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 26360 1072 24 27456 6b40 drivers/platform/x86/toshiba_acpi.o File size After adding 'const': text data bss dec hex filename 26424 1008 24 27456 6b40 drivers/platform/x86/toshiba_acpi.o Signed-off-by: Arvind Yadav <arvind.yadav.cs@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/platform/x86/toshiba_acpi.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/toshiba_acpi.c b/drivers/platform/x86/toshiba_acpi.c index 88f9f79..bb1dcd7 100644 --- a/drivers/platform/x86/toshiba_acpi.c +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/toshiba_acpi.c @@ -2419,7 +2419,7 @@ static umode_t toshiba_sysfs_is_visible(struct kobject *kobj, return exists ? attr->mode : 0; } -static struct attribute_group toshiba_attr_group = { +static const struct attribute_group toshiba_attr_group = { .is_visible = toshiba_sysfs_is_visible, .attrs = toshiba_attributes, }; -- 1.9.1