Driver core: device_attribute parameters can often be const*
Most device_attributes are const, and are begging to be
put in a ro section. However, the create and remove
file interfaces were failing to propagate the const promise
which the only functions they call offer.
Signed-off-by: Phil Carmody <ext-phil.2.carmody@nokia.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c
index f1290cb..2fd9e61 100644
--- a/drivers/base/core.c
+++ b/drivers/base/core.c
@@ -446,7 +446,8 @@
* @dev: device.
* @attr: device attribute descriptor.
*/
-int device_create_file(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr)
+int device_create_file(struct device *dev,
+ const struct device_attribute *attr)
{
int error = 0;
if (dev)
@@ -459,7 +460,8 @@
* @dev: device.
* @attr: device attribute descriptor.
*/
-void device_remove_file(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr)
+void device_remove_file(struct device *dev,
+ const struct device_attribute *attr)
{
if (dev)
sysfs_remove_file(&dev->kobj, &attr->attr);