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 18551 2256 77 20884 5194 drivers/media/rc/imon.o File size After adding 'const': text data bss dec hex filename 18679 2160 77 20916 51b4 drivers/media/rc/imon.o Signed-off-by: Arvind Yadav <arvind.yadav.cs@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/media/rc/imon.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/media/rc/imon.c b/drivers/media/rc/imon.c index 3489010..e9cbfccd 100644 --- a/drivers/media/rc/imon.c +++ b/drivers/media/rc/imon.c @@ -911,7 +911,7 @@ static DEVICE_ATTR(associate_remote, S_IWUSR | S_IRUGO, show_associate_remote, NULL }; -static struct attribute_group imon_display_attr_group = { +static const struct attribute_group imon_display_attr_group = { .attrs = imon_display_sysfs_entries }; @@ -920,7 +920,7 @@ static DEVICE_ATTR(associate_remote, S_IWUSR | S_IRUGO, show_associate_remote, NULL }; -static struct attribute_group imon_rf_attr_group = { +static const struct attribute_group imon_rf_attr_group = { .attrs = imon_rf_sysfs_entries }; -- 1.9.1