[PATCH 12/12] driver core: device: make device_create*() take a const struct class *

[Greg Kroah-Hartman]

The functions device_create() and device_create_with_groups() do not
modify the struct class passed into it, so enforce this by changing the
function parameters to be struct const class.

Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 drivers/base/core.c    | 6 +++---
 include/linux/device.h | 4 ++--
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c
index 0970db630839..f1889b9cab45 100644
--- a/drivers/base/core.c
+++ b/drivers/base/core.c
@@ -4253,7 +4253,7 @@ static void device_create_release(struct device *dev)
 }
 
 static __printf(6, 0) struct device *
-device_create_groups_vargs(struct class *class, struct device *parent,
+device_create_groups_vargs(const struct class *class, struct device *parent,
 			   dev_t devt, void *drvdata,
 			   const struct attribute_group **groups,
 			   const char *fmt, va_list args)
@@ -4317,7 +4317,7 @@ device_create_groups_vargs(struct class *class, struct device *parent,
  * Note: the struct class passed to this function must have previously
  * been created with a call to class_create().
  */
-struct device *device_create(struct class *class, struct device *parent,
+struct device *device_create(const struct class *class, struct device *parent,
 			     dev_t devt, void *drvdata, const char *fmt, ...)
 {
 	va_list vargs;
@@ -4358,7 +4358,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(device_create);
  * Note: the struct class passed to this function must have previously
  * been created with a call to class_create().
  */
-struct device *device_create_with_groups(struct class *class,
+struct device *device_create_with_groups(const struct class *class,
 					 struct device *parent, dev_t devt,
 					 void *drvdata,
 					 const struct attribute_group **groups,
diff --git a/include/linux/device.h b/include/linux/device.h
index f97a793c6683..b050c545a4dd 100644
--- a/include/linux/device.h
+++ b/include/linux/device.h
@@ -1013,10 +1013,10 @@ bool device_is_bound(struct device *dev);
  * Easy functions for dynamically creating devices on the fly
  */
 __printf(5, 6) struct device *
-device_create(struct class *cls, struct device *parent, dev_t devt,
+device_create(const struct class *cls, struct device *parent, dev_t devt,
 	      void *drvdata, const char *fmt, ...);
 __printf(6, 7) struct device *
-device_create_with_groups(struct class *cls, struct device *parent, dev_t devt,
+device_create_with_groups(const struct class *cls, struct device *parent, dev_t devt,
 			  void *drvdata, const struct attribute_group **groups,
 			  const char *fmt, ...);
 void device_destroy(const struct class *cls, dev_t devt);
-- 
2.39.2