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 4622 304 8 4934 1346 drivers/acpi/power.o File size After adding 'const': text data bss dec hex filename 4846 80 8 4934 1346 drivers/acpi/power.o Signed-off-by: Arvind Yadav <arvind.yadav.cs@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/acpi/power.c | 10 +++++----- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/acpi/power.c b/drivers/acpi/power.c index 3a6c9b7..1b475bc 100644 --- a/drivers/acpi/power.c +++ b/drivers/acpi/power.c @@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ static int acpi_power_on_list(struct list_head *list) NULL, }; -static struct attribute_group attr_groups[] = { +static const struct attribute_group attr_groups[] = { [ACPI_STATE_D0] = { .name = "power_resources_D0", .attrs = attrs, @@ -371,14 +371,14 @@ static int acpi_power_on_list(struct list_head *list) }, }; -static struct attribute_group wakeup_attr_group = { +static const struct attribute_group wakeup_attr_group = { .name = "power_resources_wakeup", .attrs = attrs, }; static void acpi_power_hide_list(struct acpi_device *adev, struct list_head *resources, - struct attribute_group *attr_group) + const struct attribute_group *attr_group) { struct acpi_power_resource_entry *entry; @@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ static void acpi_power_hide_list(struct acpi_device *adev, static void acpi_power_expose_list(struct acpi_device *adev, struct list_head *resources, - struct attribute_group *attr_group) + const struct attribute_group *attr_group) { struct acpi_power_resource_entry *entry; int ret; @@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ static void acpi_power_expose_list(struct acpi_device *adev, static void acpi_power_expose_hide(struct acpi_device *adev, struct list_head *resources, - struct attribute_group *attr_group, + const struct attribute_group *attr_group, bool expose) { if (expose) -- 1.9.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-acpi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html