linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] input: keyboard: constify attribute

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Date:   Mon, 31 Jul 2017 15:42:00 +0200
From:   Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
To:     Arvind Yadav <arvind.yadav.cs@...il.com>
Cc:     Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>,
        Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>,
        Linux Input <linux-input@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] input: keyboard: constify attribute_group structures.

On Wed, Jul 5, 2017 at 12:46 PM, Arvind Yadav <arvind.yadav.cs@...il.com> 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
>    5693     464       0    6157    180d drivers/input/keyboard/gpio_keys.o
>
> File size After adding 'const':
>    text    data     bss     dec     hex filename
>    5749     400       0    6149    1805 drivers/input/keyboard/gpio_keys.o
>
> Signed-off-by: Arvind Yadav <arvind.yadav.cs@...il.com>

Acked-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>

Yours,
Linus Walleij