linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] samples/kobject: make attribute

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Message-ID: <2025071506-bundle-fondling-6a94@gregkh>
Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2025 16:54:26 +0200
From: Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To: "Meng-Shao.Liu" <sau525@...il.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] samples/kobject: make attribute_group const

On Tue, Jul 15, 2025 at 10:30:35PM +0800, Meng-Shao.Liu wrote:
> The attr_group structures are allocated once and never modified at
> runtime.  Also to match the const‑qualified parameter of
> sysfs_create_group().
> 
> No functional change.

This line isn't needed, as there is a functional change, it moves it
into read-only memory, right?

thanks,

greg k-h