Re: [PATCH] driver core: mark remaining local bus_type variables as const

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Tue Dec 19 2023 - 13:18:22 EST


On Tue, Dec 19, 2023 at 06:02:33PM +0000, Ertman, David M wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2023 7:35 AM
> > To: rafael@xxxxxxxxxx; linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Ertman, David M
> > <david.m.ertman@xxxxxxxxx>; Weiny, Ira <ira.weiny@xxxxxxxxx>; William
> > Breathitt Gray <william.gray@xxxxxxxxxx>; David Hildenbrand
> > <david@xxxxxxxxxx>; Oscar Salvador <osalvador@xxxxxxx>; Kevin Hilman
> > <khilman@xxxxxxxxxx>; Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@xxxxxxxxxx>; Brown, Len
> > <len.brown@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Subject: [PATCH] driver core: mark remaining local bus_type variables as
> > const
> >
> > Now that the driver core can properly handle constant struct bus_type,
> > change the local driver core bus_type variables to be a constant
> > structure as well, placing them into read-only memory which can not be
> > modified at runtime.
> >
> > Cc: Dave Ertman <david.m.ertman@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: William Breathitt Gray <william.gray@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Oscar Salvador <osalvador@xxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Kevin Hilman <khilman@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Len Brown <len.brown@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > drivers/base/auxiliary.c | 2 +-
> > drivers/base/isa.c | 2 +-
> > drivers/base/memory.c | 2 +-
> > drivers/base/node.c | 2 +-
> > drivers/base/power/domain.c | 2 +-
> > drivers/base/soc.c | 2 +-
> > 6 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/base/auxiliary.c b/drivers/base/auxiliary.c
> > index 4d4c2c8d26c4..d3a2c40c2f12 100644
> > --- a/drivers/base/auxiliary.c
> > +++ b/drivers/base/auxiliary.c
> > @@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ static void auxiliary_bus_shutdown(struct device
> > *dev)
> > auxdrv->shutdown(auxdev);
> > }
> >
> > -static struct bus_type auxiliary_bus_type = {
> > +static const struct bus_type auxiliary_bus_type = {
> > .name = "auxiliary",
> > .probe = auxiliary_bus_probe,
> > .remove = auxiliary_bus_remove,
> > diff --git a/drivers/base/isa.c b/drivers/base/isa.c
> > index 675ad3139224..e23d0b49a793 100644
> > --- a/drivers/base/isa.c
> > +++ b/drivers/base/isa.c
>
> LGTM - ACK

So, is that an "Acked-by:" type response? We need something standard
for our tools to pick up...

thanks,

greg k-h