file_llseek,
         .read           = generic_file_read,
         .write          = generic_file_write,
@@ -623,7 +623,7 @@ static struct file_operations fuse_file_operations = {
         .sendfile       = generic_file_sendfile,
 };
 
-static struct file_operations fuse_direct_io_file_operations = {
+static const struct file_operations fuse_direct_io_file_operations = {
         .llseek         = generic_file_llseek,
         .read           = fuse_direct_read,
         .write          = fuse_direct_write,
diff --git a/fs/fuse/fuse_i.h b/fs/fuse/fuse_i.h
index 4a83adfec968..a16a04fcf41e 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/fuse_i.h
+++ b/fs/fuse/fuse_i.h
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ static inline u64 get_node_id(struct inode *inode)
 }
 
 /** Device operations */
-extern struct file_operations fuse_dev_operations;
+extern const struct file_operations fuse_dev_operations;
 
 /**
  * This is the single global spinlock which protects FUSE's structures
diff --git a/fs/hfs/dir.c b/fs/hfs/dir.c
index 534e5a7480ef..7cd8cc03aea7 100644
--- a/fs/hfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/hfs/dir.c
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ static int hfs_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
         return res;
 }
 
-struct file_operations hfs_dir_operations = {
+const struct file_operations hfs_dir_operations = {
         .read           = generic_read_dir,
         .readdir        = hfs_readdir,
         .llseek         = generic_file_llseek,
diff --git a/fs/hfs/hfs_fs.h b/fs/hfs/hfs_fs.h
index 18ce47ab1b71..3ed8663a8db1 100644
--- a/fs/hfs/hfs_fs.h
+++ b/fs/hfs/hfs_fs.h
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ extern int hfs_cat_move(u32, struct inode *, struct qstr *,
 extern void hfs_cat_build_key(struct super_block *, btree_key *, u32, struct qstr *);
 
 /* dir.c */
-extern struct file_operations hfs_dir_operations;
+extern const struct file_operations hfs_dir_operations;
 extern struct inode_operations hfs_dir_inode_operations;
 
 /* extent.c */
diff --git a/fs/hfs/inode.c b/fs/hfs/inode.c
index 2c564701724f..2d4ced22201b 100644
--- a/fs/hfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/hfs/inode.c
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 #include "hfs_fs.h"
 #include "btree.h"
 
-static struct file_operations hfs_file_operations;
+static const struct file_operations hfs_file_operations;
 static struct inode_operations hfs_file_inode_operations;
 
 /*================ Variable-like macros ================*/
@@ -601,7 +601,7 @@ int hfs_inode_setattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr * attr)
 }
 
 
-static struct file_operations hfs_file_operations = {
+static const struct file_operations hfs_file_operations = {
         .llseek         = generic_file_llseek,
         .read           = generic_file_read,
         .write          = generic_file_write,
diff --git a/fs/hfsplus/dir.c b/fs/hfsplus/dir.c
index 01a6fe3a395c..1f9ece0de326 100644
--- a/fs/hfsplus/dir.c
+++ b/fs/hfsplus/dir.c
@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ struct inode_operations hfsplus_dir_inode_operations = {
         .rename         = hfsplus_rename,
 };
 
-struct file_operations hfsplus_dir_operations = {
+const struct file_operations hfsplus_dir_operations = {
         .read           = generic_read_dir,
         .readdir        = hfsplus_readdir,
         .ioctl          = hfsplus_ioctl,
diff --git a/fs/hfsplus/inode.c b/fs/hfsplus/inode.c
index 9fbe4d2aeece..acf66dba3e01 100644
--- a/fs/hfsplus/inode.c
+++ b/fs/hfsplus/inode.c
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ static struct inode_operations hfsplus_file_inode_operations = {
         .listxattr      = hfsplus_listxattr,
 };
 
-static struct file_operations hfsplus_file_operations = {
+static const struct file_operations hfsplus_file_operations = {
         .llseek         = generic_file_llseek,
         .read           = generic_file_read,
         .write          = generic_file_write,
diff --git a/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c b/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
index b3ad0bd0312f..bf0f8e16e433 100644
--- a/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
+++ b/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ int hostfs_fsync(struct file *file, struct dentry *dentry, int datasync)
         return fsync_file(HOSTFS_I(dentry->d_inode)->fd, datasync);
 }
 
-static struct file_operations hostfs_file_fops = {
+static const struct file_operations hostfs_file_fops = {
         .llseek         = generic_file_llseek,
         .read           = generic_file_read,
         .sendfile       = generic_file_sendfile,
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ static struct file_operations hostfs_file_fops = {
         .fsync          = hostfs_fsync,
 };
 
-static struct file_operations hostfs_dir_fops = {
+static const struct file_operations hostfs_dir_fops = {
         .llseek         = generic_file_llseek,
         .readdir        = hostfs_readdir,
         .read           = generic_read_dir,
diff --git a/fs/hpfs/dir.c b/fs/hpfs/dir.c
index 5591f9623aa2..ecc9180645ae 100644
--- a/fs/hpfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/hpfs/dir.c
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ struct dentry *hpfs_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, struct name
         return ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
 }
 
-struct file_operations hpfs_dir_ops =
+const struct file_operations hpfs_dir_ops =
 {
         .llseek         = hpfs_dir_lseek,
         .read           = generic_read_dir,
diff --git a/fs/hpfs/file.c b/fs/hpfs/file.c
index 7c995ac4081b..d3b9fffe45a1 100644
--- a/fs/hpfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/hpfs/file.c
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ static ssize_t hpfs_file_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
         return retval;
 }
 
-struct file_operations hpfs_file_ops =
+const struct file_operations hpfs_file_ops =
 {
         .llseek         = generic_file_llseek,
         .read           = generic_file_read,
diff --git a/fs/hpfs/hpfs_fn.h b/fs/hpfs/hpfs_fn.h
index 4c6473ab3b34..29b7a3e55173 100644
--- a/fs/hpfs/hpfs_fn.h
+++ b/fs/hpfs/hpfs_fn.h
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ void hpfs_set_dentry_operations(struct dentry *);
 /* dir.c */
 
 struct dentry *hpfs_lookup(struct inode *, struct dentry *, struct nameidata *);
-extern struct file_operations hpfs_dir_ops;
+extern const struct file_operations hpfs_dir_ops;
 
 /* dnode.c */
 
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ void hpfs_set_ea(struct inode *, struct fnode *, char *, char *, int);
 /* file.c */
 
 int hpfs_file_fsync(struct file *, struct dentry *, int);
-extern struct file_operations hpfs_file_ops;
+extern const struct file_operations hpfs_file_ops;
 extern struct inode_operations hpfs_file_iops;
 extern struct address_space_operations hpfs_aops;
 
diff --git a/fs/hppfs/hppfs_kern.c b/fs/hppfs/hppfs_kern.c
index a44dc5897399..2ba20cdb5baa 100644
--- a/fs/hppfs/hppfs_kern.c
+++ b/fs/hppfs/hppfs_kern.c
@@ -558,7 +558,7 @@ static loff_t hppfs_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t off, int where)
         return(default_llseek(file, off, where));
 }
 
-static struct file_operations hppfs_file_fops = {
+static const struct file_operations hppfs_file_fops = {
         .owner          = NULL,
         .llseek         = hppfs_llseek,
         .read           = hppfs_read,
@@ -609,7 +609,7 @@ static int hppfs_fsync(struct file *file, struct dentry *dentry, int datasync)
         return(0);
 }
 
-static struct file_operations hppfs_dir_fops = {
+static const struct file_operations hppfs_dir_fops = {
         .owner          = NULL,
         .readdir        = hppfs_readdir,
         .open           = hppfs_dir_open,
diff --git a/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c b/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
index 25fa8bba8cb5..3a5b4e923455 100644
--- a/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 
 static struct super_operations hugetlbfs_ops;
 static struct address_space_operations hugetlbfs_aops;
-struct file_operations hugetlbfs_file_operations;
+const struct file_operations hugetlbfs_file_operations;
 static struct inode_operations hugetlbfs_dir_inode_operations;
 static struct inode_operations hugetlbfs_inode_operations;
 
@@ -566,7 +566,7 @@ static void init_once(void *foo, kmem_cache_t *cachep, unsigned long flags)
                 inode_init_once(&ei->vfs_inode);
 }
 
-struct file_operations hugetlbfs_file_operations = {
+const struct file_operations hugetlbfs_file_operations = {
         .mmap                   = hugetlbfs_file_mmap,
         .fsync                  = simple_sync_file,
         .get_unmapped_area      = hugetlb_get_unmapped_area,
diff --git a/fs/inotify.c b/fs/inotify.c
index f48a3dae0712..367c487c014b 100644
--- a/fs/inotify.c
+++ b/fs/inotify.c
@@ -920,7 +920,7 @@ static long inotify_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd,
         return ret;
 }
 
-static struct file_operations inotify_fops = {
+static const struct file_operations inotify_fops = {
         .poll           = inotify_poll,
         .read           = inotify_read,
         .release        = inotify_release,
diff --git a/fs/isofs/dir.c b/fs/isofs/dir.c
index 7901ac9f97ab..5440ea292c69 100644
--- a/fs/isofs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/isofs/dir.c
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 static int isofs_readdir(struct file *, void *, filldir_t);
 
-struct file_operations isofs_dir_operations =
+const struct file_operations isofs_dir_operations =
 {
         .read           = generic_read_dir,
         .readdir        = isofs_readdir,
diff --git a/fs/isofs/isofs.h b/fs/isofs/isofs.h
index 439a19b1bf3e..b87ba066f5e7 100644
--- a/fs/isofs/isofs.h
+++ b/fs/isofs/isofs.h
@@ -175,6 +175,6 @@ isofs_normalize_block_and_offset(struct iso_directory_record* de,
 }
 
 extern struct inode_operations isofs_dir_inode_operations;
-extern struct file_operations isofs_dir_operations;
+extern const struct file_operations isofs_dir_operations;
 extern struct address_space_operations isofs_symlink_aops;
 extern struct export_operations isofs_export_ops;
diff --git a/fs/jffs/inode-v23.c b/fs/jffs/inode-v23.c
index 5a4519e834da..020cc097c539 100644
--- a/fs/jffs/inode-v23.c
+++ b/fs/jffs/inode-v23.c
@@ -55,9 +55,9 @@
 static int jffs_remove(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, int type);
 
 static struct super_operations jffs_ops;
-static struct file_operations jffs_file_operations;
+static const struct file_operations jffs_file_operations;
 static struct inode_operations jffs_file_inode_operations;
-static struct file_operations jffs_dir_operations;
+static const struct file_operations jffs_dir_operations;
 static struct inode_operations jffs_dir_inode_operations;
 static struct address_space_operations jffs_address_operations;
 
@@ -1629,7 +1629,7 @@ static int jffs_fsync(struct file *f, struct dentry *d, int datasync)
 }
 
 
-static struct file_operations jffs_file_operations =
+static const struct file_operations jffs_file_operations =
 {
         .open           = generic_file_open,
         .llseek         = generic_file_llseek,
@@ -1649,7 +1649,7 @@ static struct inode_operations jffs_file_inode_operations =
 };
 
 
-static struct file_operations jffs_dir_operations =
+static const struct file_operations jffs_dir_operations =
 {
         .readdir        = jffs_readdir,
 };
diff --git a/fs/jffs2/dir.c b/fs/jffs2/dir.c
index a7bf9cb2567f..8bc7a5018e40 100644
--- a/fs/jffs2/dir.c
+++ b/fs/jffs2/dir.c
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ static int jffs2_mknod (struct inode *,struct dentry *,int,dev_t);
 static int jffs2_rename (struct inode *, struct dentry *,
                         struct inode *, struct dentry *);
 
-struct file_operations jffs2_dir_operations =
+const struct file_operations jffs2_dir_operations =
 {
         .read =         generic_read_dir,
         .readdir =      jffs2_readdir,
diff --git a/fs/jffs2/file.c b/fs/jffs2/file.c
index 935f273dc57b..9f4171213e58 100644
--- a/fs/jffs2/file.c
+++ b/fs/jffs2/file.c
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ int jffs2_fsync(struct file *filp, struct dentry *dentry, int datasync)
         return 0;
 }
 
-struct file_operations jffs2_file_operations =
+const struct file_operations jffs2_file_operations =
 {
         .llseek =       generic_file_llseek,
         .open =         generic_file_open,
diff --git a/fs/jffs2/os-linux.h b/fs/jffs2/os-linux.h
index 59e7a393200c..d307cf548625 100644
--- a/fs/jffs2/os-linux.h
+++ b/fs/jffs2/os-linux.h
@@ -159,11 +159,11 @@ void jffs2_stop_garbage_collect_thread(struct jffs2_sb_info *c);
 void jffs2_garbage_collect_trigger(struct jffs2_sb_info *c);
 
 /* dir.c */
-extern struct file_operations jffs2_dir_operations;
+extern const struct file_operations jffs2_dir_operations;
 extern struct inode_operations jffs2_dir_inode_operations;
 
 /* file.c */
-extern struct file_operations jffs2_file_operations;
+extern const struct file_operations jffs2_file_operations;
 extern struct inode_operations jffs2_file_inode_operations;
 extern struct address_space_operations jffs2_file_address_operations;
 int jffs2_fsync(struct file *, struct dentry *, int);
diff --git a/fs/jfs/file.c b/fs/jfs/file.c
index e1ac6e497e2b..1c9745be5ada 100644
--- a/fs/jfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/jfs/file.c
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ struct inode_operations jfs_file_inode_operations = {
 #endif
 };
 
-struct file_operations jfs_file_operations = {
+const struct file_operations jfs_file_operations = {
         .open           = jfs_open,
         .llseek         = generic_file_llseek,
         .write          = generic_file_write,
diff --git a/fs/jfs/jfs_inode.h b/fs/jfs/jfs_inode.h
index 095d471b9f9a..c30072674464 100644
--- a/fs/jfs/jfs_inode.h
+++ b/fs/jfs/jfs_inode.h
@@ -35,9 +35,9 @@ extern void jfs_set_inode_flags(struct inode *);
 
 extern struct address_space_operations jfs_aops;
 extern struct inode_operations jfs_dir_inode_operations;
-extern struct file_operations jfs_dir_operations;
+extern const struct file_operations jfs_dir_operations;
 extern struct inode_operations jfs_file_inode_operations;
-extern struct file_operations jfs_file_operations;
+extern const struct file_operations jfs_file_operations;
 extern struct inode_operations jfs_symlink_inode_operations;
 extern struct dentry_operations jfs_ci_dentry_operations;
 #endif                          /* _H_JFS_INODE */
diff --git a/fs/jfs/namei.c b/fs/jfs/namei.c
index 309cee575f7d..09ea03f62277 100644
--- a/fs/jfs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/jfs/namei.c
@@ -1519,7 +1519,7 @@ struct inode_operations jfs_dir_inode_operations = {
 #endif
 };
 
-struct file_operations jfs_dir_operations = {
+const struct file_operations jfs_dir_operations = {
         .read           = generic_read_dir,
         .readdir        = jfs_readdir,
         .fsync          = jfs_fsync,
diff --git a/fs/libfs.c b/fs/libfs.c
index 4fdeaceb892c..7145ba7a48d0 100644
--- a/fs/libfs.c
+++ b/fs/libfs.c
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ ssize_t generic_read_dir(struct file *filp, char __user *buf, size_t siz, loff_t
         return -EISDIR;
 }
 
-struct file_operations simple_dir_operations = {
+const struct file_operations simple_dir_operations = {
         .open           = dcache_dir_open,
         .release        = dcache_dir_close,
         .llseek         = dcache_dir_lseek,
diff --git a/fs/minix/dir.c b/fs/minix/dir.c
index 732502aabc05..69224d1fe043 100644
--- a/fs/minix/dir.c
+++ b/fs/minix/dir.c
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ typedef struct minix_dir_entry minix_dirent;
 
 static int minix_readdir(struct file *, void *, filldir_t);
 
-struct file_operations minix_dir_operations = {
+const struct file_operations minix_dir_operations = {
         .read           = generic_read_dir,
         .readdir        = minix_readdir,
         .fsync          = minix_sync_file,
diff --git a/fs/minix/file.c b/fs/minix/file.c
index f1d77acb3f01..420b32882a10 100644
--- a/fs/minix/file.c
+++ b/fs/minix/file.c
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  */
 int minix_sync_file(struct file *, struct dentry *, int);
 
-struct file_operations minix_file_operations = {
+const struct file_operations minix_file_operations = {
         .llseek         = generic_file_llseek,
         .read           = generic_file_read,
         .write          = generic_file_write,
diff --git a/fs/minix/minix.h b/fs/minix/minix.h
index e42a8bb89001..c55b77cdcc8e 100644
--- a/fs/minix/minix.h
+++ b/fs/minix/minix.h
@@ -81,8 +81,8 @@ extern int minix_sync_file(struct file *, struct dentry *, int);
 
 extern struct inode_operations minix_file_inode_operations;
 extern struct inode_operations minix_dir_inode_operations;
-extern struct file_operations minix_file_operations;
-extern struct file_operations minix_dir_operations;
+extern const struct file_operations minix_file_operations;
+extern const struct file_operations minix_dir_operations;
 extern struct dentry_operations minix_dentry_operations;
 
 static inline struct minix_sb_info *minix_sb(struct super_block *sb)
diff --git a/fs/ncpfs/dir.c b/fs/ncpfs/dir.c
index cfd76f431dc0..f0860c602d8b 100644
--- a/fs/ncpfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ncpfs/dir.c
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ extern int ncp_symlink(struct inode *, struct dentry *, const char *);
 #define ncp_symlink NULL
 #endif
                       
-struct file_operations ncp_dir_operations =
+const struct file_operations ncp_dir_operations =
 {
         .read           = generic_read_dir,
         .readdir        = ncp_readdir,
diff --git a/fs/ncpfs/file.c b/fs/ncpfs/file.c
index ebdad8f6398f..e6b7c67cf057 100644
--- a/fs/ncpfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/ncpfs/file.c
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ static int ncp_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file) {
         return 0;
 }
 
-struct file_operations ncp_file_operations =
+const struct file_operations ncp_file_operations =
 {
         .llseek         = remote_llseek,
         .read           = ncp_file_read,
diff --git a/fs/nfs/dir.c b/fs/nfs/dir.c
index 06c48b385c94..a23f34894167 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/dir.c
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ static int nfs_rename(struct inode *, struct dentry *,
 static int nfs_fsync_dir(struct file *, struct dentry *, int);
 static loff_t nfs_llseek_dir(struct file *, loff_t, int);
 
-struct file_operations nfs_dir_operations = {
+const struct file_operations nfs_dir_operations = {
         .llseek         = nfs_llseek_dir,
         .read           = generic_read_dir,
         .readdir        = nfs_readdir,
diff --git a/fs/nfs/file.c b/fs/nfs/file.c
index dee49a0cb995..f1df2c8d9259 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/file.c
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ static int nfs_check_flags(int flags);
 static int nfs_lock(struct file *filp, int cmd, struct file_lock *fl);
 static int nfs_flock(struct file *filp, int cmd, struct file_lock *fl);
 
-struct file_operations nfs_file_operations = {
+const struct file_operations nfs_file_operations = {
         .llseek         = nfs_file_llseek,
         .read           = do_sync_read,
         .write          = do_sync_write,
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c b/fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c
index c8960aff0968..3ef017b3b5bd 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ static ssize_t nfsctl_transaction_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf, size
         return simple_transaction_read(file, buf, size, pos);
 }
 
-static struct file_operations transaction_ops = {
+static const struct file_operations transaction_ops = {
         .write          = nfsctl_transaction_write,
         .read           = nfsctl_transaction_read,
         .release        = simple_transaction_release,
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ static int exports_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
         return seq_open(file, &nfs_exports_op);
 }
 
-static struct file_operations exports_operations = {
+static const struct file_operations exports_operations = {
         .open           = exports_open,
         .read           = seq_read,
         .llseek         = seq_lseek,
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/stats.c b/fs/nfsd/stats.c
index 1cf955bcc526..57265d563804 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/stats.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/stats.c
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ static int nfsd_proc_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
         return single_open(file, nfsd_proc_show, NULL);
 }
 
-static struct file_operations nfsd_proc_fops = {
+static const struct file_operations nfsd_proc_fops = {
         .owner = THIS_MODULE,
         .open = nfsd_proc_open,
         .read  = seq_read,
diff --git a/fs/ntfs/dir.c b/fs/ntfs/dir.c
index 9d9ed3fe371d..d1e2c6f9f05e 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs/dir.c
@@ -1553,7 +1553,7 @@ static int ntfs_dir_fsync(struct file *filp, struct dentry *dentry,
 
 #endif /* NTFS_RW */
 
-struct file_operations ntfs_dir_ops = {
+const struct file_operations ntfs_dir_ops = {
         .llseek         = generic_file_llseek,  /* Seek inside directory. */
         .read           = generic_read_dir,     /* Return -EISDIR. */
         .readdir        = ntfs_readdir,         /* Read directory contents. */
diff --git a/fs/ntfs/file.c b/fs/ntfs/file.c
index f5d057e4acc2..c63a83e8da98 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs/file.c
@@ -2294,7 +2294,7 @@ static int ntfs_file_fsync(struct file *filp, struct dentry *dentry,
 
 #endif /* NTFS_RW */
 
-struct file_operations ntfs_file_ops = {
+const struct file_operations ntfs_file_ops = {
         .llseek         = generic_file_llseek,   /* Seek inside file. */
         .read           = generic_file_read,     /* Read from file. */
         .aio_read       = generic_file_aio_read, /* Async read from file. */
@@ -2337,6 +2337,6 @@ struct inode_operations ntfs_file_inode_ops = {
 #endif /* NTFS_RW */
 };
 
-struct file_operations ntfs_empty_file_ops = {};
+const struct file_operations ntfs_empty_file_ops = {};
 
 struct inode_operations ntfs_empty_inode_ops = {};
diff --git a/fs/ntfs/ntfs.h b/fs/ntfs/ntfs.h
index 166142960b53..bf7b3d7c0930 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs/ntfs.h
+++ b/fs/ntfs/ntfs.h
@@ -60,13 +60,13 @@ extern struct kmem_cache *ntfs_index_ctx_cache;
 extern struct address_space_operations ntfs_aops;
 extern struct address_space_operations ntfs_mst_aops;
 
-extern struct  file_operations ntfs_file_ops;
+extern const struct  file_operations ntfs_file_ops;
 extern struct inode_operations ntfs_file_inode_ops;
 
-extern struct  file_operations ntfs_dir_ops;
+extern const struct  file_operations ntfs_dir_ops;
 extern struct inode_operations ntfs_dir_inode_ops;
 
-extern struct  file_operations ntfs_empty_file_ops;
+extern const struct  file_operations ntfs_empty_file_ops;
 extern struct inode_operations ntfs_empty_inode_ops;
 
 extern struct export_operations ntfs_export_ops;
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.c b/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.c
index 84f153aca692..64cd52860c87 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.c
@@ -2017,7 +2017,7 @@ out:
         return ret;
 }
 
-static struct file_operations ocfs2_dlm_debug_fops = {
+static const struct file_operations ocfs2_dlm_debug_fops = {
         .open =         ocfs2_dlm_debug_open,
         .release =      ocfs2_dlm_debug_release,
         .read =         seq_read,
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/file.c b/fs/ocfs2/file.c
index 4b4cbadd5838..34e903a6a46b 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/file.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/file.c
@@ -1176,7 +1176,7 @@ struct inode_operations ocfs2_special_file_iops = {
         .getattr        = ocfs2_getattr,
 };
 
-struct file_operations ocfs2_fops = {
+const struct file_operations ocfs2_fops = {
         .read           = do_sync_read,
         .write          = do_sync_write,
         .sendfile       = generic_file_sendfile,
@@ -1188,7 +1188,7 @@ struct file_operations ocfs2_fops = {
         .aio_write      = ocfs2_file_aio_write,
 };
 
-struct file_operations ocfs2_dops = {
+const struct file_operations ocfs2_dops = {
         .read           = generic_read_dir,
         .readdir        = ocfs2_readdir,
         .fsync          = ocfs2_sync_file,
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/file.h b/fs/ocfs2/file.h
index a5ea33b24060..740c9e7ca599 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/file.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/file.h
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@
 #ifndef OCFS2_FILE_H
 #define OCFS2_FILE_H
 
-extern struct file_operations ocfs2_fops;
-extern struct file_operations ocfs2_dops;
+extern const struct file_operations ocfs2_fops;
+extern const struct file_operations ocfs2_dops;
 extern struct inode_operations ocfs2_file_iops;
 extern struct inode_operations ocfs2_special_file_iops;
 struct ocfs2_alloc_context;
diff --git a/fs/openpromfs/inode.c b/fs/openpromfs/inode.c
index aeb0106890e4..0f14276a2e51 100644
--- a/fs/openpromfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/openpromfs/inode.c
@@ -581,17 +581,17 @@ int property_release (struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
         return 0;
 }
 
-static struct file_operations openpromfs_prop_ops = {
+static const struct file_operations openpromfs_prop_ops = {
         .read           = property_read,
         .write          = property_write,
         .release        = property_release,
 };
 
-static struct file_operations openpromfs_nodenum_ops = {
+static const struct file_operations openpromfs_nodenum_ops = {
         .read           = nodenum_read,
 };
 
-static struct file_operations openprom_operations = {
+static const struct file_operations openprom_operations = {
         .read           = generic_read_dir,
         .readdir        = openpromfs_readdir,
 };
diff --git a/fs/pipe.c b/fs/pipe.c
index 4384c9290943..e2f4f1d9ffc2 100644
--- a/fs/pipe.c
+++ b/fs/pipe.c
@@ -568,7 +568,7 @@ pipe_rdwr_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
  * The file_operations structs are not static because they
  * are also used in linux/fs/fifo.c to do operations on FIFOs.
  */
-struct file_operations read_fifo_fops = {
+const struct file_operations read_fifo_fops = {
         .llseek         = no_llseek,
         .read           = pipe_read,
         .readv          = pipe_readv,
@@ -580,7 +580,7 @@ struct file_operations read_fifo_fops = {
         .fasync         = pipe_read_fasync,
 };
 
-struct file_operations write_fifo_fops = {
+const struct file_operations write_fifo_fops = {
         .llseek         = no_llseek,
         .read           = bad_pipe_r,
         .write          = pipe_write,
@@ -592,7 +592,7 @@ struct file_operations write_fifo_fops = {
         .fasync         = pipe_write_fasync,
 };
 
-struct file_operations rdwr_fifo_fops = {
+const struct file_operations rdwr_fifo_fops = {
         .llseek         = no_llseek,
         .read           = pipe_read,
         .readv          = pipe_readv,
diff --git a/fs/proc/kcore.c b/fs/proc/kcore.c
index adc2cd95169a..17f6e8fa1397 100644
--- a/fs/proc/kcore.c
+++ b/fs/proc/kcore.c
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ static int open_kcore(struct inode * inode, struct file * filp)
 
 static ssize_t read_kcore(struct file *, char __user *, size_t, loff_t *);
 
-struct file_operations proc_kcore_operations = {
+const struct file_operations proc_kcore_operations = {
         .read           = read_kcore,
         .open           = open_kcore,
 };
diff --git a/fs/proc/kmsg.c b/fs/proc/kmsg.c
index 10d37bf25206..ff3b90b56e9d 100644
--- a/fs/proc/kmsg.c
+++ b/fs/proc/kmsg.c
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ static unsigned int kmsg_poll(struct file *file, poll_table *wait)
 }
 
 
-struct file_operations proc_kmsg_operations = {
+const struct file_operations proc_kmsg_operations = {
         .read           = kmsg_read,
         .poll           = kmsg_poll,
         .open           = kmsg_open,
diff --git a/fs/proc/vmcore.c b/fs/proc/vmcore.c
index 4063fb32f78c..7efa73d44c9a 100644
--- a/fs/proc/vmcore.c
+++ b/fs/proc/vmcore.c
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ static int open_vmcore(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
         return 0;
 }
 
-struct file_operations proc_vmcore_operations = {
+const struct file_operations proc_vmcore_operations = {
         .read           = read_vmcore,
         .open           = open_vmcore,
 };
diff --git a/fs/qnx4/dir.c b/fs/qnx4/dir.c
index 7a8f5595c26f..9031948fefd0 100644
--- a/fs/qnx4/dir.c
+++ b/fs/qnx4/dir.c
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ out:
         return 0;
 }
 
-struct file_operations qnx4_dir_operations =
+const struct file_operations qnx4_dir_operations =
 {
         .read           = generic_read_dir,
         .readdir        = qnx4_readdir,
diff --git a/fs/qnx4/file.c b/fs/qnx4/file.c
index c33963fded9e..62af4b1348bd 100644
--- a/fs/qnx4/file.c
+++ b/fs/qnx4/file.c
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
  * We have mostly NULL's here: the current defaults are ok for
  * the qnx4 filesystem.
  */
-struct file_operations qnx4_file_operations =
+const struct file_operations qnx4_file_operations =
 {
         .llseek         = generic_file_llseek,
         .read           = generic_file_read,
diff --git a/fs/ramfs/file-mmu.c b/fs/ramfs/file-mmu.c
index 6ada2095b9ac..00a933eb820c 100644
--- a/fs/ramfs/file-mmu.c
+++ b/fs/ramfs/file-mmu.c
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ struct address_space_operations ramfs_aops = {
         .commit_write   = simple_commit_write
 };
 
-struct file_operations ramfs_file_operations = {
+const struct file_operations ramfs_file_operations = {
         .read           = generic_file_read,
         .write          = generic_file_write,
         .mmap           = generic_file_mmap,
diff --git a/fs/ramfs/file-nommu.c b/fs/ramfs/file-nommu.c
index b1ca234068f6..f443a84b98a5 100644
--- a/fs/ramfs/file-nommu.c
+++ b/fs/ramfs/file-nommu.c
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ struct address_space_operations ramfs_aops = {
         .commit_write           = simple_commit_write
 };
 
-struct file_operations ramfs_file_operations = {
+const struct file_operations ramfs_file_operations = {
         .mmap                   = ramfs_nommu_mmap,
         .get_unmapped_area      = ramfs_nommu_get_unmapped_area,
         .read                   = generic_file_read,
diff --git a/fs/ramfs/internal.h b/fs/ramfs/internal.h
index 272c8a7120b0..313237631b49 100644
--- a/fs/ramfs/internal.h
+++ b/fs/ramfs/internal.h
@@ -11,5 +11,5 @@
 
 
 extern struct address_space_operations ramfs_aops;
-extern struct file_operations ramfs_file_operations;
+extern const struct file_operations ramfs_file_operations;
 extern struct inode_operations ramfs_file_inode_operations;
diff --git a/fs/read_write.c b/fs/read_write.c
index 34b1bf259efd..6256ca81a718 100644
--- a/fs/read_write.c
+++ b/fs/read_write.c
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 #include <asm/unistd.h>
 
-struct file_operations generic_ro_fops = {
+const struct file_operations generic_ro_fops = {
         .llseek         = generic_file_llseek,
         .read           = generic_file_read,
         .mmap           = generic_file_readonly_mmap,
diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/dir.c b/fs/reiserfs/dir.c
index d71ac6579289..973c819f8033 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/dir.c
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ static int reiserfs_readdir(struct file *, void *, filldir_t);
 static int reiserfs_dir_fsync(struct file *filp, struct dentry *dentry,
                               int datasync);
 
-struct file_operations reiserfs_dir_operations = {
+const struct file_operations reiserfs_dir_operations = {
         .read = generic_read_dir,
         .readdir = reiserfs_readdir,
         .fsync = reiserfs_dir_fsync,
diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/file.c b/fs/reiserfs/file.c
index d0c1e865963e..010094d14da6 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/file.c
@@ -1566,7 +1566,7 @@ static ssize_t reiserfs_aio_write(struct kiocb *iocb, const char __user * buf,
         return generic_file_aio_write(iocb, buf, count, pos);
 }
 
-struct file_operations reiserfs_file_operations = {
+const struct file_operations reiserfs_file_operations = {
         .read = generic_file_read,
         .write = reiserfs_file_write,
         .ioctl = reiserfs_ioctl,
diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/procfs.c b/fs/reiserfs/procfs.c
index ef6caed9336b..731688e1cfe3 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/procfs.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/procfs.c
@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ static int r_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
         return ret;
 }
 
-static struct file_operations r_file_operations = {
+static const struct file_operations r_file_operations = {
         .open = r_open,
         .read = seq_read,
         .llseek = seq_lseek,
diff --git a/fs/romfs/inode.c b/fs/romfs/inode.c
index c2fc424d7d5c..9b9eda7b335c 100644
--- a/fs/romfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/romfs/inode.c
@@ -463,7 +463,7 @@ static struct address_space_operations romfs_aops = {
         .readpage = romfs_readpage
 };
 
-static struct file_operations romfs_dir_operations = {
+static const struct file_operations romfs_dir_operations = {
         .read           = generic_read_dir,
         .readdir        = romfs_readdir,
 };
diff --git a/fs/smbfs/dir.c b/fs/smbfs/dir.c
index 0424d06b147e..34c7a11d91f0 100644
--- a/fs/smbfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/smbfs/dir.c
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ static int smb_rename(struct inode *, struct dentry *,
 static int smb_make_node(struct inode *,struct dentry *,int,dev_t);
 static int smb_link(struct dentry *, struct inode *, struct dentry *);
 
-struct file_operations smb_dir_operations =
+const struct file_operations smb_dir_operations =
 {
         .read           = generic_read_dir,
         .readdir        = smb_readdir,
diff --git a/fs/smbfs/file.c b/fs/smbfs/file.c
index 7042e62726a4..c56bd99a9701 100644
--- a/fs/smbfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/smbfs/file.c
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ smb_file_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask, struct nameidata *nd)
         return error;
 }
 
-struct file_operations smb_file_operations =
+const struct file_operations smb_file_operations =
 {
         .llseek         = remote_llseek,
         .read           = smb_file_read,
diff --git a/fs/smbfs/proto.h b/fs/smbfs/proto.h
index e866ec8660d0..47664597e6b1 100644
--- a/fs/smbfs/proto.h
+++ b/fs/smbfs/proto.h
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ extern int smb_proc_symlink(struct smb_sb_info *server, struct dentry *d, const
 extern int smb_proc_link(struct smb_sb_info *server, struct dentry *dentry, struct dentry *new_dentry);
 extern void smb_install_null_ops(struct smb_ops *ops);
 /* dir.c */
-extern struct file_operations smb_dir_operations;
+extern const struct file_operations smb_dir_operations;
 extern struct inode_operations smb_dir_inode_operations;
 extern struct inode_operations smb_dir_inode_operations_unix;
 extern void smb_new_dentry(struct dentry *dentry);
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ extern int smb_getattr(struct vfsmount *mnt, struct dentry *dentry, struct kstat
 extern int smb_notify_change(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *attr);
 /* file.c */
 extern struct address_space_operations smb_file_aops;
-extern struct file_operations smb_file_operations;
+extern const struct file_operations smb_file_operations;
 extern struct inode_operations smb_file_inode_operations;
 /* ioctl.c */
 extern int smb_ioctl(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg);
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/bin.c b/fs/sysfs/bin.c
index 78899eeab974..c16a93c353c0 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/bin.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/bin.c
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ static int release(struct inode * inode, struct file * file)
         return 0;
 }
 
-struct file_operations bin_fops = {
+const struct file_operations bin_fops = {
         .read           = read,
         .write          = write,
         .mmap           = mmap,
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/dir.c b/fs/sysfs/dir.c
index 9ee956864445..f26880a4785e 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/dir.c
@@ -503,7 +503,7 @@ static loff_t sysfs_dir_lseek(struct file * file, loff_t offset, int origin)
         return offset;
 }
 
-struct file_operations sysfs_dir_operations = {
+const struct file_operations sysfs_dir_operations = {
         .open           = sysfs_dir_open,
         .release        = sysfs_dir_close,
         .llseek         = sysfs_dir_lseek,
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/file.c b/fs/sysfs/file.c
index 5e83e7246788..830f76fa098c 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/file.c
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ static int sysfs_release(struct inode * inode, struct file * filp)
         return 0;
 }
 
-struct file_operations sysfs_file_operations = {
+const struct file_operations sysfs_file_operations = {
         .read           = sysfs_read_file,
         .write          = sysfs_write_file,
         .llseek         = generic_file_llseek,
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h b/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h
index cf11d5b789d9..32958a7c50e9 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h
+++ b/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@ extern int sysfs_setattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *iattr);
 
 extern struct rw_semaphore sysfs_rename_sem;
 extern struct super_block * sysfs_sb;
-extern struct file_operations sysfs_dir_operations;
-extern struct file_operations sysfs_file_operations;
-extern struct file_operations bin_fops;
+extern const struct file_operations sysfs_dir_operations;
+extern const struct file_operations sysfs_file_operations;
+extern const struct file_operations bin_fops;
 extern struct inode_operations sysfs_dir_inode_operations;
 extern struct inode_operations sysfs_symlink_inode_operations;
 
diff --git a/fs/sysv/dir.c b/fs/sysv/dir.c
index cce8b05cba5a..8c66e9270dd6 100644
--- a/fs/sysv/dir.c
+++ b/fs/sysv/dir.c
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 static int sysv_readdir(struct file *, void *, filldir_t);
 
-struct file_operations sysv_dir_operations = {
+const struct file_operations sysv_dir_operations = {
         .read           = generic_read_dir,
         .readdir        = sysv_readdir,
         .fsync          = sysv_sync_file,
diff --git a/fs/sysv/file.c b/fs/sysv/file.c
index da69abc06240..a59e303135fa 100644
--- a/fs/sysv/file.c
+++ b/fs/sysv/file.c
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
  * We have mostly NULLs here: the current defaults are OK for
  * the coh filesystem.
  */
-struct file_operations sysv_file_operations = {
+const struct file_operations sysv_file_operations = {
         .llseek         = generic_file_llseek,
         .read           = generic_file_read,
         .write          = generic_file_write,
diff --git a/fs/sysv/sysv.h b/fs/sysv/sysv.h
index b7f9b4a42aab..393a480e4deb 100644
--- a/fs/sysv/sysv.h
+++ b/fs/sysv/sysv.h
@@ -159,8 +159,8 @@ extern ino_t sysv_inode_by_name(struct dentry *);
 extern struct inode_operations sysv_file_inode_operations;
 extern struct inode_operations sysv_dir_inode_operations;
 extern struct inode_operations sysv_fast_symlink_inode_operations;
-extern struct file_operations sysv_file_operations;
-extern struct file_operations sysv_dir_operations;
+extern const struct file_operations sysv_file_operations;
+extern const struct file_operations sysv_dir_operations;
 extern struct address_space_operations sysv_aops;
 extern struct super_operations sysv_sops;
 extern struct dentry_operations sysv_dentry_operations;
diff --git a/fs/udf/dir.c b/fs/udf/dir.c
index f5222527fe39..8c28efa3b8ff 100644
--- a/fs/udf/dir.c
+++ b/fs/udf/dir.c
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ static int do_udf_readdir(struct inode *, struct file *, filldir_t, void *);
 
 /* readdir and lookup functions */
 
-struct file_operations udf_dir_operations = {
+const struct file_operations udf_dir_operations = {
         .read                   = generic_read_dir,
         .readdir                = udf_readdir,
         .ioctl                  = udf_ioctl,
diff --git a/fs/udf/file.c b/fs/udf/file.c
index a6f2acc1f15c..e34b00e303f1 100644
--- a/fs/udf/file.c
+++ b/fs/udf/file.c
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ static int udf_release_file(struct inode * inode, struct file * filp)
         return 0;
 }
 
-struct file_operations udf_file_operations = {
+const struct file_operations udf_file_operations = {
         .read                   = generic_file_read,
         .ioctl                  = udf_ioctl,
         .open                   = generic_file_open,
diff --git a/fs/udf/udfdecl.h b/fs/udf/udfdecl.h
index 1d5800e0cbe7..023e19ba5a2e 100644
--- a/fs/udf/udfdecl.h
+++ b/fs/udf/udfdecl.h
@@ -44,9 +44,9 @@ struct buffer_head;
 struct super_block;
 
 extern struct inode_operations udf_dir_inode_operations;
-extern struct file_operations udf_dir_operations;
+extern const struct file_operations udf_dir_operations;
 extern struct inode_operations udf_file_inode_operations;
-extern struct file_operations udf_file_operations;
+extern const struct file_operations udf_file_operations;
 extern struct address_space_operations udf_aops;
 extern struct address_space_operations udf_adinicb_aops;
 extern struct address_space_operations udf_symlink_aops;
diff --git a/fs/ufs/dir.c b/fs/ufs/dir.c
index 7c10c68902ae..1a561202d3f4 100644
--- a/fs/ufs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ufs/dir.c
@@ -620,7 +620,7 @@ int ufs_empty_dir (struct inode * inode)
         return 1;
 }
 
-struct file_operations ufs_dir_operations = {
+const struct file_operations ufs_dir_operations = {
         .read           = generic_read_dir,
         .readdir        = ufs_readdir,
         .fsync          = file_fsync,
diff --git a/fs/ufs/file.c b/fs/ufs/file.c
index 62ad481810ef..312fd3f86313 100644
--- a/fs/ufs/file.c
+++ b/fs/ufs/file.c
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
  * the ufs filesystem.
  */
  
-struct file_operations ufs_file_operations = {
+const struct file_operations ufs_file_operations = {
         .llseek         = generic_file_llseek,
         .read           = generic_file_read,
         .write          = generic_file_write,
diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_file.c b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_file.c
index 185567a6a561..85997b1205f5 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_file.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_file.c
@@ -528,7 +528,7 @@ open_exec_out:
 }
 #endif /* HAVE_FOP_OPEN_EXEC */
 
-struct file_operations xfs_file_operations = {
+const struct file_operations xfs_file_operations = {
         .llseek         = generic_file_llseek,
         .read           = do_sync_read,
         .write          = do_sync_write,
@@ -550,7 +550,7 @@ struct file_operations xfs_file_operations = {
 #endif
 };
 
-struct file_operations xfs_invis_file_operations = {
+const struct file_operations xfs_invis_file_operations = {
         .llseek         = generic_file_llseek,
         .read           = do_sync_read,
         .write          = do_sync_write,
@@ -570,7 +570,7 @@ struct file_operations xfs_invis_file_operations = {
 };
 
 
-struct file_operations xfs_dir_file_operations = {
+const struct file_operations xfs_dir_file_operations = {
         .read           = generic_read_dir,
         .readdir        = xfs_file_readdir,
         .unlocked_ioctl = xfs_file_ioctl,
diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_iops.h b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_iops.h
index a8417d7af5f9..ad6173da5678 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_iops.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_iops.h
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@ extern struct inode_operations xfs_inode_operations;
 extern struct inode_operations xfs_dir_inode_operations;
 extern struct inode_operations xfs_symlink_inode_operations;
 
-extern struct file_operations xfs_file_operations;
-extern struct file_operations xfs_dir_file_operations;
-extern struct file_operations xfs_invis_file_operations;
+extern const struct file_operations xfs_file_operations;
+extern const struct file_operations xfs_dir_file_operations;
+extern const struct file_operations xfs_invis_file_operations;
 
 extern int xfs_ioctl(struct bhv_desc *, struct inode *, struct file *,
                         int, unsigned int, void __user *);