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        "Subject": "[PATCH RFC 05/10] driver core: make struct device member groups a\n constant array",
        "From": "Heiner Kallweit <hkall@kernel.org>",
        "To": "=?utf-8?q?Thomas_Wei=C3=9Fschuh?= <linux@weissschuh.net>,\n Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,\n \"Rafael J. 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>",
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    "content": "Constify the groups array, allowing to assign constant arrays.\n\nSigned-off-by: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@gmail.com>\n---\n include/linux/device.h | 2 +-\n 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)",
    "diff": "diff --git a/include/linux/device.h b/include/linux/device.h\nindex 48a0444ccc1..bfa2ca603c2 100644\n--- a/include/linux/device.h\n+++ b/include/linux/device.h\n@@ -640,7 +640,7 @@ struct device {\n \tstruct list_head\tdevres_head;\n \n \tconst struct class\t*class;\n-\tconst struct attribute_group **groups;\t/* optional groups */\n+\tconst struct attribute_group *const *groups;\t/* optional groups */\n \n \tvoid\t(*release)(struct device *dev);\n \tstruct iommu_group\t*iommu_group;\n",
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