Re: [PATCH 2/2] qlcnic: add const to bin_attribute structure

From: Patil, Harish
Date: Wed Aug 02 2017 - 23:24:50 EST


-----Original Message-----
From: Bhumika Goyal <bhumirks@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wednesday, August 2, 2017 at 11:27 PM
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Cc: Bhumika Goyal <bhumirks@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] qlcnic: add const to bin_attribute structure

>Add const to bin_attribute structure as it is only passed to the
>functions sysfs_{remove/create}_bin_file. The corresponding
>arguments are of type const, so declare the structure to be const.
>
>Signed-off-by: Bhumika Goyal <bhumirks@xxxxxxxxx>
>---
> drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_sysfs.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
>diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_sysfs.c
>b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_sysfs.c
>index 73027a6..82fcb83 100644
>--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_sysfs.c
>+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_sysfs.c
>@@ -1248,7 +1248,7 @@ static ssize_t
>qlcnic_83xx_sysfs_flash_write_handler(struct file *filp,
> .write = qlcnic_sysfs_write_pm_config,
> };
>
>-static struct bin_attribute bin_attr_flash = {
>+static const struct bin_attribute bin_attr_flash = {
> .attr = {.name = "flash", .mode = (S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR)},
> .size = 0,
> .read = qlcnic_83xx_sysfs_flash_read_handler,
>--
>1.9.1
>
>Acked-by: Harish Patil <harish.patil@xxxxxxxxxx>