diff --git a/fs/proc/base.c b/fs/proc/base.c
index 7b1ded63..4f5745a 100644
--- a/fs/proc/base.c
+++ b/fs/proc/base.c
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
 	int len;
 	char *name;
 	mode_t mode;
-	struct inode_operations *iop;
+	const struct inode_operations *iop;
 	const struct file_operations *fop;
 	union proc_op op;
 };
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@
 	return error;
 }
 
-static struct inode_operations proc_def_inode_operations = {
+static const struct inode_operations proc_def_inode_operations = {
 	.setattr	= proc_setattr,
 };
 
@@ -980,7 +980,7 @@
 	return error;
 }
 
-static struct inode_operations proc_pid_link_inode_operations = {
+static const struct inode_operations proc_pid_link_inode_operations = {
 	.readlink	= proc_pid_readlink,
 	.follow_link	= proc_pid_follow_link,
 	.setattr	= proc_setattr,
@@ -1416,7 +1416,7 @@
 /*
  * proc directories can do almost nothing..
  */
-static struct inode_operations proc_fd_inode_operations = {
+static const struct inode_operations proc_fd_inode_operations = {
 	.lookup		= proc_lookupfd,
 	.setattr	= proc_setattr,
 };
@@ -1656,7 +1656,7 @@
 				  attr_dir_stuff, ARRAY_SIZE(attr_dir_stuff));
 }
 
-static struct inode_operations proc_attr_dir_inode_operations = {
+static const struct inode_operations proc_attr_dir_inode_operations = {
 	.lookup		= proc_attr_dir_lookup,
 	.getattr	= pid_getattr,
 	.setattr	= proc_setattr,
@@ -1682,7 +1682,7 @@
 	return ERR_PTR(vfs_follow_link(nd,tmp));
 }
 
-static struct inode_operations proc_self_inode_operations = {
+static const struct inode_operations proc_self_inode_operations = {
 	.readlink	= proc_self_readlink,
 	.follow_link	= proc_self_follow_link,
 };
@@ -1835,7 +1835,7 @@
  * Thread groups
  */
 static const struct file_operations proc_task_operations;
-static struct inode_operations proc_task_inode_operations;
+static const struct inode_operations proc_task_inode_operations;
 
 static struct pid_entry tgid_base_stuff[] = {
 	DIR("task",       S_IRUGO|S_IXUGO, task),
@@ -1904,7 +1904,7 @@
 				  tgid_base_stuff, ARRAY_SIZE(tgid_base_stuff));
 }
 
-static struct inode_operations proc_tgid_base_inode_operations = {
+static const struct inode_operations proc_tgid_base_inode_operations = {
 	.lookup		= proc_tgid_base_lookup,
 	.getattr	= pid_getattr,
 	.setattr	= proc_setattr,
@@ -2182,7 +2182,7 @@
 	.readdir	= proc_tid_base_readdir,
 };
 
-static struct inode_operations proc_tid_base_inode_operations = {
+static const struct inode_operations proc_tid_base_inode_operations = {
 	.lookup		= proc_tid_base_lookup,
 	.getattr	= pid_getattr,
 	.setattr	= proc_setattr,
@@ -2408,7 +2408,7 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static struct inode_operations proc_task_inode_operations = {
+static const struct inode_operations proc_task_inode_operations = {
 	.lookup		= proc_task_lookup,
 	.getattr	= proc_task_getattr,
 	.setattr	= proc_setattr,
diff --git a/fs/proc/generic.c b/fs/proc/generic.c
index aa52f10..0cdc00d 100644
--- a/fs/proc/generic.c
+++ b/fs/proc/generic.c
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static struct inode_operations proc_file_inode_operations = {
+static const struct inode_operations proc_file_inode_operations = {
 	.setattr	= proc_notify_change,
 };
 
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@
 	return NULL;
 }
 
-static struct inode_operations proc_link_inode_operations = {
+static const struct inode_operations proc_link_inode_operations = {
 	.readlink	= generic_readlink,
 	.follow_link	= proc_follow_link,
 };
@@ -505,7 +505,7 @@
 /*
  * proc directories can do almost nothing..
  */
-static struct inode_operations proc_dir_inode_operations = {
+static const struct inode_operations proc_dir_inode_operations = {
 	.lookup		= proc_lookup,
 	.getattr	= proc_getattr,
 	.setattr	= proc_notify_change,
diff --git a/fs/proc/root.c b/fs/proc/root.c
index 81c92e9..af15445 100644
--- a/fs/proc/root.c
+++ b/fs/proc/root.c
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@
 /*
  * proc root can do almost nothing..
  */
-static struct inode_operations proc_root_inode_operations = {
+static const struct inode_operations proc_root_inode_operations = {
 	.lookup		= proc_root_lookup,
 	.getattr	= proc_root_getattr,
 };
diff --git a/fs/qnx4/dir.c b/fs/qnx4/dir.c
index c94db1d..ea9ffef 100644
--- a/fs/qnx4/dir.c
+++ b/fs/qnx4/dir.c
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
 	.fsync		= file_fsync,
 };
 
-struct inode_operations qnx4_dir_inode_operations =
+const struct inode_operations qnx4_dir_inode_operations =
 {
 	.lookup		= qnx4_lookup,
 #ifdef CONFIG_QNX4FS_RW
diff --git a/fs/qnx4/file.c b/fs/qnx4/file.c
index 467e5ac..4464998 100644
--- a/fs/qnx4/file.c
+++ b/fs/qnx4/file.c
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 #endif
 };
 
-struct inode_operations qnx4_file_inode_operations =
+const struct inode_operations qnx4_file_inode_operations =
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_QNX4FS_RW
 	.truncate	= qnx4_truncate,
diff --git a/fs/ramfs/file-mmu.c b/fs/ramfs/file-mmu.c
index b935a3d..2f14774 100644
--- a/fs/ramfs/file-mmu.c
+++ b/fs/ramfs/file-mmu.c
@@ -45,6 +45,6 @@
 	.llseek		= generic_file_llseek,
 };
 
-struct inode_operations ramfs_file_inode_operations = {
+const struct inode_operations ramfs_file_inode_operations = {
 	.getattr	= simple_getattr,
 };
diff --git a/fs/ramfs/file-nommu.c b/fs/ramfs/file-nommu.c
index d05e09ac..d3fd7c6 100644
--- a/fs/ramfs/file-nommu.c
+++ b/fs/ramfs/file-nommu.c
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
 	.llseek			= generic_file_llseek,
 };
 
-struct inode_operations ramfs_file_inode_operations = {
+const struct inode_operations ramfs_file_inode_operations = {
 	.setattr		= ramfs_nommu_setattr,
 	.getattr		= simple_getattr,
 };
diff --git a/fs/ramfs/inode.c b/fs/ramfs/inode.c
index 2faf4cd..7a96b1d6 100644
--- a/fs/ramfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ramfs/inode.c
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 #define RAMFS_MAGIC	0x858458f6
 
 static struct super_operations ramfs_ops;
-static struct inode_operations ramfs_dir_inode_operations;
+static const struct inode_operations ramfs_dir_inode_operations;
 
 static struct backing_dev_info ramfs_backing_dev_info = {
 	.ra_pages	= 0,	/* No readahead */
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@
 	return error;
 }
 
-static struct inode_operations ramfs_dir_inode_operations = {
+static const struct inode_operations ramfs_dir_inode_operations = {
 	.create		= ramfs_create,
 	.lookup		= simple_lookup,
 	.link		= simple_link,
diff --git a/fs/ramfs/internal.h b/fs/ramfs/internal.h
index c2bb58e..af7cc07 100644
--- a/fs/ramfs/internal.h
+++ b/fs/ramfs/internal.h
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@
 
 extern const struct address_space_operations ramfs_aops;
 extern const struct file_operations ramfs_file_operations;
-extern struct inode_operations ramfs_file_inode_operations;
+extern const struct inode_operations ramfs_file_inode_operations;
diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/file.c b/fs/reiserfs/file.c
index 5109f1d..abfada2 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/file.c
@@ -1556,7 +1556,7 @@
 	.splice_write = generic_file_splice_write,
 };
 
-struct inode_operations reiserfs_file_inode_operations = {
+const struct inode_operations reiserfs_file_inode_operations = {
 	.truncate = reiserfs_vfs_truncate_file,
 	.setattr = reiserfs_setattr,
 	.setxattr = reiserfs_setxattr,
diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/namei.c b/fs/reiserfs/namei.c
index 23f5cd5..a216184 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/namei.c
@@ -1525,7 +1525,7 @@
 /*
  * directories can handle most operations...
  */
-struct inode_operations reiserfs_dir_inode_operations = {
+const struct inode_operations reiserfs_dir_inode_operations = {
 	//&reiserfs_dir_operations,   /* default_file_ops */
 	.create = reiserfs_create,
 	.lookup = reiserfs_lookup,
@@ -1548,7 +1548,7 @@
  * symlink operations.. same as page_symlink_inode_operations, with xattr
  * stuff added
  */
-struct inode_operations reiserfs_symlink_inode_operations = {
+const struct inode_operations reiserfs_symlink_inode_operations = {
 	.readlink = generic_readlink,
 	.follow_link = page_follow_link_light,
 	.put_link = page_put_link,
@@ -1564,7 +1564,7 @@
 /*
  * special file operations.. just xattr/acl stuff
  */
-struct inode_operations reiserfs_special_inode_operations = {
+const struct inode_operations reiserfs_special_inode_operations = {
 	.setattr = reiserfs_setattr,
 	.setxattr = reiserfs_setxattr,
 	.getxattr = reiserfs_getxattr,
diff --git a/fs/romfs/inode.c b/fs/romfs/inode.c
index d3e243a..1e712cc 100644
--- a/fs/romfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/romfs/inode.c
@@ -468,7 +468,7 @@
 	.readdir	= romfs_readdir,
 };
 
-static struct inode_operations romfs_dir_inode_operations = {
+static const struct inode_operations romfs_dir_inode_operations = {
 	.lookup		= romfs_lookup,
 };
 
diff --git a/fs/smbfs/dir.c b/fs/smbfs/dir.c
index b1e58d1..50136b1 100644
--- a/fs/smbfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/smbfs/dir.c
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 	.open		= smb_dir_open,
 };
 
-struct inode_operations smb_dir_inode_operations =
+const struct inode_operations smb_dir_inode_operations =
 {
 	.create		= smb_create,
 	.lookup		= smb_lookup,
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
 	.setattr	= smb_notify_change,
 };
 
-struct inode_operations smb_dir_inode_operations_unix =
+const struct inode_operations smb_dir_inode_operations_unix =
 {
 	.create		= smb_create,
 	.lookup		= smb_lookup,
diff --git a/fs/smbfs/file.c b/fs/smbfs/file.c
index e50533a..f161797 100644
--- a/fs/smbfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/smbfs/file.c
@@ -418,7 +418,7 @@
 	.sendfile	= smb_file_sendfile,
 };
 
-struct inode_operations smb_file_inode_operations =
+const struct inode_operations smb_file_inode_operations =
 {
 	.permission	= smb_file_permission,
 	.getattr	= smb_getattr,
diff --git a/fs/smbfs/proto.h b/fs/smbfs/proto.h
index 34fb462..03f456c 100644
--- a/fs/smbfs/proto.h
+++ b/fs/smbfs/proto.h
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@
 extern void smb_install_null_ops(struct smb_ops *ops);
 /* dir.c */
 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 const struct inode_operations smb_dir_inode_operations;
+extern const struct inode_operations smb_dir_inode_operations_unix;
 extern void smb_new_dentry(struct dentry *dentry);
 extern void smb_renew_times(struct dentry *dentry);
 /* cache.c */
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
 /* file.c */
 extern const struct address_space_operations smb_file_aops;
 extern const struct file_operations smb_file_operations;
-extern struct inode_operations smb_file_inode_operations;
+extern const 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);
 /* smbiod.c */
@@ -84,4 +84,4 @@
 extern int smb_request_recv(struct smb_sb_info *server);
 /* symlink.c */
 extern int smb_symlink(struct inode *inode, struct dentry *dentry, const char *oldname);
-extern struct inode_operations smb_link_inode_operations;
+extern const struct inode_operations smb_link_inode_operations;
diff --git a/fs/smbfs/symlink.c b/fs/smbfs/symlink.c
index cdc53c4..e4bf345 100644
--- a/fs/smbfs/symlink.c
+++ b/fs/smbfs/symlink.c
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
 		__putname(s);
 }
 
-struct inode_operations smb_link_inode_operations =
+const struct inode_operations smb_link_inode_operations =
 {
 	.readlink	= generic_readlink,
 	.follow_link	= smb_follow_link,
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/dir.c b/fs/sysfs/dir.c
index 9e95e7a..8813990 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/dir.c
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@
 	return ERR_PTR(err);
 }
 
-struct inode_operations sysfs_dir_inode_operations = {
+const struct inode_operations sysfs_dir_inode_operations = {
 	.lookup		= sysfs_lookup,
 	.setattr	= sysfs_setattr,
 };
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/inode.c b/fs/sysfs/inode.c
index 542d2bc..dd1344b 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/inode.c
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 	.capabilities	= BDI_CAP_NO_ACCT_DIRTY | BDI_CAP_NO_WRITEBACK,
 };
 
-static struct inode_operations sysfs_inode_operations ={
+static const struct inode_operations sysfs_inode_operations ={
 	.setattr	= sysfs_setattr,
 };
 
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/symlink.c b/fs/sysfs/symlink.c
index 4869f61..7b9c5bf 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/symlink.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/symlink.c
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@
 		free_page((unsigned long)page);
 }
 
-struct inode_operations sysfs_symlink_inode_operations = {
+const struct inode_operations sysfs_symlink_inode_operations = {
 	.readlink = generic_readlink,
 	.follow_link = sysfs_follow_link,
 	.put_link = sysfs_put_link,
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h b/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h
index fe1cbfd..d976b00 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h
+++ b/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@
 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;
+extern const struct inode_operations sysfs_dir_inode_operations;
+extern const struct inode_operations sysfs_symlink_inode_operations;
 
 struct sysfs_symlink {
 	char * link_name;
diff --git a/fs/sysv/file.c b/fs/sysv/file.c
index 47a4b72..0732ddb 100644
--- a/fs/sysv/file.c
+++ b/fs/sysv/file.c
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 	.sendfile	= generic_file_sendfile,
 };
 
-struct inode_operations sysv_file_inode_operations = {
+const struct inode_operations sysv_file_inode_operations = {
 	.truncate	= sysv_truncate,
 	.getattr	= sysv_getattr,
 };
diff --git a/fs/sysv/inode.c b/fs/sysv/inode.c
index ead9864..13dd75c 100644
--- a/fs/sysv/inode.c
+++ b/fs/sysv/inode.c
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@
 	}
 }
 
-static struct inode_operations sysv_symlink_inode_operations = {
+static const struct inode_operations sysv_symlink_inode_operations = {
 	.readlink	= generic_readlink,
 	.follow_link	= page_follow_link_light,
 	.put_link	= page_put_link,
diff --git a/fs/sysv/namei.c b/fs/sysv/namei.c
index f7c08db..4e48abb 100644
--- a/fs/sysv/namei.c
+++ b/fs/sysv/namei.c
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@
 /*
  * directories can handle most operations...
  */
-struct inode_operations sysv_dir_inode_operations = {
+const struct inode_operations sysv_dir_inode_operations = {
 	.create		= sysv_create,
 	.lookup		= sysv_lookup,
 	.link		= sysv_link,
diff --git a/fs/sysv/symlink.c b/fs/sysv/symlink.c
index b85ce61..00d2f8a 100644
--- a/fs/sysv/symlink.c
+++ b/fs/sysv/symlink.c
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 	return NULL;
 }
 
-struct inode_operations sysv_fast_symlink_inode_operations = {
+const struct inode_operations sysv_fast_symlink_inode_operations = {
 	.readlink	= generic_readlink,
 	.follow_link	= sysv_follow_link,
 };
diff --git a/fs/sysv/sysv.h b/fs/sysv/sysv.h
index dcb18b2..a320edc 100644
--- a/fs/sysv/sysv.h
+++ b/fs/sysv/sysv.h
@@ -159,9 +159,9 @@
 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 const struct inode_operations sysv_file_inode_operations;
+extern const struct inode_operations sysv_dir_inode_operations;
+extern const struct inode_operations sysv_fast_symlink_inode_operations;
 extern const struct file_operations sysv_file_operations;
 extern const struct file_operations sysv_dir_operations;
 extern const struct address_space_operations sysv_aops;
diff --git a/fs/udf/file.c b/fs/udf/file.c
index d81f2db..40d5047d 100644
--- a/fs/udf/file.c
+++ b/fs/udf/file.c
@@ -263,6 +263,6 @@
 	.sendfile		= generic_file_sendfile,
 };
 
-struct inode_operations udf_file_inode_operations = {
+const struct inode_operations udf_file_inode_operations = {
 	.truncate		= udf_truncate,
 };
diff --git a/fs/udf/namei.c b/fs/udf/namei.c
index 7316332..fe361cd 100644
--- a/fs/udf/namei.c
+++ b/fs/udf/namei.c
@@ -1308,7 +1308,7 @@
 	return retval;
 }
 
-struct inode_operations udf_dir_inode_operations = {
+const struct inode_operations udf_dir_inode_operations = {
 	.lookup				= udf_lookup,
 	.create				= udf_create,
 	.link				= udf_link,
diff --git a/fs/udf/udfdecl.h b/fs/udf/udfdecl.h
index 1033b7c..ee1dece 100644
--- a/fs/udf/udfdecl.h
+++ b/fs/udf/udfdecl.h
@@ -42,9 +42,9 @@
 struct buffer_head;
 struct super_block;
 
-extern struct inode_operations udf_dir_inode_operations;
+extern const struct inode_operations udf_dir_inode_operations;
 extern const struct file_operations udf_dir_operations;
-extern struct inode_operations udf_file_inode_operations;
+extern const struct inode_operations udf_file_inode_operations;
 extern const struct file_operations udf_file_operations;
 extern const struct address_space_operations udf_aops;
 extern const struct address_space_operations udf_adinicb_aops;
diff --git a/fs/ufs/namei.c b/fs/ufs/namei.c
index e84c0ec..a059ccd 100644
--- a/fs/ufs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ufs/namei.c
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@
 	return err;
 }
 
-struct inode_operations ufs_dir_inode_operations = {
+const struct inode_operations ufs_dir_inode_operations = {
 	.create		= ufs_create,
 	.lookup		= ufs_lookup,
 	.link		= ufs_link,
diff --git a/fs/ufs/symlink.c b/fs/ufs/symlink.c
index 337512e..d8549f8 100644
--- a/fs/ufs/symlink.c
+++ b/fs/ufs/symlink.c
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 	return NULL;
 }
 
-struct inode_operations ufs_fast_symlink_inode_operations = {
+const struct inode_operations ufs_fast_symlink_inode_operations = {
 	.readlink	= generic_readlink,
 	.follow_link	= ufs_follow_link,
 };
diff --git a/fs/ufs/truncate.c b/fs/ufs/truncate.c
index 77ed779..749581f 100644
--- a/fs/ufs/truncate.c
+++ b/fs/ufs/truncate.c
@@ -513,6 +513,6 @@
 	return inode_setattr(inode, attr);
 }
 
-struct inode_operations ufs_file_inode_operations = {
+const struct inode_operations ufs_file_inode_operations = {
 	.setattr = ufs_setattr,
 };
diff --git a/fs/vfat/namei.c b/fs/vfat/namei.c
index 0afd745..c28add2 100644
--- a/fs/vfat/namei.c
+++ b/fs/vfat/namei.c
@@ -996,7 +996,7 @@
 	goto out;
 }
 
-static struct inode_operations vfat_dir_inode_operations = {
+static const struct inode_operations vfat_dir_inode_operations = {
 	.create		= vfat_create,
 	.lookup		= vfat_lookup,
 	.unlink		= vfat_unlink,
diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_iops.c b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_iops.c
index aa4c3b8..0b5fa12 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_iops.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_iops.c
@@ -813,7 +813,7 @@
 }
 
 
-struct inode_operations xfs_inode_operations = {
+const struct inode_operations xfs_inode_operations = {
 	.permission		= xfs_vn_permission,
 	.truncate		= xfs_vn_truncate,
 	.getattr		= xfs_vn_getattr,
@@ -824,7 +824,7 @@
 	.removexattr		= xfs_vn_removexattr,
 };
 
-struct inode_operations xfs_dir_inode_operations = {
+const struct inode_operations xfs_dir_inode_operations = {
 	.create			= xfs_vn_create,
 	.lookup			= xfs_vn_lookup,
 	.link			= xfs_vn_link,
@@ -843,7 +843,7 @@
 	.removexattr		= xfs_vn_removexattr,
 };
 
-struct inode_operations xfs_symlink_inode_operations = {
+const struct inode_operations xfs_symlink_inode_operations = {
 	.readlink		= generic_readlink,
 	.follow_link		= xfs_vn_follow_link,
 	.put_link		= xfs_vn_put_link,
diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_iops.h b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_iops.h
index ad6173d..95a6939 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_iops.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_iops.h
@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@
 #ifndef __XFS_IOPS_H__
 #define __XFS_IOPS_H__
 
-extern struct inode_operations xfs_inode_operations;
-extern struct inode_operations xfs_dir_inode_operations;
-extern struct inode_operations xfs_symlink_inode_operations;
+extern const struct inode_operations xfs_inode_operations;
+extern const struct inode_operations xfs_dir_inode_operations;
+extern const struct inode_operations xfs_symlink_inode_operations;
 
 extern const struct file_operations xfs_file_operations;
 extern const struct file_operations xfs_dir_file_operations;