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Date:   Sun, 10 Jan 2021 11:06:45 -0800
From:   Moritz Fischer <mdf@...nel.org>
To:     Tom Rix <trix@...hat.com>
Cc:     Rikard Falkeborn <rikard.falkeborn@...il.com>,
        Wu Hao <hao.wu@...el.com>, Moritz Fischer <mdf@...nel.org>,
        linux-fpga@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fpga: dfl: fme: Constify static attribute_group structs

On Sat, Jan 09, 2021 at 05:40:38PM -0800, Tom Rix wrote:
> 
> On 1/9/21 2:52 PM, Rikard Falkeborn wrote:
> > On Sat, Jan 09, 2021 at 01:55:13PM -0800, Tom Rix wrote:
> >> On 1/8/21 3:54 PM, Rikard Falkeborn wrote:
> >>> The only usage of these is to put their addresses in arrays of pointers
> >>> to const attribute_groups. Make them const to allow the compiler to put
> >>> them in read-only memory.
> >>>
> >>> Signed-off-by: Rikard Falkeborn <rikard.falkeborn@...il.com>
> >>> ---
> >>>  drivers/fpga/dfl-fme-perf.c | 6 +++---
> >> This looks ok.
> >>
> >> There are other 'static struct's in drivers/fpga.
> >>
> >> Why is the change limited to this file ?
> >>
> >> Tom
> >>
> > I have a WIP coccinelle script to constify static struct attribute_group
> > and this is the only file in drivers/fpga which has non-const struct
> > attribute_group, that's why it's limited to this file. I could have
> > mentioned that in the commit message.
> 
> No worries, thanks for the change!
> 
> Reviewed-by: Tom Rix <trix@...hat.com>
> 
> > Rikard
> >
> >
> >>>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> >>>
> >>> diff --git a/drivers/fpga/dfl-fme-perf.c b/drivers/fpga/dfl-fme-perf.c
> >>> index 531266287eee..4299145ef347 100644
> >>> --- a/drivers/fpga/dfl-fme-perf.c
> >>> +++ b/drivers/fpga/dfl-fme-perf.c
> >>> @@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ static struct attribute *fme_perf_cpumask_attrs[] = {
> >>>  	NULL,
> >>>  };
> >>>  
> >>> -static struct attribute_group fme_perf_cpumask_group = {
> >>> +static const struct attribute_group fme_perf_cpumask_group = {
> >>>  	.attrs = fme_perf_cpumask_attrs,
> >>>  };
> >>>  
> >>> @@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ static struct attribute *fme_perf_format_attrs[] = {
> >>>  	NULL,
> >>>  };
> >>>  
> >>> -static struct attribute_group fme_perf_format_group = {
> >>> +static const struct attribute_group fme_perf_format_group = {
> >>>  	.name = "format",
> >>>  	.attrs = fme_perf_format_attrs,
> >>>  };
> >>> @@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ static struct attribute *fme_perf_events_attrs_empty[] = {
> >>>  	NULL,
> >>>  };
> >>>  
> >>> -static struct attribute_group fme_perf_events_group = {
> >>> +static const struct attribute_group fme_perf_events_group = {
> >>>  	.name = "events",
> >>>  	.attrs = fme_perf_events_attrs_empty,
> >>>  };
> 
Applied,

Thanks

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