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

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Message-ID: <BD75D217E5BAC84080F8EFB2582976379E82BC91@ORSMSX112.amr.corp.intel.com>
Date:   Thu, 3 Aug 2017 12:37:31 +0000
From:   "Gross, Mark" <mark.gross@...el.com>
To:     Arvind Yadav <arvind.yadav.cs@...il.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

Sounds good to me.
--mark

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Arvind Yadav [mailto:arvind.yadav.cs@...il.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 2, 2017 10:35 PM
> To: Gross, Mark <mark.gross@...el.com>; arnd@...db.de;
> gregkh@...uxfoundation.org
> Cc: 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
> >