Re: [PATCH 0/6] drivers: make device_attribute const

[Rafael J. Wysocki]

On Mon, Aug 21, 2017 at 1:43 PM, Bhumika Goyal <bhumirks@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Make these const. Done using Coccinelle.
>
> @match disable optional_qualifier@
> identifier s;
> @@
> static struct device_attribute s = {...};
>
> @ref@
> position p;
> identifier match.s;
> @@
> s@p
>
> @good1@
> identifier match.s;
> expression e1;
> position ref.p;
> @@
> device_remove_file(e1,&s@p,...)
>
> @good2@
> identifier match.s;
> expression e1;
> position ref.p;
> @@
> device_create_file(e1,&s@p,...)
>
>
> @bad depends on  !good1 && !good2@
> position ref.p;
> identifier match.s;
> @@
> s@p
>
> @depends on forall !bad disable optional_qualifier@
> identifier match.s;
> @@
> static
> + const
> struct device_attribute s;
>
> Bhumika Goyal (6):
>   ACPI: make device_attribute const
>   nbd: make device_attribute const
>   hid: make device_attribute const
>   qlogic:  make device_attribute const
>   platform/x86: make device_attribute const
>   power: supply: make device_attribute const

It would be better to send these patches separately, because they
touch code maintained by different people and I guess no one will take
the whole series.

I'll take care of the ACPI one, but the rest needs to go in via their
proper trees.

Thanks,
Rafael