linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/3] constify char attribute

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Message-ID: <24f4fc72-47d9-ce26-18cf-abd8f5af4bcf@gmail.com>
Date:   Thu, 3 Aug 2017 11:04:33 +0530
From:   Arvind Yadav <arvind.yadav.cs@...il.com>
To:     "Gross, Mark" <mark.gross@...el.com>,
        "arnd@...db.de" <arnd@...db.de>,
        "gregkh@...uxfoundation.org" <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] constify char attribute_group structures

Hi Mark,


On Wednesday 02 August 2017 11:26 PM, Gross, Mark wrote:
> Why stop at these 3 users of attribute_group?
I am doing for all. This changes is only for char user. Few patch are
under review and few are merged. Rest all I will send.

~arvind
> --mark
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Arvind Yadav [mailto:arvind.yadav.cs@...il.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 2, 2017 4:19 AM
> To: arnd@...db.de; gregkh@...uxfoundation.org; Gross, Mark <mark.gross@...el.com>
> Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
> Subject: [PATCH 0/3] constify char attribute_group structures
>
> 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.
>
> Arvind Yadav (3):
>    [PATCH 1/3] char: tlclk: constify attribute_group structures.
>    [PATCH 2/3] char: tpm: constify attribute_group structures.
>    [PATCH 3/3] char: virtio: constify attribute_group structures.
>
>   drivers/char/tlclk.c          | 2 +-
>   drivers/char/tpm/tpm_ppi.c    | 2 +-
>   drivers/char/virtio_console.c | 2 +-
>   3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> --
> 1.9.1
>