diff --git a/drivers/misc/ibmasm/ibmasmfs.c b/drivers/misc/ibmasm/ibmasmfs.c
index 5c550fcac2c487f176ba6a2881d41d1449423a15..26a230b6ff80dbee2d207a10d4625c44e64f02d4 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/ibmasm/ibmasmfs.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/ibmasm/ibmasmfs.c
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ static struct super_operations ibmasmfs_s_ops = {
 	.drop_inode	= generic_delete_inode,
 };
 
-static struct file_operations *ibmasmfs_dir_ops = &simple_dir_operations;
+static const struct file_operations *ibmasmfs_dir_ops = &simple_dir_operations;
 
 static struct file_system_type ibmasmfs_type = {
 	.owner          = THIS_MODULE,
diff --git a/fs/9p/v9fs_vfs.h b/fs/9p/v9fs_vfs.h
index 43c9f7de0314e8360b943746424a5d596e10236e..f867b8d3e973a069d1d0bf21495114963e36a0a0 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 766f11f1215c9545bf347dada64a725b942951fa..e32d5971039b6712db19eb62fc19210be226656e 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 59e74416340775af80a41ee99ce36366c4223466..083dcfcd158e1cd3df4e445fdecabdd3c286f8eb 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 f6cd01352cc87753f4ee717c70197bc146e68ed3..29217ff36d446a673dbabde26823b948aa6ce89b 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 0b4c3a028076699cef70483056d31e7f1c17faea..7b075fc397da7bcffece6dcde249afdf2d097f1e 100644
--- a/fs/adfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/adfs/dir.c
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ adfs_dir_lookup_byname(struct inode *inode, struct qstr *name, struct object_inf
 	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 6af10885f9d6d0449a8e6836eedbbede5794ff6b..1014b9f2117b2bd2e6bc00086f8bcc9d84475d0e 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 0c6799f2137a742bf339d4b210651aa67394d37a..a43a876742b8e3b9759c7429e475bb62f5fb7e61 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 548efd0ee98cd9e8e5449abde56d0c2821afaed4..5d9649fa1814c1ab8d2d4f91f4dd24aa6a81ce55 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 f72fb776ecdf86621f95e7e444c2d0ac54191f67..7076262af39b39404c4ae2669392597934554602 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 5c61c24dab2a12dac4b55ae70ef87191cc53defd..a6dff6a4f204c9cfa3fdcfd8b703f9cdc1d74afd 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 ab8f87c66319bc4233444e8bcd7c3f17163e5d88..72febdf9a35af9379996eb51a9167e1c085aeb8b 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 31ee06590de549d833be410c742da32240187d22..4e6eeb59b83cc02a2ccb1b24ad3ba515770f8d57 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 9c81b8f7eef07dfd5e976768f55edf18ea383329..101d21b6c03715b45ead510a2abccb706f23d209 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 990c28da5aecec59a81e7fab256a3bf0cbfc7f6c..a62327f1bdffeb4085fb7839e6b9d409d69c4d3c 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 870e2cf3301653030bb9cf29512c163f8e172398..9cac08d6a873111086c8ab75529976589e12dfce 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 c70204a612688d898e6ee88f59d717d410750a36..57c4903614e58c29a2eae1462f1f46c1ca8083ec 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 c8fe43a475e2a7be6c8d7cdfadb01092a508a868..84e030c8ddd0f99047473308afc4d26f555e2c14 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 e172180a1d8c3f0173adae9101175c1454111ce3..80599ae339669d3a3a962d64d974f62fb30a58d6 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 044a59587829ba5b5573ec9edf7270359cbc7a3a..68ebd10f345db87fc2d7cee847d16431168e257c 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 1fbc53f14aba998648c6bd3dba91590c924c4a50..9d791004b21ccbf02ccc7a6d01d01a64cddf0b70 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 5af928fa044909a63d0f82297ee4a70ffec6b71c..26fad96217380786af130867e2e8f943d670fe4b 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 807723b65daf3b1c93830325e441bf4b03bc81ef..d83cd74a2e4e681a061552e8c26e22070e41efa0 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 6a7b730c206bbc8c8e0f757187873dff2af3d3b6..d73d75591a3966125003fdc8e6edebca1d7cc5e3 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 @@ static ssize_t bm_register_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buffer,
 	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 17c76182f389849c657cd60a791e1435411214f4..af88c43043d589a45c20e744d44dd15b557243e4 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 b53dffa46baccc479610503e108e7349f68c7c78..4e1b849f912f740d6d120fe02abab1a347f53035 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 6b99b51d66946b16b3553d3cf9bb36172eb292a0..4bbc544857bccf160405121a8719d89736ed1699 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 821a8eb2255965a77e031c37a6b2f4c674f97e48..74f405ae4da349e4a0224aece033cfb5dbb8ecaa 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 54f76de8a686f30c9ab03917ce18524341031a66..71f2ea632e5376168d5b8aa4f194604941021104 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 146a991d6eb5890349165a59dc6c203daea5a556..7c2642431fa5baa7bef2aa4cb0514b01615d5d0b 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 127714936c666f5fc97e4d68927a68e3d0ae6726..214822be87bdd424c07a9cc116d74a4ca6e5eada 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 98c74fe2e139d0f349cb1201577abdbad8b6b3f2..6c6771db36da4f482f123a42f92c852e90cf05fd 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 f70e46951b3781ec1baa4677e715919ac78724c2..3f4ff7a242b9ebf746bf93f1ea67beb0622d1cf4 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 ca60e3abef451d64ce9df9374b2b49dfe8a5d97c..8ed9b06a982834d91b70c9919d16f58f9149d1af 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 3921920d8716a32f3495e8200abad6c0b2d08f2c..f499803743e04add3d576dc919e0a54752d00ba1 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 acc1b2c10a86a2283b7f3eaa84bf621f2704268a..9efcc3a164e8ccb1278e4cbebd8dcd0ad0cefffd 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 40c4fc973fad3125e3732b92c755f985a198a3dd..66a505422e5cbb8f75756022366a27a16688628b 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 b621521e09d4af83152845d889882947e29a0e5d..52f5059c4f311532d7898f5053ae520ed9f217df 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 777c614ff360e7f578bc1e89423b982804680454..17f5b2d3c16a7071a18010926d574a26046569b1 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 e067a06c64645663da32c3905e5fb0724d7ac04d..242fe1a66ce5731690fc9e7dfe340307bc685448 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 0165388c425cce5625d4265ee40136ae9a988d25..d672aa9f40612b94ba9810ff5c681d7106a4c5b1 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/dir.c
@@ -658,7 +658,7 @@ int ext2_empty_dir (struct inode * inode)
 	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 11035ac7986f19a13d1f8485e573b2268f2c25ae..9f74a62be555f1cc84da03e9455d8efb27652a5e 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 a484412fc7821bc37dfff95c5141c37ac7cbe3e2..509cceca04dbf5f24fc9a0d14fcaca6d685a6d36 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 38bd3f6ec147775474ef3c27a9707fd5d33be5a5..f37528ed222e82ed419762b9839ca6546eab85f5 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 59098ea56711cb5f07b17506ff1b66f405bb2cbb..783a796220bbe44f2fc124af0e9eaef6101e02dc 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/file.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/file.c
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ ext3_file_write(struct kiocb *iocb, const char __user *buf, size_t count, loff_t
 	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 4095bc149eb12ee182cf11a8b409a37e537d29d0..698b85bb1dd45855a709635eb6239a4c9bbef0d6 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 88aa1ae13f9f3022c7978d9bbd7e5cb20c2d71aa..1ee25232e6af3dd4cee629fdeba312f769cd8d02 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 d13fcd3ec803bd52e335ef340d09c817421b05fb..889f722ee36d638c5379634ebe2eb54c1055e58e 100644
--- a/fs/fifo.c
+++ b/fs/fifo.c
@@ -145,6 +145,6 @@ static int fifo_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
  * 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 927acf70c591c4b9793fc134912a9dc4363d61ea..1cf1fe8466a2c9f0efbb28e06e3cfe0c4f21c99e 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 554eb455722cbb3812837d3bc1b7b64290ebcc30..29cce456c7ced1fdbfd6bfc7a9ed1b9a2ff07779 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 0c9a2ee54c91dfde34d502737e821e93d5a765ad..23d1f52eb1b8de693f86c96a8eccc2bb5909d750 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 c72a8a97935c9733af8522eeb2533bd83c930ba1..256355b80256f4525272f84788c8561207942389 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 6f05379b0a0d31e41cc9373d6594097a82c55905..975f2697e866388d5c9e5ad9f80fc75f6e0953a1 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 4a83adfec968ebae108b9ae71802e14db6ef6dbb..a16a04fcf41eca2e37ac265a368a19eecf426dc3 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 534e5a7480efc8626c00347fa4e22e9d9dc412ee..7cd8cc03aea7790159aa7ce5263e73655dabfd8d 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 18ce47ab1b71f0d27044e3831c69444ccb33740f..3ed8663a8db1ea792d14d0ab9ab6d0821d2521ce 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 2c564701724f9fdd0266bcfe08f1cfa364c18f32..2d4ced22201ba18d3b8e81eb5b1860d63011897b 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 01a6fe3a395c765eeb79f5a22b1f31a91931f99e..1f9ece0de326227af5a15c238aca2f7b78a61aa0 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 9fbe4d2aeece7816d02fab76ea371c99b23976cc..acf66dba3e01ddc5256469ef5183853128107ee6 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 b3ad0bd0312f2ecc7e9ab8ea2dc37639a3a7b0d0..bf0f8e16e4336db36e64f7b46bc253b283c18b7d 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 5591f9623aa2299840c5cd1d894702a59d982bde..ecc9180645ae1a12b70beab00bc5561f602c4a65 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 7c995ac4081bcbbbf1c1b0cf0eec5c0a3691413a..d3b9fffe45a140bedc792f9022f4af7c8f7908ce 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 4c6473ab3b346e1f7091047878c4694fdee41d86..29b7a3e55173e8825ed63d8f899076e045641c75 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 a44dc58973991b6ff33274ee2f6eaf2a6ca28ca3..2ba20cdb5baa7316e8f14738b895f3332c1b9a1e 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 25fa8bba8cb5ecf552698b017688a97022eff2d2..3a5b4e9234550200b252f3ca2333d3343aafcb4e 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 f48a3dae07120f14e8f20c0514e2f8b00986c278..367c487c014b6f62db3c04811ad56e3bec4cc0df 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 7901ac9f97ab4728150c0ba68e11e48645f51a26..5440ea292c6964678ce6038db108633d69363962 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 439a19b1bf3e8b4fddd0dadcfe10573c602ccc28..b87ba066f5e76f42debee19fcfb5336c896f33f9 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 5a4519e834da31131f4140f246aaa5aaf27f04e2..020cc097c539955b6771412b3d32d9ac291a0494 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 a7bf9cb2567fc20b763354d5abd4a8e197c63373..8bc7a5018e4044be500c3e14bf73b974673c6646 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 935f273dc57b834bcb7491d8a099522653f19ce7..9f4171213e58b2d4105152e78a8627c688e37633 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 59e7a393200c6877c99a7a2dc87303045b1e2644..d307cf548625b5a9b654af3c711b6c619edbfce9 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 e1ac6e497e2be67829bbc583ea545ae645ebf97d..1c9745be5adab3db43fd2218b69b4e92884100f6 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 095d471b9f9a186c36b5736d5484626133718dea..c300726744641869b6e4f87794b2ece81d9b8280 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 309cee575f7db88165c6edf78aeb0ba86b7bcc3f..09ea03f622778a0d5c568db9192eec9e2ea5ceb9 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 4fdeaceb892cb83d0206f2024f1bbc229dba1192..7145ba7a48d06329de45384b3d3bda2c607cc1a1 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 732502aabc056320a714f34e2e23b0a4c555d2f6..69224d1fe043d635089f60dcb0452b1366bd9839 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 f1d77acb3f01425aa215eca838e4666c66af1016..420b32882a10ce6f55c8cd6d396d5045f334d5d6 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 e42a8bb890013bf27b717c3b6458133cb34ab124..c55b77cdcc8e2af21e447a168e5cbb4ad26c6d42 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 cfd76f431dc0ecba78d8e8bb96c668c402979cc5..f0860c602d8bbcc14b51b1d7c96732653bed890c 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 ebdad8f6398f14fdcb84ee93b8e4878e59c24bf4..e6b7c67cf057765f86921cf2220fee385eaaee38 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 06c48b385c94de72c081266e2b8f5ecc51c59e80..a23f3489416709288655f80603337f91ea94e398 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 dee49a0cb9951bad14365d6a16c792e632485af7..f1df2c8d92591e4fa1474d66ecda7f887868fd86 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 c8960aff09685957e5b20dccf6b0a2fcdef27684..3ef017b3b5bde5b0526832175208c2be8bde4490 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 1cf955bcc526ecd7db7a0be50a58021e0663ac6e..57265d56380453750310a39c5305a39178a1c35c 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 9d9ed3fe371db95e42428a654a0f73f60996d03c..d1e2c6f9f05eed155e257b0524da8cc2ff5e4566 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 f5d057e4acc2a141e07f3b0a5e2755d3ce93f073..c63a83e8da98b7d6737de1969a86f9c5ed066e35 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 166142960b53be467e9392f0d13ce87057185445..bf7b3d7c09303a17de113173b80b2b8890d97ecb 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 84f153aca692069c6fd2f36d3a322c61bea8d6ea..64cd52860c876943d3a51a373f8a74df9f7067f5 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.c
@@ -2017,7 +2017,7 @@ static int ocfs2_dlm_debug_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 	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 4b4cbadd583834adddc8f033c64cc2a449fc3a7c..34e903a6a46b22e42be625f060e28973b6d77801 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 a5ea33b2406072d43cc61d637ba6121652497d42..740c9e7ca5993b5fd86ab9fefa1a55cdacbb9a21 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 aeb0106890e4f1db6dc903f3d5e94f3724278ab0..0f14276a2e510de843ad4c6877c9aa5bd469ce0a 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 4384c929094354d84f27936b1b15c6001b9d9dd5..e2f4f1d9ffc2578ff4d2da0404c459b819a260a0 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 adc2cd95169a0793b69cde85db8949a11ef8c898..17f6e8fa13978801e939a2a9cf749fcae8d7bf4f 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 10d37bf252060fab81b641d56e4573aaa56fe110..ff3b90b56e9d635546fe71868ffdc473632c5352 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 4063fb32f78c210dd6c41690ff107966e68ed821..7efa73d44c9a5b6f61a7ee3bb4aa02ff885eebb1 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 7a8f5595c26fea5898f1dfe246c8b86025b3e72a..9031948fefd056104a4822ab4f193529f70a1475 100644
--- a/fs/qnx4/dir.c
+++ b/fs/qnx4/dir.c
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ static int qnx4_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 	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 c33963fded9eb94d0b209c48e60d7c7499a27a20..62af4b1348bda336cfcc90420a6f1b208f7f807f 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 6ada2095b9ac3609340138286cad2d1e35d0d0c1..00a933eb820c27127cc330adbca12e6518deb4d8 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 b1ca234068f67173816c51c49bceecfe2c66bed9..f443a84b98a5a300b21fbf298f7aa2587e6e83eb 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 272c8a7120b031004386c00cbfbaa18eab62072c..313237631b49dda2c66145fcc0bab146cc5472aa 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 34b1bf259efd239d5380282b689258285711fc5e..6256ca81a718673694249aa2bcc3f9dff6895bcf 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 d71ac657928931e114ea0798342e501f27558a79..973c819f803387a9f5adce136825c62bdeea4010 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 d0c1e865963eac20acc606cc8f26089f20ad2ac1..010094d14da678fce192938a77e3e903a245bd09 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 ef6caed9336b3c36f5c51a1616d866b735e247f7..731688e1cfe334608001da8648f9d8c051d2b1c1 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 c2fc424d7d5c7ceef553b7c8f76000276943850d..9b9eda7b335c431803092dde7aa6fabea1fe8bdc 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 0424d06b147e3832273b068f2389b99057c28e0a..34c7a11d91f0ebbb29854a0116d8c558825fbbbc 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 7042e62726a419eef23cd42750a86677d20d9d71..c56bd99a97018ca42b669a9ab5709ff5093ddbde 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 e866ec8660d0c7d8bbff41de02a4651e3717fe02..47664597e6b17ced95636f7a60575d85f469eaf8 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 78899eeab9742c8e35b8c8a68a43054c0fd9c5a9..c16a93c353c0cba3c7503b8041341be39ff69c21 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 9ee956864445e54025343eab41b9ed5da4dc8665..f26880a4785eec127e80ce736144624c3016098c 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 5e83e72467885a90fb88efeaf78601e70da2027f..830f76fa098c531f9db023f74253d9a19a1dff06 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 cf11d5b789d9ac2485bcb6693e3d1cbbd2d1aec6..32958a7c50e95ce5ffe448a83507c654901fb349 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 cce8b05cba5a03da1068a462aec9b4228e6a2986..8c66e9270dd64995f95ac6504a61998bec5c31dd 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 da69abc06240cc213eafb5cfe1bd63f297e50327..a59e303135fa02feca937e45706c87b14f8d0c5b 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 b7f9b4a42aab561697e6a205d4d844b828efc3ad..393a480e4deb0860190a1bda62d37178d2846d85 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 f5222527fe39fca5cb0d8997c4140ad9959a253b..8c28efa3b8ff2e4a40e981dd9bc7a4cbe193d44a 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 a6f2acc1f15c01929dd0ecc48a93b6c00e981d11..e34b00e303f13ae9cdd75d35a3649b6346b5c027 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 1d5800e0cbe7a78d1b6e85c13fd4c253f221a194..023e19ba5a2ee8be3d2f4df434564aa70a5f1dc8 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 7c10c68902ae2f22ba2e620c197e57d7233b4b5d..1a561202d3f44d33712ebd9e95609a0a436f5e44 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 62ad481810ef9ba8d8eee4f6564ce9998cbb2977..312fd3f86313b61a7d6f7230699cc2f763d69008 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 185567a6a56118cb47dcf6da77b7df8de98f5af5..85997b1205f5f1c85dc9be7aa62d99b7dd536047 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_file.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_file.c
@@ -528,7 +528,7 @@ xfs_file_open_exec(
 }
 #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 a8417d7af5f9dcffc7b4ab6350a219c7f76935e8..ad6173da567813c428ce5c159f180faedf61a097 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 *);
diff --git a/include/linux/coda_linux.h b/include/linux/coda_linux.h
index cc621ec409d8f8d97e96bda2b92f835021667bff..b3ecf8f71d97066666ed60cdef837e4bdd436b0f 100644
--- a/include/linux/coda_linux.h
+++ b/include/linux/coda_linux.h
@@ -30,9 +30,9 @@ extern struct inode_operations coda_ioctl_inode_operations;
 extern struct address_space_operations coda_file_aops;
 extern struct address_space_operations coda_symlink_aops;
 
-extern struct file_operations coda_dir_operations;
-extern struct file_operations coda_file_operations;
-extern struct file_operations coda_ioctl_operations;
+extern const struct file_operations coda_dir_operations;
+extern const struct file_operations coda_file_operations;
+extern const struct file_operations coda_ioctl_operations;
 
 /* operations shared over more than one file */
 int coda_open(struct inode *i, struct file *f);
diff --git a/include/linux/crash_dump.h b/include/linux/crash_dump.h
index 534d750d922dee89c645f10d93166c3065db85c0..32503657f14f11e9078d16c44ae503e38248d7ad 100644
--- a/include/linux/crash_dump.h
+++ b/include/linux/crash_dump.h
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 extern unsigned long long elfcorehdr_addr;
 extern ssize_t copy_oldmem_page(unsigned long, char *, size_t,
 						unsigned long, int);
-extern struct file_operations proc_vmcore_operations;
+extern const struct file_operations proc_vmcore_operations;
 extern struct proc_dir_entry *proc_vmcore;
 
 #endif /* CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP */
diff --git a/include/linux/efs_fs.h b/include/linux/efs_fs.h
index 28f368c526fba4360be6c0fa83e705bbcd51801c..fbfa6b52e2fb0007a3ec29b7a003fc3981981d19 100644
--- a/include/linux/efs_fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/efs_fs.h
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ static inline struct efs_sb_info *SUPER_INFO(struct super_block *sb)
 struct statfs;
 
 extern struct inode_operations efs_dir_inode_operations;
-extern struct file_operations efs_dir_operations;
+extern const struct file_operations efs_dir_operations;
 extern struct address_space_operations efs_symlink_aops;
 
 extern void efs_read_inode(struct inode *);
diff --git a/include/linux/ext3_fs.h b/include/linux/ext3_fs.h
index 8bb4f842cded772983f04d5c9e39f92afed89c5d..3ade6a4e3bdd7233cfddfe02f0f1494dcc6616d3 100644
--- a/include/linux/ext3_fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/ext3_fs.h
@@ -833,11 +833,11 @@ do {								\
  */
 
 /* dir.c */
-extern struct file_operations ext3_dir_operations;
+extern const struct file_operations ext3_dir_operations;
 
 /* file.c */
 extern struct inode_operations ext3_file_inode_operations;
-extern struct file_operations ext3_file_operations;
+extern const struct file_operations ext3_file_operations;
 
 /* namei.c */
 extern struct inode_operations ext3_dir_inode_operations;
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index ef355bc73714104fcb710c2d444188c7be20ecd2..408fe89498f421285b563e12889439b3e620b310 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -1390,11 +1390,11 @@ extern void bd_set_size(struct block_device *, loff_t size);
 extern void bd_forget(struct inode *inode);
 extern void bdput(struct block_device *);
 extern struct block_device *open_by_devnum(dev_t, unsigned);
-extern struct file_operations def_blk_fops;
+extern const struct file_operations def_blk_fops;
 extern struct address_space_operations def_blk_aops;
-extern struct file_operations def_chr_fops;
-extern struct file_operations bad_sock_fops;
-extern struct file_operations def_fifo_fops;
+extern const struct file_operations def_chr_fops;
+extern const struct file_operations bad_sock_fops;
+extern const struct file_operations def_fifo_fops;
 extern int ioctl_by_bdev(struct block_device *, unsigned, unsigned long);
 extern int blkdev_ioctl(struct inode *, struct file *, unsigned, unsigned long);
 extern long compat_blkdev_ioctl(struct file *, unsigned, unsigned long);
@@ -1444,9 +1444,9 @@ extern void init_special_inode(struct inode *, umode_t, dev_t);
 extern void make_bad_inode(struct inode *);
 extern int is_bad_inode(struct inode *);
 
-extern struct file_operations read_fifo_fops;
-extern struct file_operations write_fifo_fops;
-extern struct file_operations rdwr_fifo_fops;
+extern const struct file_operations read_fifo_fops;
+extern const struct file_operations write_fifo_fops;
+extern const struct file_operations rdwr_fifo_fops;
 
 extern int fs_may_remount_ro(struct super_block *);
 
@@ -1688,7 +1688,7 @@ static inline ssize_t blockdev_direct_IO_own_locking(int rw, struct kiocb *iocb,
 				nr_segs, get_block, end_io, DIO_OWN_LOCKING);
 }
 
-extern struct file_operations generic_ro_fops;
+extern const struct file_operations generic_ro_fops;
 
 #define special_file(m) (S_ISCHR(m)||S_ISBLK(m)||S_ISFIFO(m)||S_ISSOCK(m))
 
@@ -1744,9 +1744,9 @@ extern int simple_commit_write(struct file *file, struct page *page,
 
 extern struct dentry *simple_lookup(struct inode *, struct dentry *, struct nameidata *);
 extern ssize_t generic_read_dir(struct file *, char __user *, size_t, loff_t *);
-extern struct file_operations simple_dir_operations;
+extern const struct file_operations simple_dir_operations;
 extern struct inode_operations simple_dir_inode_operations;
-struct tree_descr { char *name; struct file_operations *ops; int mode; };
+struct tree_descr { char *name; const struct file_operations *ops; int mode; };
 struct dentry *d_alloc_name(struct dentry *, const char *);
 extern int simple_fill_super(struct super_block *, int, struct tree_descr *);
 extern int simple_pin_fs(char *name, struct vfsmount **mount, int *count);
diff --git a/include/linux/hugetlb.h b/include/linux/hugetlb.h
index d6f1019625af72294e578e2731199199e02dea15..4c5e610fe442eb7a4c116d84dda43bfcd9923ced 100644
--- a/include/linux/hugetlb.h
+++ b/include/linux/hugetlb.h
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ static inline struct hugetlbfs_sb_info *HUGETLBFS_SB(struct super_block *sb)
 	return sb->s_fs_info;
 }
 
-extern struct file_operations hugetlbfs_file_operations;
+extern const struct file_operations hugetlbfs_file_operations;
 extern struct vm_operations_struct hugetlb_vm_ops;
 struct file *hugetlb_zero_setup(size_t);
 int hugetlb_extend_reservation(struct hugetlbfs_inode_info *info,
diff --git a/include/linux/msdos_fs.h b/include/linux/msdos_fs.h
index 53cee15816501d535a124cbffc986b7bc583a675..d9035c73e5d1206e8ca798bdbec05fe4845bb287 100644
--- a/include/linux/msdos_fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/msdos_fs.h
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ extern int fat_bmap(struct inode *inode, sector_t sector, sector_t *phys,
 		    unsigned long *mapped_blocks);
 
 /* fat/dir.c */
-extern struct file_operations fat_dir_operations;
+extern const struct file_operations fat_dir_operations;
 extern int fat_search_long(struct inode *inode, const unsigned char *name,
 			   int name_len, struct fat_slot_info *sinfo);
 extern int fat_dir_empty(struct inode *dir);
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ extern int fat_count_free_clusters(struct super_block *sb);
 /* fat/file.c */
 extern int fat_generic_ioctl(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp,
 			     unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg);
-extern struct file_operations fat_file_operations;
+extern const struct file_operations fat_file_operations;
 extern struct inode_operations fat_file_inode_operations;
 extern int fat_notify_change(struct dentry * dentry, struct iattr * attr);
 extern void fat_truncate(struct inode *inode);
diff --git a/include/linux/ncp_fs.h b/include/linux/ncp_fs.h
index e013425685302654e31021c870e4777184ee07a7..96dc237b8f0347571c80601d985785eaaea07cb8 100644
--- a/include/linux/ncp_fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/ncp_fs.h
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ void ncp_update_inode2(struct inode *, struct ncp_entry_info *);
 
 /* linux/fs/ncpfs/dir.c */
 extern struct inode_operations ncp_dir_inode_operations;
-extern struct file_operations ncp_dir_operations;
+extern const struct file_operations ncp_dir_operations;
 int ncp_conn_logged_in(struct super_block *);
 int ncp_date_dos2unix(__le16 time, __le16 date);
 void ncp_date_unix2dos(int unix_date, __le16 * time, __le16 * date);
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ void ncp_unlock_server(struct ncp_server *server);
 
 /* linux/fs/ncpfs/file.c */
 extern struct inode_operations ncp_file_inode_operations;
-extern struct file_operations ncp_file_operations;
+extern const struct file_operations ncp_file_operations;
 int ncp_make_open(struct inode *, int);
 
 /* linux/fs/ncpfs/mmap.c */
diff --git a/include/linux/nfs_fs.h b/include/linux/nfs_fs.h
index cbebd7d1b9e8610f6206ab3c650893fb39773d8a..c71227dd43896ff5a64ad6de0258e9e785aa96ad 100644
--- a/include/linux/nfs_fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/nfs_fs.h
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ extern struct inode_operations nfs_file_inode_operations;
 #ifdef CONFIG_NFS_V3
 extern struct inode_operations nfs3_file_inode_operations;
 #endif /* CONFIG_NFS_V3 */
-extern struct file_operations nfs_file_operations;
+extern const struct file_operations nfs_file_operations;
 extern struct address_space_operations nfs_file_aops;
 
 static inline struct rpc_cred *nfs_file_cred(struct file *file)
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ extern struct inode_operations nfs_dir_inode_operations;
 #ifdef CONFIG_NFS_V3
 extern struct inode_operations nfs3_dir_inode_operations;
 #endif /* CONFIG_NFS_V3 */
-extern struct file_operations nfs_dir_operations;
+extern const struct file_operations nfs_dir_operations;
 extern struct dentry_operations nfs_dentry_operations;
 
 extern int nfs_instantiate(struct dentry *dentry, struct nfs_fh *fh, struct nfs_fattr *fattr);
diff --git a/include/linux/proc_fs.h b/include/linux/proc_fs.h
index 6d03d025fcd560fc7e3cf2174b47adafe9e6d909..135871df991103b661eb5e78e0c0c30084fc278d 100644
--- a/include/linux/proc_fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/proc_fs.h
@@ -128,9 +128,9 @@ extern int proc_match(int, const char *,struct proc_dir_entry *);
 extern int proc_readdir(struct file *, void *, filldir_t);
 extern struct dentry *proc_lookup(struct inode *, struct dentry *, struct nameidata *);
 
-extern struct file_operations proc_kcore_operations;
-extern struct file_operations proc_kmsg_operations;
-extern struct file_operations ppc_htab_operations;
+extern const struct file_operations proc_kcore_operations;
+extern const struct file_operations proc_kmsg_operations;
+extern const struct file_operations ppc_htab_operations;
 
 /*
  * proc_tty.c
diff --git a/include/linux/qnx4_fs.h b/include/linux/qnx4_fs.h
index fc610bb0f73397421ba88804236d950a2a4d9c7d..27f49c85d5d6da385fcb087601fc83d3d376cb3a 100644
--- a/include/linux/qnx4_fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/qnx4_fs.h
@@ -118,8 +118,8 @@ extern struct buffer_head *qnx4_bread(struct inode *, int, int);
 
 extern struct inode_operations qnx4_file_inode_operations;
 extern struct inode_operations qnx4_dir_inode_operations;
-extern struct file_operations qnx4_file_operations;
-extern struct file_operations qnx4_dir_operations;
+extern const struct file_operations qnx4_file_operations;
+extern const struct file_operations qnx4_dir_operations;
 extern int qnx4_is_free(struct super_block *sb, long block);
 extern int qnx4_set_bitmap(struct super_block *sb, long block, int busy);
 extern int qnx4_create(struct inode *inode, struct dentry *dentry, int mode, struct nameidata *nd);
diff --git a/include/linux/ramfs.h b/include/linux/ramfs.h
index 953b6df5d03713916a4f00365ed18a3ab840465d..78ecfa28b1c286a3d5b5b8f22892ba18f6c26a46 100644
--- a/include/linux/ramfs.h
+++ b/include/linux/ramfs.h
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ extern unsigned long ramfs_nommu_get_unmapped_area(struct file *file,
 extern int ramfs_nommu_mmap(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma);
 #endif
 
-extern struct file_operations ramfs_file_operations;
+extern const struct file_operations ramfs_file_operations;
 extern struct vm_operations_struct generic_file_vm_ops;
 
 #endif
diff --git a/include/linux/reiserfs_fs.h b/include/linux/reiserfs_fs.h
index 912f1b7cb18f375123b99efa0046fc793491a7ff..5676c4210e2c186d23548072abaf39d5885d4874 100644
--- a/include/linux/reiserfs_fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/reiserfs_fs.h
@@ -1960,7 +1960,7 @@ int reiserfs_global_version_in_proc(char *buffer, char **start, off_t offset,
 extern struct inode_operations reiserfs_dir_inode_operations;
 extern struct inode_operations reiserfs_symlink_inode_operations;
 extern struct inode_operations reiserfs_special_inode_operations;
-extern struct file_operations reiserfs_dir_operations;
+extern const struct file_operations reiserfs_dir_operations;
 
 /* tail_conversion.c */
 int direct2indirect(struct reiserfs_transaction_handle *, struct inode *,
@@ -1972,7 +1972,7 @@ void reiserfs_unmap_buffer(struct buffer_head *);
 
 /* file.c */
 extern struct inode_operations reiserfs_file_inode_operations;
-extern struct file_operations reiserfs_file_operations;
+extern const struct file_operations reiserfs_file_operations;
 extern struct address_space_operations reiserfs_address_space_operations;
 
 /* fix_nodes.c */
diff --git a/include/linux/ufs_fs.h b/include/linux/ufs_fs.h
index b0ffe4356e5a60c8a7e74101ae45053fcc44b8d6..843aeaaa79d4a4cb8d68b21ff1518bfe1b8283aa 100644
--- a/include/linux/ufs_fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/ufs_fs.h
@@ -895,7 +895,7 @@ extern void ufs_set_link(struct inode *, struct ufs_dir_entry *, struct buffer_h
 
 /* file.c */
 extern struct inode_operations ufs_file_inode_operations;
-extern struct file_operations ufs_file_operations;
+extern const struct file_operations ufs_file_operations;
 
 extern struct address_space_operations ufs_aops;
 
@@ -915,7 +915,7 @@ extern struct buffer_head * ufs_bread (struct inode *, unsigned, int, int *);
 extern int ufs_getfrag_block (struct inode *inode, sector_t fragment, struct buffer_head *bh_result, int create);
 
 /* namei.c */
-extern struct file_operations ufs_dir_operations;
+extern const struct file_operations ufs_dir_operations;
         
 /* super.c */
 extern void ufs_warning (struct super_block *, const char *, const char *, ...) __attribute__ ((format (printf, 3, 4)));
diff --git a/net/nonet.c b/net/nonet.c
index 1230f0ae832e9d52bdd50e4411a56e0ebd795510..92e76640c7cd65146dd6aed382698174f7a0f2a2 100644
--- a/net/nonet.c
+++ b/net/nonet.c
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ static int sock_no_open(struct inode *irrelevant, struct file *dontcare)
 	return -ENXIO;
 }
 
-struct file_operations bad_sock_fops = {
+const struct file_operations bad_sock_fops = {
 	.owner = THIS_MODULE,
 	.open = sock_no_open,
 };
diff --git a/net/socket.c b/net/socket.c
index 5211ba2703751fe2a19b2fc5a2f1acd17f864d30..fcd77eac0ccff184294eab4888e3ff61ad35d168 100644
--- a/net/socket.c
+++ b/net/socket.c
@@ -539,7 +539,7 @@ static int sock_no_open(struct inode *irrelevant, struct file *dontcare)
 	return -ENXIO;
 }
 
-struct file_operations bad_sock_fops = {
+const struct file_operations bad_sock_fops = {
 	.owner = THIS_MODULE,
 	.open = sock_no_open,
 };