[PATCH 1/3] hwmon: (core) Constify device attributes

From: Thomas Weißschuh

Date: Wed Aug 05 2026 - 15:05:57 EST


Mark the attribute structures as const, as they are never modified.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/hwmon/hwmon.c | 16 ++++++++--------
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/hwmon.c b/drivers/hwmon/hwmon.c
index 55a9a3ddd4aa..84108a16ef60 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/hwmon.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/hwmon.c
@@ -71,27 +71,27 @@ struct hwmon_thermal_data {
};

static ssize_t
-name_show(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
+name_show(struct device *dev, const struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
{
return sysfs_emit(buf, "%s\n", to_hwmon_device(dev)->name);
}
-static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(name);
+static const DEVICE_ATTR_RO(name);

static ssize_t
-label_show(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
+label_show(struct device *dev, const struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
{
return sysfs_emit(buf, "%s\n", to_hwmon_device(dev)->label);
}
-static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(label);
+static const DEVICE_ATTR_RO(label);

-static struct attribute *hwmon_dev_attrs[] = {
+static const struct attribute *const hwmon_dev_attrs[] = {
&dev_attr_name.attr,
&dev_attr_label.attr,
NULL
};

static umode_t hwmon_dev_attr_is_visible(struct kobject *kobj,
- struct attribute *attr, int n)
+ const struct attribute *attr, int n)
{
struct device *dev = kobj_to_dev(kobj);
struct hwmon_device *hdev = to_hwmon_device(dev);
@@ -106,8 +106,8 @@ static umode_t hwmon_dev_attr_is_visible(struct kobject *kobj,
}

static const struct attribute_group hwmon_dev_attr_group = {
- .attrs = hwmon_dev_attrs,
- .is_visible = hwmon_dev_attr_is_visible,
+ .attrs_const = hwmon_dev_attrs,
+ .is_visible_const = hwmon_dev_attr_is_visible,
};

static const struct attribute_group *hwmon_dev_attr_groups[] = {

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