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Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2017 03:10:17 +0530 From: SIMRAN SINGHAL <singhalsimran0@...il.com> To: Jonathan Cameron <jic23@...nel.org> Cc: Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@...afoo.de>, Michael Hennerich <Michael.Hennerich@...log.com>, Hartmut Knaack <knaack.h@....de>, Peter Meerwald-Stadler <pmeerw@...erw.net>, linux-iio@...r.kernel.org, Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, outreachy-kernel <outreachy-kernel@...glegroups.com> Subject: Re: [PATCH] iio: adc: ad799x: constify attribute_group structures On Thu, Mar 30, 2017 at 3:06 AM, Jonathan Cameron <jic23@...nel.org> wrote: > On 29/03/17 22:28, SIMRAN SINGHAL wrote: >> On Thu, Mar 30, 2017 at 2:43 AM, Jonathan Cameron <jic23@...nel.org> wrote: >>> On 28/03/17 21:07, simran singhal wrote: >>>> Check for attribute_group structures that are only stored in the >>>> event_attrs filed of iio_info structure. As the event_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.event_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 >>>> 26051 464 0 26515 6793 drivers/iio/adc/ad799x.o >>>> >>>> File size after: >>>> text data bss dec hex filename >>>> 26115 400 0 26515 6793 drivers/iio/adc/ad799x.o >>>> >>>> Signed-off-by: simran singhal <singhalsimran0@...il.com> >>> Applied to the togreg branch of iio.git and pushed out as testing >>> for the autobuilders to play with it. >>> >> >> But my tree is up-to-date and I also test it before sending. > this is standard practice. I build as well before pushing out, but > I only do one or two configurations of one or two architectures. > The autobuilders are a set of large servers that Intel run as a service > to the kernel community. > > Typically they'll run a few hundred builds for dozens of processor architectures > + a much more extensive set of static tests than most kernel developers > are set up to run. Here things will almost certainly be fine, but > I've been wrong before! > > The only thing is I tend to push out in the evening then go to bed before > the results come in, then might not get to it for a day or so to push out > as togreg. This tree I am happy to rebase - that is I can drop or fixup > patches with issues. The togreg branch is the one that people often > base new work on, so if I change the tree under them all sorts of nasty > merge issues can occur. > > This is why most trees that ultimately go upstream are non rebasing - > but a lot of people now have a testing branch which is deliberately > unofficial - people shouldn't use it to base their trees on as it > is temporary for build test purposes. > > Greg has one as well (I assume this is what it is for), he just tends > to be quicker about dealing with whatever comes up than I am so > doesn't explicitly mention it when he takes patches. > > https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/staging.git/log/?h=staging-testing > > So it's nothing to worry about. I just put that note in so people > don't wonder why their patch isn't immediately present in the public > togreg branch of iio.git. > Thanks for the explaination. Simran > Jonathan >> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Jonathan >>>> --- >>>> drivers/iio/adc/ad799x.c | 2 +- >>>> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) >>>> >>>> diff --git a/drivers/iio/adc/ad799x.c b/drivers/iio/adc/ad799x.c >>>> index 9704090..22426ae 100644 >>>> --- a/drivers/iio/adc/ad799x.c >>>> +++ b/drivers/iio/adc/ad799x.c >>>> @@ -520,7 +520,7 @@ static struct attribute *ad799x_event_attributes[] = { >>>> NULL, >>>> }; >>>> >>>> -static struct attribute_group ad799x_event_attrs_group = { >>>> +static const struct attribute_group ad799x_event_attrs_group = { >>>> .attrs = ad799x_event_attributes, >>>> }; >>>> >>>> >>> >
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