linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/3] PCI: hotplug: constify attribute

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Date:   Tue, 11 Jul 2017 11:55:40 -0700
From:   Tyrel Datwyler <tyreld@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:     Arvind Yadav <arvind.yadav.cs@...il.com>, bhelgaas@...gle.com,
        paulus@...ba.org, mpe@...erman.id.au, benh@...nel.crashing.org
Cc:     linux-pci@...r.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] PCI: hotplug: constify attribute_group structures.

On 07/11/2017 02:28 AM, 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
>     418	    160	      8	    586	    24a	drivers/pci/hotplug/rpadlpar_sysfs.o
> 
> File size After adding 'const':
>    text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
>     482	     96	      8	    586	    232	drivers/pci/hotplug/rpadlpar_sysfs.o
> 
> Signed-off-by: Arvind Yadav <arvind.yadav.cs@...il.com>

Reviewed-by: Tyrel Datwyler <tyreld@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>