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 16298 1009 184 17491 4453 drivers/mfd/ab8500-core.o File size After adding 'const': text data bss dec hex filename 16490 817 184 17491 4453 drivers/mfd/ab8500-core.o Signed-off-by: Arvind Yadav <[email protected]> --- drivers/mfd/ab8500-core.c | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/mfd/ab8500-core.c b/drivers/mfd/ab8500-core.c index 8511c06..30d09d1 100644 --- a/drivers/mfd/ab8500-core.c +++ b/drivers/mfd/ab8500-core.c @@ -1059,15 +1059,15 @@ static DEVICE_ATTR(dbbrstn, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR, NULL, }; -static struct attribute_group ab8500_attr_group = { +static const struct attribute_group ab8500_attr_group = { .attrs = ab8500_sysfs_entries, }; -static struct attribute_group ab8505_attr_group = { +static const struct attribute_group ab8505_attr_group = { .attrs = ab8505_sysfs_entries, }; -static struct attribute_group ab9540_attr_group = { +static const struct attribute_group ab9540_attr_group = { .attrs = ab9540_sysfs_entries, }; -- 1.9.1
