Re: linux-next: build failure after merge of the char-misc tree
From: Stephen Rothwell
Date: Mon May 05 2025 - 04:28:40 EST
Hi Thomas,
On Mon, 5 May 2025 09:39:10 +0200 Thomas Weißschuh <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On 2025-05-05 17:14:25+1000, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> >
> > On Mon, 5 May 2025 16:12:15 +1000 Stephen Rothwell <sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > @@ -1841,7 +1841,7 @@ static struct attribute *vmbus_chan_attrs[] = {
> > > NULL
> > > };
> > >
> > > -static struct bin_attribute *vmbus_chan_bin_attrs[] = {
> > > +static const struct bin_attribute *vmbus_chan_bin_attrs[] = {
>
> An additional "const" would be a bit better:
>
> +static const struct bin_attribute *const vmbus_chan_bin_attrs[] = {
Added for tomorrow.
> Otherwise looks good in general.
>
> > It occurred to me that the above patch could be applied directly to the
> > char-misc tree if vmbus_chan_bin_attrs was assigned to .bin_attrs_new
> > instead of .bin_attrs (later in the file), right?
>
> Yes, that would also work. It will require adaption of the future patch
> removing .bin_attrs_new again, but that shouldn't be an issue.
It would be nice since it will remove a conflict that needs to be
explained to Linus.
Thanks.
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Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell
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