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 1655 256 4 1915 77b drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_stats.o File size After adding 'const': text data bss dec hex filename 1695 192 4 1891 763 drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_stats.o Signed-off-by: Arvind Yadav <arvind.yadav...@gmail.com> --- drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_stats.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_stats.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_stats.c index f570ead..d362739 100644 --- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_stats.c +++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_stats.c @@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ static ssize_t show_trans_table(struct cpufreq_policy *policy, char *buf) &trans_table.attr, NULL }; -static struct attribute_group stats_attr_group = { +static const struct attribute_group stats_attr_group = { .attrs = default_attrs, .name = "stats" }; -- 1.9.1