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 2573 288 296 3157 c55 coresight-etm-perf.o File size After adding 'const': text data bss dec hex filename 2613 224 296 3133 c3d coresight-etm-perf.o Signed-off-by: Arvind Yadav <arvind.yadav...@gmail.com> --- drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm-perf.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm-perf.c b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm-perf.c index 288a423..e97775d 100644 --- a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm-perf.c +++ b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm-perf.c @@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ struct etm_event_data { NULL, }; -static struct attribute_group etm_pmu_format_group = { +static const struct attribute_group etm_pmu_format_group = { .name = "format", .attrs = etm_config_formats_attr, }; -- 1.9.1