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Re: [PATCH] edac: constify attribute_group structures.

From Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: [PATCH] edac: constify attribute_group structures.
Date 2017-07-17 10:30 +0200
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On Mon, Jul 03, 2017 at 04:09:33PM +0530, Arvind Yadav wrote:
> attribute_groups are not supposed to change at runtime. All functions
> working with attribute_groups provided by <linux/sysfs.h> work with const
> attribute_group. So mark the non-const structs as const.
> 
> File size before:
>    text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
>    6026	   2541	     12	   8579	   2183	drivers/edac/edac_mc_sysfs.o
> 
> File size After adding 'const':
>    text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
>    6090	   2477	     12	   8579	   2183	drivers/edac/edac_mc_sysfs.o

What is that before/after thing supposed to tell me exactly?

> Signed-off-by: Arvind Yadav <arvind.yadav.cs@gmail.com>
> ---
>  drivers/edac/edac_mc_sysfs.c | 6 +++---
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

Anyway, I've merged your two EDAC patches into one and applied it.

Thanks.

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Re: [PATCH] edac: constify attribute_group structures. Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> - 2017-07-17 10:30 +0200

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