diff --git a/fs/gfs2/ops_inode.c b/fs/gfs2/ops_inode.c
index f40a84807d7..60f47bf2e8e 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/ops_inode.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/ops_inode.c
@@ -1115,7 +1115,7 @@ static int gfs2_removexattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name)
 	return gfs2_ea_remove(GFS2_I(dentry->d_inode), &er);
 }
 
-struct inode_operations gfs2_file_iops = {
+const struct inode_operations gfs2_file_iops = {
 	.permission = gfs2_permission,
 	.setattr = gfs2_setattr,
 	.getattr = gfs2_getattr,
@@ -1125,7 +1125,7 @@ struct inode_operations gfs2_file_iops = {
 	.removexattr = gfs2_removexattr,
 };
 
-struct inode_operations gfs2_dev_iops = {
+const struct inode_operations gfs2_dev_iops = {
 	.permission = gfs2_permission,
 	.setattr = gfs2_setattr,
 	.getattr = gfs2_getattr,
@@ -1135,7 +1135,7 @@ struct inode_operations gfs2_dev_iops = {
 	.removexattr = gfs2_removexattr,
 };
 
-struct inode_operations gfs2_dir_iops = {
+const struct inode_operations gfs2_dir_iops = {
 	.create = gfs2_create,
 	.lookup = gfs2_lookup,
 	.link = gfs2_link,
@@ -1154,7 +1154,7 @@ struct inode_operations gfs2_dir_iops = {
 	.removexattr = gfs2_removexattr,
 };
 
-struct inode_operations gfs2_symlink_iops = {
+const struct inode_operations gfs2_symlink_iops = {
 	.readlink = gfs2_readlink,
 	.follow_link = gfs2_follow_link,
 	.permission = gfs2_permission,
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/ops_inode.h b/fs/gfs2/ops_inode.h
index b15acb4fd34..34f0caac1a0 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/ops_inode.h
+++ b/fs/gfs2/ops_inode.h
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@
 
 #include <linux/fs.h>
 
-extern struct inode_operations gfs2_file_iops;
-extern struct inode_operations gfs2_dir_iops;
-extern struct inode_operations gfs2_symlink_iops;
-extern struct inode_operations gfs2_dev_iops;
+extern const struct inode_operations gfs2_file_iops;
+extern const struct inode_operations gfs2_dir_iops;
+extern const struct inode_operations gfs2_symlink_iops;
+extern const struct inode_operations gfs2_dev_iops;
 
 #endif /* __OPS_INODE_DOT_H__ */
diff --git a/fs/hfs/dir.c b/fs/hfs/dir.c
index e2e0358da33..7c69b98a2e4 100644
--- a/fs/hfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/hfs/dir.c
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ const struct file_operations hfs_dir_operations = {
 	.release	= hfs_dir_release,
 };
 
-struct inode_operations hfs_dir_inode_operations = {
+const struct inode_operations hfs_dir_inode_operations = {
 	.create		= hfs_create,
 	.lookup		= hfs_lookup,
 	.unlink		= hfs_unlink,
diff --git a/fs/hfs/hfs_fs.h b/fs/hfs/hfs_fs.h
index 735332dfd1b..147374b6f67 100644
--- a/fs/hfs/hfs_fs.h
+++ b/fs/hfs/hfs_fs.h
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ extern void hfs_cat_build_key(struct super_block *, btree_key *, u32, struct qst
 
 /* dir.c */
 extern const struct file_operations hfs_dir_operations;
-extern struct inode_operations hfs_dir_inode_operations;
+extern const struct inode_operations hfs_dir_inode_operations;
 
 /* extent.c */
 extern int hfs_ext_keycmp(const btree_key *, const btree_key *);
diff --git a/fs/hfs/inode.c b/fs/hfs/inode.c
index 5cb7f8fee8d..fafcba59387 100644
--- a/fs/hfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/hfs/inode.c
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 #include "btree.h"
 
 static const struct file_operations hfs_file_operations;
-static struct inode_operations hfs_file_inode_operations;
+static const struct inode_operations hfs_file_inode_operations;
 
 /*================ Variable-like macros ================*/
 
@@ -612,7 +612,7 @@ static const struct file_operations hfs_file_operations = {
 	.release	= hfs_file_release,
 };
 
-static struct inode_operations hfs_file_inode_operations = {
+static const struct inode_operations hfs_file_inode_operations = {
 	.lookup		= hfs_file_lookup,
 	.truncate	= hfs_file_truncate,
 	.setattr	= hfs_inode_setattr,
diff --git a/fs/hfsplus/dir.c b/fs/hfsplus/dir.c
index e886ac8460d..78137007ccc 100644
--- a/fs/hfsplus/dir.c
+++ b/fs/hfsplus/dir.c
@@ -471,7 +471,7 @@ static int hfsplus_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
 	return res;
 }
 
-struct inode_operations hfsplus_dir_inode_operations = {
+const struct inode_operations hfsplus_dir_inode_operations = {
 	.lookup		= hfsplus_lookup,
 	.create		= hfsplus_create,
 	.link		= hfsplus_link,
diff --git a/fs/hfsplus/inode.c b/fs/hfsplus/inode.c
index 75e8c4d8aac..642012ac337 100644
--- a/fs/hfsplus/inode.c
+++ b/fs/hfsplus/inode.c
@@ -268,10 +268,10 @@ static int hfsplus_file_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-extern struct inode_operations hfsplus_dir_inode_operations;
+extern const struct inode_operations hfsplus_dir_inode_operations;
 extern struct file_operations hfsplus_dir_operations;
 
-static struct inode_operations hfsplus_file_inode_operations = {
+static const struct inode_operations hfsplus_file_inode_operations = {
 	.lookup		= hfsplus_file_lookup,
 	.truncate	= hfsplus_file_truncate,
 	.permission	= hfsplus_permission,
diff --git a/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c b/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
index 69a376f35a6..fec208db5e4 100644
--- a/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
+++ b/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@ static int append = 0;
 
 #define HOSTFS_SUPER_MAGIC 0x00c0ffee
 
-static struct inode_operations hostfs_iops;
-static struct inode_operations hostfs_dir_iops;
+static const struct inode_operations hostfs_iops;
+static const struct inode_operations hostfs_dir_iops;
 static const struct address_space_operations hostfs_link_aops;
 
 #ifndef MODULE
@@ -880,7 +880,7 @@ int hostfs_getattr(struct vfsmount *mnt, struct dentry *dentry,
 	return(0);
 }
 
-static struct inode_operations hostfs_iops = {
+static const struct inode_operations hostfs_iops = {
 	.create		= hostfs_create,
 	.link		= hostfs_link,
 	.unlink		= hostfs_unlink,
@@ -894,7 +894,7 @@ static struct inode_operations hostfs_iops = {
 	.getattr	= hostfs_getattr,
 };
 
-static struct inode_operations hostfs_dir_iops = {
+static const struct inode_operations hostfs_dir_iops = {
 	.create		= hostfs_create,
 	.lookup		= hostfs_lookup,
 	.link		= hostfs_link,
diff --git a/fs/hpfs/file.c b/fs/hpfs/file.c
index fb4c8915010..b4eafc0f1e5 100644
--- a/fs/hpfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/hpfs/file.c
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ const struct file_operations hpfs_file_ops =
 	.sendfile	= generic_file_sendfile,
 };
 
-struct inode_operations hpfs_file_iops =
+const struct inode_operations hpfs_file_iops =
 {
 	.truncate	= hpfs_truncate,
 	.setattr	= hpfs_notify_change,
diff --git a/fs/hpfs/hpfs_fn.h b/fs/hpfs/hpfs_fn.h
index 1c07aa82d32..42ff60ccf2a 100644
--- a/fs/hpfs/hpfs_fn.h
+++ b/fs/hpfs/hpfs_fn.h
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ void hpfs_set_ea(struct inode *, struct fnode *, char *, char *, int);
 
 int hpfs_file_fsync(struct file *, struct dentry *, int);
 extern const struct file_operations hpfs_file_ops;
-extern struct inode_operations hpfs_file_iops;
+extern const struct inode_operations hpfs_file_iops;
 extern const struct address_space_operations hpfs_aops;
 
 /* inode.c */
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ void hpfs_decide_conv(struct inode *, unsigned char *, unsigned);
 
 /* namei.c */
 
-extern struct inode_operations hpfs_dir_iops;
+extern const struct inode_operations hpfs_dir_iops;
 extern const struct address_space_operations hpfs_symlink_aops;
 
 static inline struct hpfs_inode_info *hpfs_i(struct inode *inode)
diff --git a/fs/hpfs/namei.c b/fs/hpfs/namei.c
index 2507e7393f3..9953cf9a2f1 100644
--- a/fs/hpfs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/hpfs/namei.c
@@ -659,7 +659,7 @@ end1:
 	return err;
 }
 
-struct inode_operations hpfs_dir_iops =
+const struct inode_operations hpfs_dir_iops =
 {
 	.create		= hpfs_create,
 	.lookup		= hpfs_lookup,
diff --git a/fs/hppfs/hppfs_kern.c b/fs/hppfs/hppfs_kern.c
index afd340a45da..bd711681631 100644
--- a/fs/hppfs/hppfs_kern.c
+++ b/fs/hppfs/hppfs_kern.c
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ static struct dentry *hppfs_lookup(struct inode *ino, struct dentry *dentry,
 	return(ERR_PTR(err));
 }
 
-static struct inode_operations hppfs_file_iops = {
+static const struct inode_operations hppfs_file_iops = {
 };
 
 static ssize_t read_proc(struct file *file, char __user *buf, ssize_t count,
@@ -693,11 +693,11 @@ static void* hppfs_follow_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static struct inode_operations hppfs_dir_iops = {
+static const struct inode_operations hppfs_dir_iops = {
 	.lookup		= hppfs_lookup,
 };
 
-static struct inode_operations hppfs_link_iops = {
+static const struct inode_operations hppfs_link_iops = {
 	.readlink	= hppfs_readlink,
 	.follow_link	= hppfs_follow_link,
 };
diff --git a/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c b/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
index e6bd553fdc4..26ba81fc7fa 100644
--- a/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@
 static struct super_operations hugetlbfs_ops;
 static const struct address_space_operations hugetlbfs_aops;
 const struct file_operations hugetlbfs_file_operations;
-static struct inode_operations hugetlbfs_dir_inode_operations;
-static struct inode_operations hugetlbfs_inode_operations;
+static const struct inode_operations hugetlbfs_dir_inode_operations;
+static const struct inode_operations hugetlbfs_inode_operations;
 
 static struct backing_dev_info hugetlbfs_backing_dev_info = {
 	.ra_pages	= 0,	/* No readahead */
@@ -563,7 +563,7 @@ const struct file_operations hugetlbfs_file_operations = {
 	.get_unmapped_area	= hugetlb_get_unmapped_area,
 };
 
-static struct inode_operations hugetlbfs_dir_inode_operations = {
+static const struct inode_operations hugetlbfs_dir_inode_operations = {
 	.create		= hugetlbfs_create,
 	.lookup		= simple_lookup,
 	.link		= simple_link,
@@ -576,7 +576,7 @@ static struct inode_operations hugetlbfs_dir_inode_operations = {
 	.setattr	= hugetlbfs_setattr,
 };
 
-static struct inode_operations hugetlbfs_inode_operations = {
+static const struct inode_operations hugetlbfs_inode_operations = {
 	.setattr	= hugetlbfs_setattr,
 };
 
diff --git a/fs/isofs/dir.c b/fs/isofs/dir.c
index 4af2548f97a..0e94c31cad9 100644
--- a/fs/isofs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/isofs/dir.c
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ const struct file_operations isofs_dir_operations =
 /*
  * directories can handle most operations...
  */
-struct inode_operations isofs_dir_inode_operations =
+const struct inode_operations isofs_dir_inode_operations =
 {
 	.lookup		= isofs_lookup,
 };
diff --git a/fs/isofs/isofs.h b/fs/isofs/isofs.h
index e6308c8b573..efe2872cd4e 100644
--- a/fs/isofs/isofs.h
+++ b/fs/isofs/isofs.h
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ isofs_normalize_block_and_offset(struct iso_directory_record* de,
 	}
 }
 
-extern struct inode_operations isofs_dir_inode_operations;
+extern const struct inode_operations isofs_dir_inode_operations;
 extern const struct file_operations isofs_dir_operations;
 extern const 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 6ee20668850..fe3347defe6 100644
--- a/fs/jffs/inode-v23.c
+++ b/fs/jffs/inode-v23.c
@@ -56,9 +56,9 @@ static int jffs_remove(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, int type);
 
 static struct super_operations jffs_ops;
 static const struct file_operations jffs_file_operations;
-static struct inode_operations jffs_file_inode_operations;
+static const struct inode_operations jffs_file_inode_operations;
 static const struct file_operations jffs_dir_operations;
-static struct inode_operations jffs_dir_inode_operations;
+static const struct inode_operations jffs_dir_inode_operations;
 static const struct address_space_operations jffs_address_operations;
 
 struct kmem_cache     *node_cache = NULL;
@@ -1642,7 +1642,7 @@ static const struct file_operations jffs_file_operations =
 };
 
 
-static struct inode_operations jffs_file_inode_operations =
+static const struct inode_operations jffs_file_inode_operations =
 {
 	.lookup		= jffs_lookup,          /* lookup */
 	.setattr	= jffs_setattr,
@@ -1655,7 +1655,7 @@ static const struct file_operations jffs_dir_operations =
 };
 
 
-static struct inode_operations jffs_dir_inode_operations =
+static const struct inode_operations jffs_dir_inode_operations =
 {
 	.create		= jffs_create,
 	.lookup		= jffs_lookup,
diff --git a/fs/jffs2/dir.c b/fs/jffs2/dir.c
index da6034d5071..cdbe2fe14e2 100644
--- a/fs/jffs2/dir.c
+++ b/fs/jffs2/dir.c
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ const struct file_operations jffs2_dir_operations =
 };
 
 
-struct inode_operations jffs2_dir_inode_operations =
+const struct inode_operations jffs2_dir_inode_operations =
 {
 	.create =	jffs2_create,
 	.lookup =	jffs2_lookup,
diff --git a/fs/jffs2/file.c b/fs/jffs2/file.c
index 242875f77cb..e82eeaf7590 100644
--- a/fs/jffs2/file.c
+++ b/fs/jffs2/file.c
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ const struct file_operations jffs2_file_operations =
 
 /* jffs2_file_inode_operations */
 
-struct inode_operations jffs2_file_inode_operations =
+const struct inode_operations jffs2_file_inode_operations =
 {
 	.permission =	jffs2_permission,
 	.setattr =	jffs2_setattr,
diff --git a/fs/jffs2/os-linux.h b/fs/jffs2/os-linux.h
index 9f41fc01a37..e07a0edcdb4 100644
--- a/fs/jffs2/os-linux.h
+++ b/fs/jffs2/os-linux.h
@@ -153,11 +153,11 @@ void jffs2_garbage_collect_trigger(struct jffs2_sb_info *c);
 
 /* dir.c */
 extern const struct file_operations jffs2_dir_operations;
-extern struct inode_operations jffs2_dir_inode_operations;
+extern const struct inode_operations jffs2_dir_inode_operations;
 
 /* file.c */
 extern const struct file_operations jffs2_file_operations;
-extern struct inode_operations jffs2_file_inode_operations;
+extern const struct inode_operations jffs2_file_inode_operations;
 extern const struct address_space_operations jffs2_file_address_operations;
 int jffs2_fsync(struct file *, struct dentry *, int);
 int jffs2_do_readpage_unlock (struct inode *inode, struct page *pg);
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ int jffs2_do_readpage_unlock (struct inode *inode, struct page *pg);
 int jffs2_ioctl(struct inode *, struct file *, unsigned int, unsigned long);
 
 /* symlink.c */
-extern struct inode_operations jffs2_symlink_inode_operations;
+extern const struct inode_operations jffs2_symlink_inode_operations;
 
 /* fs.c */
 int jffs2_setattr (struct dentry *, struct iattr *);
diff --git a/fs/jffs2/symlink.c b/fs/jffs2/symlink.c
index b90d5aa3d96..7e4882c8a7e 100644
--- a/fs/jffs2/symlink.c
+++ b/fs/jffs2/symlink.c
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 static void *jffs2_follow_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd);
 
-struct inode_operations jffs2_symlink_inode_operations =
+const struct inode_operations jffs2_symlink_inode_operations =
 {
 	.readlink =	generic_readlink,
 	.follow_link =	jffs2_follow_link,
diff --git a/fs/jfs/file.c b/fs/jfs/file.c
index aa9132d0492..f7f8eff19b7 100644
--- a/fs/jfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/jfs/file.c
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ static int jfs_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-struct inode_operations jfs_file_inode_operations = {
+const struct inode_operations jfs_file_inode_operations = {
 	.truncate	= jfs_truncate,
 	.setxattr	= jfs_setxattr,
 	.getxattr	= jfs_getxattr,
diff --git a/fs/jfs/jfs_inode.h b/fs/jfs/jfs_inode.h
index 0d06ccfaff0..6802837f757 100644
--- a/fs/jfs/jfs_inode.h
+++ b/fs/jfs/jfs_inode.h
@@ -35,10 +35,10 @@ extern void jfs_set_inode_flags(struct inode *);
 extern int jfs_get_block(struct inode *, sector_t, struct buffer_head *, int);
 
 extern const struct address_space_operations jfs_aops;
-extern struct inode_operations jfs_dir_inode_operations;
+extern const struct inode_operations jfs_dir_inode_operations;
 extern const struct file_operations jfs_dir_operations;
-extern struct inode_operations jfs_file_inode_operations;
+extern const struct inode_operations jfs_file_inode_operations;
 extern const struct file_operations jfs_file_operations;
-extern struct inode_operations jfs_symlink_inode_operations;
+extern const 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 7ab47561b68..41c20477126 100644
--- a/fs/jfs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/jfs/namei.c
@@ -1503,7 +1503,7 @@ struct dentry *jfs_get_parent(struct dentry *dentry)
 	return parent;
 }
 
-struct inode_operations jfs_dir_inode_operations = {
+const struct inode_operations jfs_dir_inode_operations = {
 	.create		= jfs_create,
 	.lookup		= jfs_lookup,
 	.link		= jfs_link,
diff --git a/fs/jfs/symlink.c b/fs/jfs/symlink.c
index cee43f36f51..4af1a05aad0 100644
--- a/fs/jfs/symlink.c
+++ b/fs/jfs/symlink.c
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ static void *jfs_follow_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
 	return NULL;
 }
 
-struct inode_operations jfs_symlink_inode_operations = {
+const struct inode_operations jfs_symlink_inode_operations = {
 	.readlink	= generic_readlink,
 	.follow_link	= jfs_follow_link,
 	.setxattr	= jfs_setxattr,
diff --git a/fs/libfs.c b/fs/libfs.c
index 503898d5c4a..0f4ee02e0b1 100644
--- a/fs/libfs.c
+++ b/fs/libfs.c
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ const struct file_operations simple_dir_operations = {
 	.fsync		= simple_sync_file,
 };
 
-struct inode_operations simple_dir_inode_operations = {
+const struct inode_operations simple_dir_inode_operations = {
 	.lookup		= simple_lookup,
 };
 
diff --git a/fs/minix/file.c b/fs/minix/file.c
index 40eac2e60d2..f92baa1d757 100644
--- a/fs/minix/file.c
+++ b/fs/minix/file.c
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ const struct file_operations minix_file_operations = {
 	.sendfile	= generic_file_sendfile,
 };
 
-struct inode_operations minix_file_inode_operations = {
+const struct inode_operations minix_file_inode_operations = {
 	.truncate	= minix_truncate,
 	.getattr	= minix_getattr,
 };
diff --git a/fs/minix/inode.c b/fs/minix/inode.c
index 9ddfcc14828..e56822bff94 100644
--- a/fs/minix/inode.c
+++ b/fs/minix/inode.c
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ static const struct address_space_operations minix_aops = {
 	.bmap = minix_bmap
 };
 
-static struct inode_operations minix_symlink_inode_operations = {
+static const struct inode_operations minix_symlink_inode_operations = {
 	.readlink	= generic_readlink,
 	.follow_link	= page_follow_link_light,
 	.put_link	= page_put_link,
diff --git a/fs/minix/minix.h b/fs/minix/minix.h
index e016ee91d93..73ef84f8fb0 100644
--- a/fs/minix/minix.h
+++ b/fs/minix/minix.h
@@ -75,8 +75,8 @@ extern struct minix_dir_entry *minix_dotdot(struct inode*, struct page**);
 extern ino_t minix_inode_by_name(struct dentry*);
 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 const struct inode_operations minix_file_inode_operations;
+extern const struct inode_operations minix_dir_inode_operations;
 extern const struct file_operations minix_file_operations;
 extern const struct file_operations minix_dir_operations;
 extern struct dentry_operations minix_dentry_operations;
diff --git a/fs/minix/namei.c b/fs/minix/namei.c
index 299bb66e3bd..f4aa7a93904 100644
--- a/fs/minix/namei.c
+++ b/fs/minix/namei.c
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ out:
 /*
  * directories can handle most operations...
  */
-struct inode_operations minix_dir_inode_operations = {
+const struct inode_operations minix_dir_inode_operations = {
 	.create		= minix_create,
 	.lookup		= minix_lookup,
 	.link		= minix_link,
diff --git a/fs/msdos/namei.c b/fs/msdos/namei.c
index 452461955cb..30f7d0ae221 100644
--- a/fs/msdos/namei.c
+++ b/fs/msdos/namei.c
@@ -646,7 +646,7 @@ out:
 	return err;
 }
 
-static struct inode_operations msdos_dir_inode_operations = {
+static const struct inode_operations msdos_dir_inode_operations = {
 	.create		= msdos_create,
 	.lookup		= msdos_lookup,
 	.unlink		= msdos_unlink,
diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index e4f108f0823..161e2225c75 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -2744,7 +2744,7 @@ int page_symlink(struct inode *inode, const char *symname, int len)
 			mapping_gfp_mask(inode->i_mapping));
 }
 
-struct inode_operations page_symlink_inode_operations = {
+const struct inode_operations page_symlink_inode_operations = {
 	.readlink	= generic_readlink,
 	.follow_link	= page_follow_link_light,
 	.put_link	= page_put_link,
diff --git a/fs/ncpfs/dir.c b/fs/ncpfs/dir.c
index 73747772c3b..011ef0b6d2d 100644
--- a/fs/ncpfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ncpfs/dir.c
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ const struct file_operations ncp_dir_operations =
 #endif
 };
 
-struct inode_operations ncp_dir_inode_operations =
+const struct inode_operations ncp_dir_inode_operations =
 {
 	.create		= ncp_create,
 	.lookup		= ncp_lookup,
diff --git a/fs/ncpfs/file.c b/fs/ncpfs/file.c
index b91fea03b1c..6b1f6d27099 100644
--- a/fs/ncpfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/ncpfs/file.c
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ const struct file_operations ncp_file_operations =
 	.fsync		= ncp_fsync,
 };
 
-struct inode_operations ncp_file_inode_operations =
+const struct inode_operations ncp_file_inode_operations =
 {
 	.setattr	= ncp_notify_change,
 };
diff --git a/fs/ncpfs/inode.c b/fs/ncpfs/inode.c
index 67a90bf795d..730433f3d23 100644
--- a/fs/ncpfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ncpfs/inode.c
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ static void ncp_set_attr(struct inode *inode, struct ncp_entry_info *nwinfo)
 }
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_NCPFS_EXTRAS) || defined(CONFIG_NCPFS_NFS_NS)
-static struct inode_operations ncp_symlink_inode_operations = {
+static const struct inode_operations ncp_symlink_inode_operations = {
 	.readlink	= generic_readlink,
 	.follow_link	= page_follow_link_light,
 	.put_link	= page_put_link,
diff --git a/fs/nfs/dir.c b/fs/nfs/dir.c
index d9ba8cb0ee7..f03a770bacb 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/dir.c
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ const struct file_operations nfs_dir_operations = {
 	.fsync		= nfs_fsync_dir,
 };
 
-struct inode_operations nfs_dir_inode_operations = {
+const struct inode_operations nfs_dir_inode_operations = {
 	.create		= nfs_create,
 	.lookup		= nfs_lookup,
 	.link		= nfs_link,
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ struct inode_operations nfs_dir_inode_operations = {
 };
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_NFS_V3
-struct inode_operations nfs3_dir_inode_operations = {
+const struct inode_operations nfs3_dir_inode_operations = {
 	.create		= nfs_create,
 	.lookup		= nfs_lookup,
 	.link		= nfs_link,
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ struct inode_operations nfs3_dir_inode_operations = {
 #ifdef CONFIG_NFS_V4
 
 static struct dentry *nfs_atomic_lookup(struct inode *, struct dentry *, struct nameidata *);
-struct inode_operations nfs4_dir_inode_operations = {
+const struct inode_operations nfs4_dir_inode_operations = {
 	.create		= nfs_create,
 	.lookup		= nfs_atomic_lookup,
 	.link		= nfs_link,
diff --git a/fs/nfs/file.c b/fs/nfs/file.c
index 9e4a2b70995..8e66b5a2d49 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/file.c
@@ -68,14 +68,14 @@ const struct file_operations nfs_file_operations = {
 	.check_flags	= nfs_check_flags,
 };
 
-struct inode_operations nfs_file_inode_operations = {
+const struct inode_operations nfs_file_inode_operations = {
 	.permission	= nfs_permission,
 	.getattr	= nfs_getattr,
 	.setattr	= nfs_setattr,
 };
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_NFS_V3
-struct inode_operations nfs3_file_inode_operations = {
+const struct inode_operations nfs3_file_inode_operations = {
 	.permission	= nfs_permission,
 	.getattr	= nfs_getattr,
 	.setattr	= nfs_setattr,
diff --git a/fs/nfs/namespace.c b/fs/nfs/namespace.c
index 371b804e7cc..7f86e65182e 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/namespace.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/namespace.c
@@ -155,12 +155,12 @@ out_follow:
 	goto out;
 }
 
-struct inode_operations nfs_mountpoint_inode_operations = {
+const struct inode_operations nfs_mountpoint_inode_operations = {
 	.follow_link	= nfs_follow_mountpoint,
 	.getattr	= nfs_getattr,
 };
 
-struct inode_operations nfs_referral_inode_operations = {
+const struct inode_operations nfs_referral_inode_operations = {
 	.follow_link	= nfs_follow_mountpoint,
 };
 
diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4_fs.h b/fs/nfs/nfs4_fs.h
index c26cd978c7c..e2341766c4f 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4_fs.h
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4_fs.h
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ struct nfs4_state_recovery_ops {
 };
 
 extern struct dentry_operations nfs4_dentry_operations;
-extern struct inode_operations nfs4_dir_inode_operations;
+extern const struct inode_operations nfs4_dir_inode_operations;
 
 /* inode.c */
 extern ssize_t nfs4_getxattr(struct dentry *, const char *, void *, size_t);
diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
index b3fd29baadc..1daee65b517 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
@@ -3625,7 +3625,7 @@ struct nfs4_state_recovery_ops nfs4_network_partition_recovery_ops = {
 	.recover_lock	= nfs4_lock_expired,
 };
 
-static struct inode_operations nfs4_file_inode_operations = {
+static const struct inode_operations nfs4_file_inode_operations = {
 	.permission	= nfs_permission,
 	.getattr	= nfs_getattr,
 	.setattr	= nfs_setattr,
diff --git a/fs/nfs/symlink.c b/fs/nfs/symlink.c
index 525c136c7d8..f4a0548b9ce 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/symlink.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/symlink.c
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ read_failed:
 /*
  * symlinks can't do much...
  */
-struct inode_operations nfs_symlink_inode_operations = {
+const struct inode_operations nfs_symlink_inode_operations = {
 	.readlink	= generic_readlink,
 	.follow_link	= nfs_follow_link,
 	.put_link	= page_put_link,
diff --git a/fs/ntfs/file.c b/fs/ntfs/file.c
index 076c9420c25..d69c4595ccd 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs/file.c
@@ -2328,7 +2328,7 @@ const struct file_operations ntfs_file_ops = {
 						    the data source. */
 };
 
-struct inode_operations ntfs_file_inode_ops = {
+const struct inode_operations ntfs_file_inode_ops = {
 #ifdef NTFS_RW
 	.truncate	= ntfs_truncate_vfs,
 	.setattr	= ntfs_setattr,
@@ -2337,4 +2337,4 @@ struct inode_operations ntfs_file_inode_ops = {
 
 const struct file_operations ntfs_empty_file_ops = {};
 
-struct inode_operations ntfs_empty_inode_ops = {};
+const struct inode_operations ntfs_empty_inode_ops = {};
diff --git a/fs/ntfs/namei.c b/fs/ntfs/namei.c
index eddb2247cec..bff01a54675 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs/namei.c
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ err_out:
 /**
  * Inode operations for directories.
  */
-struct inode_operations ntfs_dir_inode_ops = {
+const struct inode_operations ntfs_dir_inode_ops = {
 	.lookup	= ntfs_lookup,	/* VFS: Lookup directory. */
 };
 
diff --git a/fs/ntfs/ntfs.h b/fs/ntfs/ntfs.h
index a12847ae467..d73f5a9ac34 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs/ntfs.h
+++ b/fs/ntfs/ntfs.h
@@ -61,13 +61,13 @@ extern const struct address_space_operations ntfs_aops;
 extern const struct address_space_operations ntfs_mst_aops;
 
 extern const struct  file_operations ntfs_file_ops;
-extern struct inode_operations ntfs_file_inode_ops;
+extern const struct inode_operations ntfs_file_inode_ops;
 
 extern const struct  file_operations ntfs_dir_ops;
-extern struct inode_operations ntfs_dir_inode_ops;
+extern const struct inode_operations ntfs_dir_inode_ops;
 
 extern const struct  file_operations ntfs_empty_file_ops;
-extern struct inode_operations ntfs_empty_inode_ops;
+extern const struct inode_operations ntfs_empty_inode_ops;
 
 extern struct export_operations ntfs_export_ops;
 
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmfs.c b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmfs.c
index 30826242bf5..84b33ffb42f 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmfs.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmfs.c
@@ -63,9 +63,9 @@
 
 static struct super_operations dlmfs_ops;
 static const struct file_operations dlmfs_file_operations;
-static struct inode_operations dlmfs_dir_inode_operations;
-static struct inode_operations dlmfs_root_inode_operations;
-static struct inode_operations dlmfs_file_inode_operations;
+static const struct inode_operations dlmfs_dir_inode_operations;
+static const struct inode_operations dlmfs_root_inode_operations;
+static const struct inode_operations dlmfs_file_inode_operations;
 static struct kmem_cache *dlmfs_inode_cache;
 
 struct workqueue_struct *user_dlm_worker;
@@ -547,14 +547,14 @@ static const struct file_operations dlmfs_file_operations = {
 	.write		= dlmfs_file_write,
 };
 
-static struct inode_operations dlmfs_dir_inode_operations = {
+static const struct inode_operations dlmfs_dir_inode_operations = {
 	.create		= dlmfs_create,
 	.lookup		= simple_lookup,
 	.unlink		= dlmfs_unlink,
 };
 
 /* this way we can restrict mkdir to only the toplevel of the fs. */
-static struct inode_operations dlmfs_root_inode_operations = {
+static const struct inode_operations dlmfs_root_inode_operations = {
 	.lookup		= simple_lookup,
 	.mkdir		= dlmfs_mkdir,
 	.rmdir		= simple_rmdir,
@@ -568,7 +568,7 @@ static struct super_operations dlmfs_ops = {
 	.drop_inode	= generic_delete_inode,
 };
 
-static struct inode_operations dlmfs_file_inode_operations = {
+static const struct inode_operations dlmfs_file_inode_operations = {
 	.getattr	= simple_getattr,
 };
 
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/file.c b/fs/ocfs2/file.c
index 10953a508f2..f2cd3bf9efb 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/file.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/file.c
@@ -1365,13 +1365,13 @@ bail:
 	return ret;
 }
 
-struct inode_operations ocfs2_file_iops = {
+const struct inode_operations ocfs2_file_iops = {
 	.setattr	= ocfs2_setattr,
 	.getattr	= ocfs2_getattr,
 	.permission	= ocfs2_permission,
 };
 
-struct inode_operations ocfs2_special_file_iops = {
+const struct inode_operations ocfs2_special_file_iops = {
 	.setattr	= ocfs2_setattr,
 	.getattr	= ocfs2_getattr,
 	.permission	= ocfs2_permission,
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/file.h b/fs/ocfs2/file.h
index 601a453f18a..cc973f01f6c 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/file.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/file.h
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@
 
 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;
+extern const struct inode_operations ocfs2_file_iops;
+extern const struct inode_operations ocfs2_special_file_iops;
 struct ocfs2_alloc_context;
 
 enum ocfs2_alloc_restarted {
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/namei.c b/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
index f3d7803b4b4..f7fa52bb3f6 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
@@ -2306,7 +2306,7 @@ leave:
 	return status;
 }
 
-struct inode_operations ocfs2_dir_iops = {
+const struct inode_operations ocfs2_dir_iops = {
 	.create		= ocfs2_create,
 	.lookup		= ocfs2_lookup,
 	.link		= ocfs2_link,
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/namei.h b/fs/ocfs2/namei.h
index 8425944fccc..0975c7b7212 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/namei.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/namei.h
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 #ifndef OCFS2_NAMEI_H
 #define OCFS2_NAMEI_H
 
-extern struct inode_operations ocfs2_dir_iops;
+extern const struct inode_operations ocfs2_dir_iops;
 
 struct dentry *ocfs2_get_parent(struct dentry *child);
 
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/symlink.c b/fs/ocfs2/symlink.c
index 03b0191534d..40dc1a51f4a 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/symlink.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/symlink.c
@@ -170,12 +170,12 @@ bail:
 	return ERR_PTR(status);
 }
 
-struct inode_operations ocfs2_symlink_inode_operations = {
+const struct inode_operations ocfs2_symlink_inode_operations = {
 	.readlink	= page_readlink,
 	.follow_link	= ocfs2_follow_link,
 	.getattr	= ocfs2_getattr,
 };
-struct inode_operations ocfs2_fast_symlink_inode_operations = {
+const struct inode_operations ocfs2_fast_symlink_inode_operations = {
 	.readlink	= ocfs2_readlink,
 	.follow_link	= ocfs2_follow_link,
 	.getattr	= ocfs2_getattr,
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/symlink.h b/fs/ocfs2/symlink.h
index 1ea9e4d9e9e..65a6c9c6ad5 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/symlink.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/symlink.h
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@
 #ifndef OCFS2_SYMLINK_H
 #define OCFS2_SYMLINK_H
 
-extern struct inode_operations ocfs2_symlink_inode_operations;
-extern struct inode_operations ocfs2_fast_symlink_inode_operations;
+extern const struct inode_operations ocfs2_symlink_inode_operations;
+extern const struct inode_operations ocfs2_fast_symlink_inode_operations;
 
 /*
  * Test whether an inode is a fast symlink.
diff --git a/fs/openpromfs/inode.c b/fs/openpromfs/inode.c
index 99c0bc37ba0..327807b86fa 100644
--- a/fs/openpromfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/openpromfs/inode.c
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ static const struct file_operations openprom_operations = {
 
 static struct dentry *openpromfs_lookup(struct inode *, struct dentry *, struct nameidata *);
 
-static struct inode_operations openprom_inode_operations = {
+static const struct inode_operations openprom_inode_operations = {
 	.lookup		= openpromfs_lookup,
 };
 
diff --git a/ipc/mqueue.c b/ipc/mqueue.c
index fafdef357e9..7a8ce610fda 100644
--- a/ipc/mqueue.c
+++ b/ipc/mqueue.c
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ struct mqueue_inode_info {
 	unsigned long qsize; /* size of queue in memory (sum of all msgs) */
 };
 
-static struct inode_operations mqueue_dir_inode_operations;
+static const struct inode_operations mqueue_dir_inode_operations;
 static const struct file_operations mqueue_file_operations;
 static struct super_operations mqueue_super_ops;
 static void remove_notification(struct mqueue_inode_info *info);
@@ -1160,7 +1160,7 @@ out:
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static struct inode_operations mqueue_dir_inode_operations = {
+static const struct inode_operations mqueue_dir_inode_operations = {
 	.lookup = simple_lookup,
 	.create = mqueue_create,
 	.unlink = mqueue_unlink,
diff --git a/kernel/cpuset.c b/kernel/cpuset.c
index 232aed2b10f..f382b0f775e 100644
--- a/kernel/cpuset.c
+++ b/kernel/cpuset.c
@@ -1540,7 +1540,7 @@ static const struct file_operations cpuset_file_operations = {
 	.release = cpuset_file_release,
 };
 
-static struct inode_operations cpuset_dir_inode_operations = {
+static const struct inode_operations cpuset_dir_inode_operations = {
 	.lookup = simple_lookup,
 	.mkdir = cpuset_mkdir,
 	.rmdir = cpuset_rmdir,
diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
index b38e1716927..882053031aa 100644
--- a/mm/shmem.c
+++ b/mm/shmem.c
@@ -178,9 +178,9 @@ static inline void shmem_unacct_blocks(unsigned long flags, long pages)
 static struct super_operations shmem_ops;
 static const struct address_space_operations shmem_aops;
 static const struct file_operations shmem_file_operations;
-static struct inode_operations shmem_inode_operations;
-static struct inode_operations shmem_dir_inode_operations;
-static struct inode_operations shmem_special_inode_operations;
+static const struct inode_operations shmem_inode_operations;
+static const struct inode_operations shmem_dir_inode_operations;
+static const struct inode_operations shmem_special_inode_operations;
 static struct vm_operations_struct shmem_vm_ops;
 
 static struct backing_dev_info shmem_backing_dev_info  __read_mostly = {
@@ -1410,8 +1410,8 @@ shmem_get_inode(struct super_block *sb, int mode, dev_t dev)
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_TMPFS
-static struct inode_operations shmem_symlink_inode_operations;
-static struct inode_operations shmem_symlink_inline_operations;
+static const struct inode_operations shmem_symlink_inode_operations;
+static const struct inode_operations shmem_symlink_inline_operations;
 
 /*
  * Normally tmpfs makes no use of shmem_prepare_write, but it
@@ -1904,12 +1904,12 @@ static void shmem_put_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd, void *co
 	}
 }
 
-static struct inode_operations shmem_symlink_inline_operations = {
+static const struct inode_operations shmem_symlink_inline_operations = {
 	.readlink	= generic_readlink,
 	.follow_link	= shmem_follow_link_inline,
 };
 
-static struct inode_operations shmem_symlink_inode_operations = {
+static const struct inode_operations shmem_symlink_inode_operations = {
 	.truncate	= shmem_truncate,
 	.readlink	= generic_readlink,
 	.follow_link	= shmem_follow_link,
@@ -2335,7 +2335,7 @@ static const struct file_operations shmem_file_operations = {
 #endif
 };
 
-static struct inode_operations shmem_inode_operations = {
+static const struct inode_operations shmem_inode_operations = {
 	.truncate	= shmem_truncate,
 	.setattr	= shmem_notify_change,
 	.truncate_range	= shmem_truncate_range,
@@ -2349,7 +2349,7 @@ static struct inode_operations shmem_inode_operations = {
 
 };
 
-static struct inode_operations shmem_dir_inode_operations = {
+static const struct inode_operations shmem_dir_inode_operations = {
 #ifdef CONFIG_TMPFS
 	.create		= shmem_create,
 	.lookup		= simple_lookup,
@@ -2371,7 +2371,7 @@ static struct inode_operations shmem_dir_inode_operations = {
 #endif
 };
 
-static struct inode_operations shmem_special_inode_operations = {
+static const struct inode_operations shmem_special_inode_operations = {
 #ifdef CONFIG_TMPFS_POSIX_ACL
 	.setattr	= shmem_notify_change,
 	.setxattr	= generic_setxattr,