attribute_group are not supposed to change at runtime. All functions working with attribute_group 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 3586 864 32 4482 1182 x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/therm_throt.o File size After adding 'const': text data bss dec hex filename 3550 928 32 4482 1182 x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/therm_throt.o Signed-off-by: Arvind Yadav <[email protected]> --- arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/therm_throt.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/therm_throt.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/therm_throt.c index d7cc190..f7370ab 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/therm_throt.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/therm_throt.c @@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ struct thermal_state { NULL }; -static struct attribute_group thermal_attr_group = { +static const struct attribute_group thermal_attr_group = { .attrs = thermal_throttle_attrs, .name = "thermal_throttle" }; -- 1.9.1
