linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] mfd: gateworks-gsc: Constify static struct attribute

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Date:   Mon, 1 Mar 2021 09:56:45 +0000
From:   Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>
To:     Rikard Falkeborn <rikard.falkeborn@...il.com>
Cc:     Robert Jones <rjones@...eworks.com>,
        Tim Harvey <tharvey@...eworks.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] mfd: gateworks-gsc: Constify static struct
 attribute_group

On Sun, 31 Jan 2021, Rikard Falkeborn wrote:

> The only usage of attr_group is to pass its address to
> sysfs_create_group() and sysfs_remove_group(), both which takes pointers
> to const attribute_group structs. Make it const to allow the compiler to
> put it in read-only memory.
> 
> Done with the help of coccinelle.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Rikard Falkeborn <rikard.falkeborn@...il.com>
> ---
>  drivers/mfd/gateworks-gsc.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

These patches do not seem to be on LKML.

Do you know if they were rejected for some reason?

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