[PATCH v2] gpio: sim: access sysfs attributes as const

From: Bartosz Golaszewski

Date: Mon Oct 19 2026 - 06:50:53 EST


Use the const variant of constainer_of() to access struct
gpio_sim_attribute which wraps the dynamically allocated sysfs
attributes for value and pull of simulated GPIO lines in line with the
currently preferred approach.

Co-developed-by: Thomas Weißschuh <thomas.weissschuh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh <thomas.weissschuh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Thomas: thanks for the hints! The code you posted compiled fine so I
included it in v2 and gave you credit in the footer.
---
Changes in v2:
- Complete the conversion to const sysfs attributes as suggested by
Thomas
- Link to v1: https://patch.msgid.link/20261016-gpio-sim-const-sysfs-attr-v1-1-5d2f832890d6@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
---
drivers/gpio/gpio-sim.c | 32 ++++++++++++++++----------------
1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpio-sim.c b/drivers/gpio/gpio-sim.c
index 0c73bec042670fc5706b4a93700e652cbaf3605e..34b45d0d357505d7d7ef248560112d3106c50000 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpio-sim.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpio-sim.c
@@ -59,10 +59,10 @@ struct gpio_sim_attribute {
unsigned int offset;
};

-static struct gpio_sim_attribute *
-to_gpio_sim_attr(struct device_attribute *dev_attr)
+static const struct gpio_sim_attribute *
+to_gpio_sim_attr(const struct device_attribute *dev_attr)
{
- return container_of(dev_attr, struct gpio_sim_attribute, dev_attr);
+ return container_of_const(dev_attr, struct gpio_sim_attribute, dev_attr);
}

static int gpio_sim_apply_pull(struct gpio_sim_chip *chip,
@@ -270,9 +270,9 @@ static void gpio_sim_dbg_show(struct seq_file *seq, struct gpio_chip *gc)
}

static ssize_t gpio_sim_sysfs_val_show(struct device *dev,
- struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
+ const struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
{
- struct gpio_sim_attribute *line_attr = to_gpio_sim_attr(attr);
+ const struct gpio_sim_attribute *line_attr = to_gpio_sim_attr(attr);
struct gpio_sim_chip *chip = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
int val;

@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ static ssize_t gpio_sim_sysfs_val_show(struct device *dev,
}

static ssize_t gpio_sim_sysfs_val_store(struct device *dev,
- struct device_attribute *attr,
+ const struct device_attribute *attr,
const char *buf, size_t count)
{
/*
@@ -299,10 +299,10 @@ static const char *const gpio_sim_sysfs_pull_strings[] = {
};

static ssize_t gpio_sim_sysfs_pull_show(struct device *dev,
- struct device_attribute *attr,
+ const struct device_attribute *attr,
char *buf)
{
- struct gpio_sim_attribute *line_attr = to_gpio_sim_attr(attr);
+ const struct gpio_sim_attribute *line_attr = to_gpio_sim_attr(attr);
struct gpio_sim_chip *chip = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
int pull;

@@ -313,10 +313,10 @@ static ssize_t gpio_sim_sysfs_pull_show(struct device *dev,
}

static ssize_t gpio_sim_sysfs_pull_store(struct device *dev,
- struct device_attribute *attr,
+ const struct device_attribute *attr,
const char *buf, size_t len)
{
- struct gpio_sim_attribute *line_attr = to_gpio_sim_attr(attr);
+ const struct gpio_sim_attribute *line_attr = to_gpio_sim_attr(attr);
struct gpio_sim_chip *chip = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
int ret, pull;

@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ static int gpio_sim_setup_sysfs(struct gpio_sim_chip *chip)
unsigned int num_lines = chip->gc.ngpio;
struct device *dev = chip->gc.parent;
struct attribute_group *attr_group;
- struct attribute **attrs;
+ const struct attribute **attrs;
int i, ret;

chip->attr_groups = devm_kcalloc(dev, sizeof(*chip->attr_groups),
@@ -396,15 +396,15 @@ static int gpio_sim_setup_sysfs(struct gpio_sim_chip *chip)

val_dev_attr->attr.mode = pull_dev_attr->attr.mode = 0644;

- val_dev_attr->show = gpio_sim_sysfs_val_show;
- val_dev_attr->store = gpio_sim_sysfs_val_store;
- pull_dev_attr->show = gpio_sim_sysfs_pull_show;
- pull_dev_attr->store = gpio_sim_sysfs_pull_store;
+ val_dev_attr->show_const = gpio_sim_sysfs_val_show;
+ val_dev_attr->store_const = gpio_sim_sysfs_val_store;
+ pull_dev_attr->show_const = gpio_sim_sysfs_pull_show;
+ pull_dev_attr->store_const = gpio_sim_sysfs_pull_store;

attrs[0] = &val_dev_attr->attr;
attrs[1] = &pull_dev_attr->attr;

- attr_group->attrs = attrs;
+ attr_group->attrs_const = attrs;
chip->attr_groups[i] = attr_group;
}


---
base-commit: 2efb7a11f1aa4d2dc285fe2680cca22cb9f72f64
change-id: 20261016-gpio-sim-const-sysfs-attr-350706cc7500

Best regards,
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Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>