linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] omapfb: panel-sony-acx565akm: constify attribute

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Message-id: <4895469.EV6kLxFEj8@amdc3058>
Date:   Tue, 01 Aug 2017 16:04:12 +0200
From:   Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@...sung.com>
To:     Arvind Yadav <arvind.yadav.cs@...il.com>
Cc:     tomi.valkeinen@...com, linux-omap@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] omapfb: panel-sony-acx565akm: constify attribute_group
 structures.

On Wednesday, July 19, 2017 10:55:57 AM Arvind Yadav wrote:
> attribute_group are not supposed to change at runtime. All functions
> working with attribute_group 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
>    5227	    560	      0	   5787	   169b	panel-sony-acx565akm
> 
> File size After adding 'const':
>    text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
>    5291	    496	      0	   5787	   169b	panel-sony-acx565akm.o
> 
> Signed-off-by: Arvind Yadav <arvind.yadav.cs@...il.com>

Patch queued for 4.14, thanks.

Best regards,
--
Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
Samsung R&D Institute Poland
Samsung Electronics