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{ "id": 2197474, "url": "http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/api/1.0/patches/2197474/?format=api", "project": { "id": 9, "url": "http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/api/1.0/projects/9/?format=api", "name": "Linux RTC development", "link_name": "rtc-linux", "list_id": "linux-rtc.vger.kernel.org", "list_email": "linux-rtc@vger.kernel.org", "web_url": "", "scm_url": "", "webscm_url": "" }, "msgid": "<1ee481dc-f4fd-4a01-9859-be95cc1095ac@kernel.org>", "date": "2026-02-17T22:27:11", "name": "[RFC,03/10] sysfs: constify group arrays in function arguments", "commit_ref": null, "pull_url": null, "state": "handled-elsewhere", "archived": false, "hash": "4b3fa95d24e839e866efce999498760276aa8c4e", "submitter": { "id": 88130, "url": "http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/api/1.0/people/88130/?format=api", "name": "Heiner Kallweit", "email": "hkall@kernel.org" }, "delegate": null, "mbox": "http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/rtc-linux/patch/1ee481dc-f4fd-4a01-9859-be95cc1095ac@kernel.org/mbox/", "series": [ { "id": 492492, "url": "http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/api/1.0/series/492492/?format=api", "date": "2026-02-17T22:24:26", "name": "driver core: constify groups arrays in several structs", "version": 1, "mbox": "http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/series/492492/mbox/" } ], "check": "pending", "checks": "http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/api/patches/2197474/checks/", "tags": {}, "headers": { "Return-Path": "\n <linux-rtc+bounces-5971-incoming=patchwork.ozlabs.org@vger.kernel.org>", "X-Original-To": [ "incoming@patchwork.ozlabs.org", "linux-rtc@vger.kernel.org" ], "Delivered-To": "patchwork-incoming@legolas.ozlabs.org", "Authentication-Results": [ "legolas.ozlabs.org;\n\tdkim=pass (2048-bit key;\n unprotected) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.a=rsa-sha256\n header.s=k20201202 header.b=M8EHB+rm;\n\tdkim-atps=neutral", "legolas.ozlabs.org;\n spf=pass (sender SPF authorized) smtp.mailfrom=vger.kernel.org\n (client-ip=2600:3c0a:e001:db::12fc:5321; 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Wysocki\" <rafael@kernel.org>, Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>,\n Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@ziepe.ca>, Leon Romanovsky <leon@kernel.org>,\n Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@bootlin.com>", "Cc": "driver-core@lists.linux.dev,\n Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,\n linux-rdma@vger.kernel.org, linux-rtc@vger.kernel.org", "References": "<5d0951ec-42c9-453f-9966-ecca593c4153@kernel.org>", "Content-Language": "en-US", "In-Reply-To": "<5d0951ec-42c9-453f-9966-ecca593c4153@kernel.org>", "Content-Type": "text/plain; charset=UTF-8", "Content-Transfer-Encoding": "7bit" }, "content": "Constify the groups array argument where applicable. This allows to\npass constant arrays as arguments.\n\nSigned-off-by: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@gmail.com>\n---\n fs/sysfs/group.c | 10 +++++-----\n include/linux/sysfs.h | 16 ++++++++--------\n 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)", "diff": "diff --git a/fs/sysfs/group.c b/fs/sysfs/group.c\nindex e1e639f515a..b3edae0578c 100644\n--- a/fs/sysfs/group.c\n+++ b/fs/sysfs/group.c\n@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ int sysfs_create_group(struct kobject *kobj,\n EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(sysfs_create_group);\n \n static int internal_create_groups(struct kobject *kobj, int update,\n-\t\t\t\t const struct attribute_group **groups)\n+\t\t\t\t const struct attribute_group *const *groups)\n {\n \tint error = 0;\n \tint i;\n@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ static int internal_create_groups(struct kobject *kobj, int update,\n * Returns 0 on success or error code from sysfs_create_group on failure.\n */\n int sysfs_create_groups(struct kobject *kobj,\n-\t\t\tconst struct attribute_group **groups)\n+\t\t\tconst struct attribute_group *const *groups)\n {\n \treturn internal_create_groups(kobj, 0, groups);\n }\n@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(sysfs_create_groups);\n * Returns 0 on success or error code from sysfs_update_group on failure.\n */\n int sysfs_update_groups(struct kobject *kobj,\n-\t\t\tconst struct attribute_group **groups)\n+\t\t\tconst struct attribute_group *const *groups)\n {\n \treturn internal_create_groups(kobj, 1, groups);\n }\n@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(sysfs_remove_group);\n * If groups is not NULL, remove the specified groups from the kobject.\n */\n void sysfs_remove_groups(struct kobject *kobj,\n-\t\t\t const struct attribute_group **groups)\n+\t\t\t const struct attribute_group *const *groups)\n {\n \tint i;\n \n@@ -613,7 +613,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(sysfs_group_change_owner);\n * Returns 0 on success or error code on failure.\n */\n int sysfs_groups_change_owner(struct kobject *kobj,\n-\t\t\t const struct attribute_group **groups,\n+\t\t\t const struct attribute_group *const *groups,\n \t\t\t kuid_t kuid, kgid_t kgid)\n {\n \tint error = 0, i;\ndiff --git a/include/linux/sysfs.h b/include/linux/sysfs.h\nindex c33a96b7391..445869ce0f4 100644\n--- a/include/linux/sysfs.h\n+++ b/include/linux/sysfs.h\n@@ -445,15 +445,15 @@ void sysfs_delete_link(struct kobject *dir, struct kobject *targ,\n int __must_check sysfs_create_group(struct kobject *kobj,\n \t\t\t\t const struct attribute_group *grp);\n int __must_check sysfs_create_groups(struct kobject *kobj,\n-\t\t\t\t const struct attribute_group **groups);\n+\t\t\t\t const struct attribute_group *const *groups);\n int __must_check sysfs_update_groups(struct kobject *kobj,\n-\t\t\t\t const struct attribute_group **groups);\n+\t\t\t\t const struct attribute_group *const *groups);\n int sysfs_update_group(struct kobject *kobj,\n \t\t const struct attribute_group *grp);\n void sysfs_remove_group(struct kobject *kobj,\n \t\t\tconst struct attribute_group *grp);\n void sysfs_remove_groups(struct kobject *kobj,\n-\t\t\t const struct attribute_group **groups);\n+\t\t\t const struct attribute_group *const *groups);\n int sysfs_add_file_to_group(struct kobject *kobj,\n \t\t\tconst struct attribute *attr, const char *group);\n void sysfs_remove_file_from_group(struct kobject *kobj,\n@@ -486,7 +486,7 @@ int sysfs_change_owner(struct kobject *kobj, kuid_t kuid, kgid_t kgid);\n int sysfs_link_change_owner(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobject *targ,\n \t\t\t const char *name, kuid_t kuid, kgid_t kgid);\n int sysfs_groups_change_owner(struct kobject *kobj,\n-\t\t\t const struct attribute_group **groups,\n+\t\t\t const struct attribute_group *const *groups,\n \t\t\t kuid_t kuid, kgid_t kgid);\n int sysfs_group_change_owner(struct kobject *kobj,\n \t\t\t const struct attribute_group *groups, kuid_t kuid,\n@@ -629,13 +629,13 @@ static inline int sysfs_create_group(struct kobject *kobj,\n }\n \n static inline int sysfs_create_groups(struct kobject *kobj,\n-\t\t\t\t const struct attribute_group **groups)\n+\t\t\t\t const struct attribute_group *const *groups)\n {\n \treturn 0;\n }\n \n static inline int sysfs_update_groups(struct kobject *kobj,\n-\t\t\t\t const struct attribute_group **groups)\n+\t\t\t\t const struct attribute_group *const *groups)\n {\n \treturn 0;\n }\n@@ -652,7 +652,7 @@ static inline void sysfs_remove_group(struct kobject *kobj,\n }\n \n static inline void sysfs_remove_groups(struct kobject *kobj,\n-\t\t\t\t const struct attribute_group **groups)\n+\t\t\t\t const struct attribute_group *const *groups)\n {\n }\n \n@@ -733,7 +733,7 @@ static inline int sysfs_change_owner(struct kobject *kobj, kuid_t kuid, kgid_t k\n }\n \n static inline int sysfs_groups_change_owner(struct kobject *kobj,\n-\t\t\t const struct attribute_group **groups,\n+\t\t\t const struct attribute_group *const *groups,\n \t\t\t kuid_t kuid, kgid_t kgid)\n {\n \treturn 0;\n", "prefixes": [ "RFC", "03/10" ] }