Re: [PATCH 7/7] x86: microcode: constify attribute_group structures.
From: Borislav Petkov
Date: Thu Jul 20 2017 - 04:12:49 EST
On Thu, Jul 20, 2017 at 12:51:45PM +0530, Arvind Yadav wrote:
> attribute_group are not supposed to change at runtime. All functions
> working with attribute_group 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
> 3614 545 1560 5719 1657 x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/core.o
>
> File size After adding 'const':
> text data bss dec hex filename
> 3742 417 1560 5719 1657 x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/core.o
Again, what are those before/after sizes supposed to show?
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