linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] PM / devfreq: constify attribute

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Date:   Mon, 03 Jul 2017 19:17:14 +0900
From:   Chanwoo Choi <cw00.choi@...sung.com>
To:     Arvind Yadav <arvind.yadav.cs@...il.com>, myungjoo.ham@...sung.com,
        kyungmin.park@...sung.com
Cc:     linux-pm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] PM / devfreq: constify attribute_group structures.

On 2017년 07월 03일 19:10, 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
>     621	    176	      0	    797	    31d	drivers/devfreq/governor_userspace.o
> 
> File size After adding 'const':
>    text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
>    670	    144	      0	    814	    32e	drivers/devfreq/governor_userspace.o
> 
> Signed-off-by: Arvind Yadav <arvind.yadav.cs@...il.com>
> ---
>  drivers/devfreq/governor_userspace.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/devfreq/governor_userspace.c b/drivers/devfreq/governor_userspace.c
> index 1769760..77028c2 100644
> --- a/drivers/devfreq/governor_userspace.c
> +++ b/drivers/devfreq/governor_userspace.c
> @@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ static ssize_t show_freq(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
>  	&dev_attr_set_freq.attr,
>  	NULL,
>  };
> -static struct attribute_group dev_attr_group = {
> +static const struct attribute_group dev_attr_group = {
>  	.name	= "userspace",
>  	.attrs	= dev_entries,
>  };
> 

Looks good to me.
Reviewed-by: Chanwoo Choi <cw00.choi@...sung.com>

-- 
Best Regards,
Chanwoo Choi
Samsung Electronics