Driver core: bin_attribute parameters can often be const*
Many struct bin_attribute descriptors are purely read-only
structures, and there's no need to change them. Therefore
make the promise not to, which will let those descriptors
be put in a ro section.
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 2fd9e61..83afc8b 100644
--- a/drivers/base/core.c
+++ b/drivers/base/core.c
@@ -472,7 +472,8 @@
* @dev: device.
* @attr: device binary attribute descriptor.
*/
-int device_create_bin_file(struct device *dev, struct bin_attribute *attr)
+int device_create_bin_file(struct device *dev,
+ const struct bin_attribute *attr)
{
int error = -EINVAL;
if (dev)
@@ -486,7 +487,8 @@
* @dev: device.
* @attr: device binary attribute descriptor.
*/
-void device_remove_bin_file(struct device *dev, struct bin_attribute *attr)
+void device_remove_bin_file(struct device *dev,
+ const struct bin_attribute *attr)
{
if (dev)
sysfs_remove_bin_file(&dev->kobj, attr);