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>

4 files changed, 16 insertions, 11 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c
index 2fd9e611f8a6..83afc8b8f27b 100644
--- a/drivers/base/core.c
+++ b/drivers/base/core.c
@@ -472,7 +472,8 @@ void device_remove_file(struct device *dev,
  * @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 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(device_create_bin_file);
  * @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);
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/bin.c b/fs/sysfs/bin.c
index 60c702bc10ae..a0a500af24a1 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/bin.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/bin.c
@@ -483,7 +483,8 @@ void unmap_bin_file(struct sysfs_dirent *attr_sd)
  *      @attr:  attribute descriptor.
  */
 
-int sysfs_create_bin_file(struct kobject * kobj, struct bin_attribute * attr)
+int sysfs_create_bin_file(struct kobject *kobj,
+                          const struct bin_attribute *attr)
 {
         BUG_ON(!kobj || !kobj->sd || !attr);
 
@@ -497,7 +498,8 @@ int sysfs_create_bin_file(struct kobject * kobj, struct bin_attribute * attr)
  *      @attr:  attribute descriptor.
  */
 
-void sysfs_remove_bin_file(struct kobject * kobj, struct bin_attribute * attr)
+void sysfs_remove_bin_file(struct kobject *kobj,
+                           const struct bin_attribute *attr)
 {
         sysfs_hash_and_remove(kobj->sd, attr->attr.name);
 }
diff --git a/include/linux/device.h b/include/linux/device.h
index aa5b3e66a147..10d74ce93a46 100644
--- a/include/linux/device.h
+++ b/include/linux/device.h
@@ -319,13 +319,13 @@ struct device_attribute {
 struct device_attribute dev_attr_##_name = __ATTR(_name, _mode, _show, _store)
 
 extern int __must_check device_create_file(struct device *device,
-                                           const struct device_attribute *entry);
+                                        const struct device_attribute *entry);
 extern void device_remove_file(struct device *dev,
                                const struct device_attribute *attr);
 extern int __must_check device_create_bin_file(struct device *dev,
-                                               struct bin_attribute *attr);
+                                        const struct bin_attribute *attr);
 extern void device_remove_bin_file(struct device *dev,
-                                   struct bin_attribute *attr);
+                                   const struct bin_attribute *attr);
 extern int device_schedule_callback_owner(struct device *dev,
                 void (*func)(struct device *dev), struct module *owner);
 
diff --git a/include/linux/sysfs.h b/include/linux/sysfs.h
index 9d68fed50f11..cfa83083a2d4 100644
--- a/include/linux/sysfs.h
+++ b/include/linux/sysfs.h
@@ -99,8 +99,9 @@ int __must_check sysfs_chmod_file(struct kobject *kobj, struct attribute *attr,
 void sysfs_remove_file(struct kobject *kobj, const struct attribute *attr);
 
 int __must_check sysfs_create_bin_file(struct kobject *kobj,
-                                       struct bin_attribute *attr);
-void sysfs_remove_bin_file(struct kobject *kobj, struct bin_attribute *attr);
+                                       const struct bin_attribute *attr);
+void sysfs_remove_bin_file(struct kobject *kobj,
+                           const struct bin_attribute *attr);
 
 int __must_check sysfs_create_link(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobject *target,
                                    const char *name);
@@ -175,13 +176,13 @@ static inline void sysfs_remove_file(struct kobject *kobj,
 }
 
 static inline int sysfs_create_bin_file(struct kobject *kobj,
-                                        struct bin_attribute *attr)
+                                        const struct bin_attribute *attr)
 {
         return 0;
 }
 
 static inline void sysfs_remove_bin_file(struct kobject *kobj,
-                                         struct bin_attribute *attr)
+                                         const struct bin_attribute *attr)
 {
 }