From: "Thomas Weißschuh" <linux@weissschuh.net>
To: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@kernel.org>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>,
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Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>,
Jonathan Cameron <jic23@kernel.org>,
Yushan Wang <wangyushan12@huawei.com>,
Jijie Shao <shaojijie@huawei.com>,
Khuong Dinh <khuong@os.amperecomputing.com>,
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"Christophe Leroy (CS GROUP)" <chleroy@kernel.org>,
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"Thomas Weißschuh" <linux@weissschuh.net>
Subject: [PATCH v2 3/3] driver core: Constify the signature of device_show/store_*()
Date: Mon, 07 Sep 2026 07:45:03 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260907-sysfs-const-attr-dev_ext_attr-v2-3-bf53afe57071@weissschuh.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260907-sysfs-const-attr-dev_ext_attr-v2-0-bf53afe57071@weissschuh.net>
Prepare for the constification of 'struct dev_ext_attribute' by changing
the signature of the standard callback functions.
Migrate the hv-24x7 driver in the same commit. It is the only user to
manually assign one of the standard callbacks.
Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh <linux@weissschuh.net>
---
arch/powerpc/perf/hv-24x7.c | 2 +-
drivers/base/core.c | 30 +++++++++++++++---------------
include/linux/device.h | 14 +++++++-------
3 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/perf/hv-24x7.c b/arch/powerpc/perf/hv-24x7.c
index b0eedf185960..3e094dc7d76b 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/perf/hv-24x7.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/perf/hv-24x7.c
@@ -462,7 +462,7 @@ static struct attribute *device_str_attr_create_(char *name, char *str)
attr->var = str;
attr->attr.attr.name = name;
attr->attr.attr.mode = 0444;
- attr->attr.show = device_show_string;
+ attr->attr.show_const = device_show_string;
return &attr->attr.attr;
}
diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c
index 4c0c373998a1..5daa88fa724a 100644
--- a/drivers/base/core.c
+++ b/drivers/base/core.c
@@ -2517,13 +2517,13 @@ static const struct sysfs_ops dev_sysfs_ops = {
.store = dev_attr_store,
};
-#define to_ext_attr(x) container_of(x, struct dev_ext_attribute, attr)
+#define to_ext_attr(x) container_of_const(x, struct dev_ext_attribute, attr)
ssize_t device_store_ulong(struct device *dev,
- struct device_attribute *attr,
+ const struct device_attribute *attr,
const char *buf, size_t size)
{
- struct dev_ext_attribute *ea = to_ext_attr(attr);
+ const struct dev_ext_attribute *ea = to_ext_attr(attr);
int ret;
unsigned long new;
@@ -2537,19 +2537,19 @@ ssize_t device_store_ulong(struct device *dev,
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(device_store_ulong);
ssize_t device_show_ulong(struct device *dev,
- struct device_attribute *attr,
+ const struct device_attribute *attr,
char *buf)
{
- struct dev_ext_attribute *ea = to_ext_attr(attr);
+ const struct dev_ext_attribute *ea = to_ext_attr(attr);
return sysfs_emit(buf, "%lx\n", *(unsigned long *)(ea->var));
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(device_show_ulong);
ssize_t device_store_int(struct device *dev,
- struct device_attribute *attr,
+ const struct device_attribute *attr,
const char *buf, size_t size)
{
- struct dev_ext_attribute *ea = to_ext_attr(attr);
+ const struct dev_ext_attribute *ea = to_ext_attr(attr);
int ret;
long new;
@@ -2566,19 +2566,19 @@ ssize_t device_store_int(struct device *dev,
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(device_store_int);
ssize_t device_show_int(struct device *dev,
- struct device_attribute *attr,
+ const struct device_attribute *attr,
char *buf)
{
- struct dev_ext_attribute *ea = to_ext_attr(attr);
+ const struct dev_ext_attribute *ea = to_ext_attr(attr);
return sysfs_emit(buf, "%d\n", *(int *)(ea->var));
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(device_show_int);
-ssize_t device_store_bool(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
+ssize_t device_store_bool(struct device *dev, const struct device_attribute *attr,
const char *buf, size_t size)
{
- struct dev_ext_attribute *ea = to_ext_attr(attr);
+ const struct dev_ext_attribute *ea = to_ext_attr(attr);
if (kstrtobool(buf, ea->var) < 0)
return -EINVAL;
@@ -2587,19 +2587,19 @@ ssize_t device_store_bool(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(device_store_bool);
-ssize_t device_show_bool(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
+ssize_t device_show_bool(struct device *dev, const struct device_attribute *attr,
char *buf)
{
- struct dev_ext_attribute *ea = to_ext_attr(attr);
+ const struct dev_ext_attribute *ea = to_ext_attr(attr);
return sysfs_emit(buf, "%d\n", *(bool *)(ea->var));
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(device_show_bool);
ssize_t device_show_string(struct device *dev,
- struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
+ const struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
{
- struct dev_ext_attribute *ea = to_ext_attr(attr);
+ const struct dev_ext_attribute *ea = to_ext_attr(attr);
return sysfs_emit(buf, "%s\n", (char *)ea->var);
}
diff --git a/include/linux/device.h b/include/linux/device.h
index aee79fd6b32b..90cdd77458bb 100644
--- a/include/linux/device.h
+++ b/include/linux/device.h
@@ -129,19 +129,19 @@ struct dev_ext_attribute {
void *var;
};
-ssize_t device_show_ulong(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
+ssize_t device_show_ulong(struct device *dev, const struct device_attribute *attr,
char *buf);
-ssize_t device_store_ulong(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
+ssize_t device_store_ulong(struct device *dev, const struct device_attribute *attr,
const char *buf, size_t count);
-ssize_t device_show_int(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
+ssize_t device_show_int(struct device *dev, const struct device_attribute *attr,
char *buf);
-ssize_t device_store_int(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
+ssize_t device_store_int(struct device *dev, const struct device_attribute *attr,
const char *buf, size_t count);
-ssize_t device_show_bool(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
+ssize_t device_show_bool(struct device *dev, const struct device_attribute *attr,
char *buf);
-ssize_t device_store_bool(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
+ssize_t device_store_bool(struct device *dev, const struct device_attribute *attr,
const char *buf, size_t count);
-ssize_t device_show_string(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
+ssize_t device_show_string(struct device *dev, const struct device_attribute *attr,
char *buf);
typedef ssize_t __device_show_handler_const(struct device *dev, const struct device_attribute *attr,
--
2.55.0
prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-07 5:45 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-07 5:45 [PATCH v2 0/3] driver core: Constify the signature of device_show/store_*() Thomas Weißschuh
2026-09-07 5:45 ` [PATCH v2 1/3] x86/mce: Use __DEVICE_ATTR() macro to initialize dev_ext_attribute Thomas Weißschuh
2026-09-07 5:45 ` [PATCH v2 2/3] drivers: perf: " Thomas Weißschuh
2026-09-07 22:24 ` Jonathan Cameron
2026-09-07 5:45 ` Thomas Weißschuh [this message]
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