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. Signed-off-by: Arvind Yadav <arvind.yadav.cs@xxxxxxxxx> --- Changes in v2: patch was sent to wrong group. Changes in v3: typo error in cover-latter. drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/linux/linux-module.c | 2 +- drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/linux/linux-sysctl.c | 2 +- 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/linux/linux-module.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/linux/linux-module.c index 9f5e829..eb88bd9 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/linux/linux-module.c +++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/linux/linux-module.c @@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ static int obd_device_list_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file) struct kobject *lustre_kobj; EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(lustre_kobj); -static struct attribute_group lustre_attr_group = { +static const struct attribute_group lustre_attr_group = { .attrs = lustre_attrs, }; diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/linux/linux-sysctl.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/linux/linux-sysctl.c index e6c785a..814334b 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/linux/linux-sysctl.c +++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/linux/linux-sysctl.c @@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ static ssize_t max_dirty_mb_store(struct kobject *kobj, struct attribute *attr, NULL, }; -static struct attribute_group lustre_attr_group = { +static const struct attribute_group lustre_attr_group = { .attrs = lustre_attrs, }; -- 1.9.1 _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel