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 8710 5452 23 14185 3769 drivers/platform/x86/samsung-laptop.o File size After adding 'const': text data bss dec hex filename 8774 5388 23 14185 3769 drivers/platform/x86/samsung-laptop.o Signed-off-by: Arvind Yadav <arvind.yadav...@gmail.com> --- drivers/platform/x86/samsung-laptop.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/samsung-laptop.c b/drivers/platform/x86/samsung-laptop.c index 5c4dfe4..0c703fe 100644 --- a/drivers/platform/x86/samsung-laptop.c +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/samsung-laptop.c @@ -1232,7 +1232,7 @@ static umode_t samsung_sysfs_is_visible(struct kobject *kobj, return ok ? attr->mode : 0; } -static struct attribute_group platform_attribute_group = { +static const struct attribute_group platform_attribute_group = { .is_visible = samsung_sysfs_is_visible, .attrs = platform_attributes }; -- 1.9.1