linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 6/7] fs/sysfs/group: make attribute

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Date:   Mon, 9 Oct 2023 22:20:13 +0200
From:   Max Kellermann <max.kellermann@...os.com>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/7] fs/sysfs/group: make attribute_group pointers const

On Mon, Oct 9, 2023 at 7:26 PM Greg Kroah-Hartman
<gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> wrote:
> "*const*groups"?   That's a parsing nightmare, really hard for humans to
> read and understand.  Doesn't checkpatch complain about this?

No, checkpatch does not implement a check/warning for this style (see
my other email). There's no rule for this in coding-style.rst. Should
there be one?