RE: [PATCH 0/3] constify char attribute_group structures

From: Gross, Mark
Date: Thu Aug 03 2017 - 08:37:37 EST


Sounds good to me.
--mark

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Arvind Yadav [mailto:arvind.yadav.cs@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 2, 2017 10:35 PM
> To: Gross, Mark <mark.gross@xxxxxxxxx>; arnd@xxxxxxxx;
> gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] constify char attribute_group structures
>
> Hi Mark,
>
>
> On Wednesday 02 August 2017 11:26 PM, Gross, Mark wrote:
> > Why stop at these 3 users of attribute_group?
> I am doing for all. This changes is only for char user. Few patch are under
> review and few are merged. Rest all I will send.
>
> ~arvind
> > --mark
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Arvind Yadav [mailto:arvind.yadav.cs@xxxxxxxxx]
> > Sent: Wednesday, August 2, 2017 4:19 AM
> > To: arnd@xxxxxxxx; gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Gross, Mark
> > <mark.gross@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [PATCH 0/3] constify char attribute_group structures
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > Arvind Yadav (3):
> > [PATCH 1/3] char: tlclk: constify attribute_group structures.
> > [PATCH 2/3] char: tpm: constify attribute_group structures.
> > [PATCH 3/3] char: virtio: constify attribute_group structures.
> >
> > drivers/char/tlclk.c | 2 +-
> > drivers/char/tpm/tpm_ppi.c | 2 +-
> > drivers/char/virtio_console.c | 2 +-
> > 3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> >
> > --
> > 1.9.1
> >