linux-kernel - [PATCH] tpm/ppi: Constify static struct attribute

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Date:   Thu,  4 Feb 2021 22:54:27 +0100
From:   Rikard Falkeborn <rikard.falkeborn@...il.com>
To:     Peter Huewe <peterhuewe@....de>,
        Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@...nel.org>,
        Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...pe.ca>
Cc:     linux-integrity@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Rikard Falkeborn <rikard.falkeborn@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH] tpm/ppi: Constify static struct attribute_group

The only usage of ppi_attr_grp is to put its address in an array of
pointers to const struct attribute_group. Make it const to allow the
compiler to put it in read-only memory.

Signed-off-by: Rikard Falkeborn <rikard.falkeborn@...il.com>
---
 drivers/char/tpm/tpm_ppi.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_ppi.c b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_ppi.c
index b2dab941cb7f..40018a73b3cb 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_ppi.c
+++ b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_ppi.c
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ static struct attribute *ppi_attrs[] = {
 	&dev_attr_tcg_operations.attr,
 	&dev_attr_vs_operations.attr, NULL,
 };
-static struct attribute_group ppi_attr_grp = {
+static const struct attribute_group ppi_attr_grp = {
 	.name = "ppi",
 	.attrs = ppi_attrs
 };
-- 
2.30.0