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Date:   Mon, 21 Aug 2017 14:28:31 +0200
From:   "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>
To:     Bhumika Goyal <bhumirks@...il.com>
Cc:     Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...6.fr>,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
        Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>, jbacik@...com,
        Jiri Kosina <jikos@...nel.org>,
        Benjamin Tissoires <benjamin.tissoires@...hat.com>,
        manish.chopra@...ium.com, rahul.verma@...ium.com,
        Dept-GELinuxNICDev@...ium.com, harish.patil@...ium.com,
        cascardo@...oscopio.com, don@...t.com.br,
        Darren Hart <dvhart@...radead.org>, andy@...radead.org,
        Sebastian Reichel <sre@...nel.org>,
        ACPI Devel Maling List <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-block@...r.kernel.org, nbd-general@...ts.sourceforge.net,
        linux-input@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        Platform Driver <platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux PM <linux-pm@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/6] drivers: make device_attribute const

On Mon, Aug 21, 2017 at 1:43 PM, Bhumika Goyal <bhumirks@...il.com> wrote:
> Make these const. Done using Coccinelle.
>
> @match disable optional_qualifier@
> identifier s;
> @@
> static struct device_attribute s = {...};
>
> @ref@
> position p;
> identifier match.s;
> @@
> s@p
>
> @good1@
> identifier match.s;
> expression e1;
> position ref.p;
> @@
> device_remove_file(e1,&s@p,...)
>
> @good2@
> identifier match.s;
> expression e1;
> position ref.p;
> @@
> device_create_file(e1,&s@p,...)
>
>
> @bad depends on  !good1 && !good2@
> position ref.p;
> identifier match.s;
> @@
> s@p
>
> @depends on forall !bad disable optional_qualifier@
> identifier match.s;
> @@
> static
> + const
> struct device_attribute s;
>
> Bhumika Goyal (6):
>   ACPI: make device_attribute const
>   nbd: make device_attribute const
>   hid: make device_attribute const
>   qlogic:  make device_attribute const
>   platform/x86: make device_attribute const
>   power: supply: make device_attribute const

It would be better to send these patches separately, because they
touch code maintained by different people and I guess no one will take
the whole series.

I'll take care of the ACPI one, but the rest needs to go in via their
proper trees.

Thanks,
Rafael