linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] thunderbolt: constify attribute

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Date:   Sat, 5 Aug 2017 11:35:20 +0300
From:   Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Amitoj Kaur Chawla <amitoj1606@...il.com>
Cc:     andreas.noever@...il.com, michael.jamet@...el.com,
        yehezkel.bernat@...el.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] thunderbolt: constify attribute_group structure

On Fri, Aug 04, 2017 at 09:42:09PM -0400, Amitoj Kaur Chawla wrote:
> Functions working with attribute_groups provided by <linux/device.h>
> work with const attribute_group. These attribute_group structures do not
> change at runtime so mark them as const.
> 
> File size before:
>  text      data     bss     dec     hex filename
>  28565     7300       0   35865    8c19 drivers/thunderbolt/switch.o
> 
> File size after:
>  text      data     bss     dec     hex filename
>  28661     7204       0   35865    8c19 drivers/thunderbolt/switch.o
> 
> This change was made with the help of Coccinelle.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Amitoj Kaur Chawla <amitoj1606@...il.com>

Acked-by: Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@...ux.intel.com>

Unfortunately you forgot to Cc Greg. He has been gathering Thunderbolt
related patches. I added him now but it may be that you need to resend
the patch to make it easier for him to apply.

> ---
>  drivers/thunderbolt/switch.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/thunderbolt/switch.c b/drivers/thunderbolt/switch.c
> index e9391bb..6cd4f14 100644
> --- a/drivers/thunderbolt/switch.c
> +++ b/drivers/thunderbolt/switch.c
> @@ -970,7 +970,7 @@ static umode_t switch_attr_is_visible(struct kobject *kobj,
>  	return sw->safe_mode ? 0 : attr->mode;
>  }
>  
> -static struct attribute_group switch_group = {
> +static const struct attribute_group switch_group = {
>  	.is_visible = switch_attr_is_visible,
>  	.attrs = switch_attrs,
>  };
> -- 
> 2.7.4