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Re: [PATCH] staging: unisys: visorchipset: constify attribute_group structure

From Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: [PATCH] staging: unisys: visorchipset: constify attribute_group structure
Date 2017-07-28 06:40 +0200
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On Wed, Jul 26, 2017 at 09:51:32PM -0400, Amitoj Kaur Chawla wrote:
> Functions working with attribute_groups provided by <linux/device.h>
> work with const attribute_group. These attribute_group structures do not
> change at runtime so mark them as const.
> 
> File size before:
>  text      data     bss     dec     hex filename
>  24124     6216     448   30788    7844
> drivers/staging/unisys/visorbus/visorchipset.o
> 
> File size after:
>  text     data     bss     dec     hex filename
>  24220    6120     448   30788    7844
> drivers/staging/unisys/visorbus/visorchipset.o
> 
> This change was made with the help of Coccinelle.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Amitoj Kaur Chawla <amitoj1606@gmail.com>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/unisys/visorbus/visorchipset.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/unisys/visorbus/visorchipset.c b/drivers/staging/unisys/visorbus/visorchipset.c
> index 2215056..798a92e 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/unisys/visorbus/visorchipset.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/unisys/visorbus/visorchipset.c
> @@ -1146,7 +1146,7 @@ static struct attribute *visorchipset_parahotplug_attrs[] = {
>  	NULL
>  };
>  
> -static struct attribute_group visorchipset_parahotplug_group = {
> +static const struct attribute_group visorchipset_parahotplug_group = {
>  	.name = "parahotplug",
>  	.attrs = visorchipset_parahotplug_attrs
>  };

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[PATCH] staging: unisys: visorchipset: constify attribute_group  structure Amitoj Kaur Chawla <amitoj1606@gmail.com> - 2017-07-27 04:00 +0200
  Re: [PATCH] staging: unisys: visorchipset: constify attribute_group  structure Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> - 2017-07-28 06:40 +0200

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