Re: [PATCH] cpufreq: intel_pstate: constify attribute_group structures.

From: Viresh Kumar
Date: Mon Jul 03 2017 - 05:00:54 EST


On 03-07-17, 13:40, Arvind Yadav wrote:
> attribute_groups are not supposed to change at runtime. All functions
> working with attribute_groups provided by <linux/sysfs.h> work with const
> attribute_group. So mark the non-const structs as const.
>
> File size before:
> text data bss dec hex filename
> 15197 2552 40 17789 457d drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.o
>
> File size After adding 'const':
> text data bss dec hex filename
> 15261 2488 40 17789 457d drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.o
>
> Signed-off-by: Arvind Yadav <arvind.yadav.cs@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c b/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c
> index b7de5bd..4323f94 100644
> --- a/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c
> +++ b/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c
> @@ -1212,7 +1212,7 @@ static ssize_t store_min_perf_pct(struct kobject *a, struct attribute *b,
> NULL
> };
>
> -static struct attribute_group intel_pstate_attr_group = {
> +static const struct attribute_group intel_pstate_attr_group = {
> .attrs = intel_pstate_attributes,
> };

Acked-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxx>

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