linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] iio: light: apds9960: constify attribute

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Date:   Sat, 1 Apr 2017 11:36:33 +0100
From:   Jonathan Cameron <jic23@...nel.org>
To:     simran singhal <singhalsimran0@...il.com>
Cc:     Hartmut Knaack <knaack.h@....de>,
        Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@...afoo.de>,
        Peter Meerwald-Stadler <pmeerw@...erw.net>,
        linux-iio@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] iio: light: apds9960: constify attribute_group structures

On 01/04/17 09:29, simran singhal wrote:
> Check for attribute_group structures that are only stored in the
> attrs filed of iio_info structure. As the attrs field of iio_info
> structures is constant, so these attribute_group structures can also be
> declared constant.
> Done using coccinelle:
> 
> @r1 disable optional_qualifier @
> identifier i;
> position p;
> @@
> static struct attribute_group i@p = {...};
> 
> @ok1@
> identifier r1.i;
> position p;
> struct iio_info x;
> @@
> x.attrs=&i@p;
> 
> @bad@
> position p!={r1.p,ok1.p};
> identifier r1.i;
> @@
> i@p
> 
> @depends on !bad disable optional_qualifier@
> identifier r1.i;
> @@
> static
> +const
> struct attribute_group i={...};
> 
> @depends on !bad disable optional_qualifier@
> identifier r1.i;
> @@
> +const
> struct attribute_group i;
> 
> File size before:
>    text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
>    8503	    488	      0	   8991	   231f	drivers/iio/light/apds9960.o
> 
> File size after:
>    text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
>    8567	    424	      0	   8991	   231f	drivers/iio/light/apds9960.o
> 
> Signed-off-by: simran singhal <singhalsimran0@...il.com>
Applied.
> ---
>  drivers/iio/light/apds9960.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/iio/light/apds9960.c b/drivers/iio/light/apds9960.c
> index 90bc98d..c7af36d 100644
> --- a/drivers/iio/light/apds9960.c
> +++ b/drivers/iio/light/apds9960.c
> @@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ static struct attribute *apds9960_attributes[] = {
>  	NULL,
>  };
>  
> -static struct attribute_group apds9960_attribute_group = {
> +static const struct attribute_group apds9960_attribute_group = {
>  	.attrs = apds9960_attributes,
>  };
>  
>