Re: [PATCH] PNP: make pnp_bus_type const

[Rafael J. Wysocki]

On Fri, Jan 5, 2024 at 1:51 PM Greg Kroah-Hartman
<gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Now that the driver core can properly handle constant struct bus_type,
> move the pnp_bus_type variable to be a constant structure as well,
> placing it into read-only memory which can not be modified at runtime.
>
> Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: linux-acpi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/pnp/driver.c | 2 +-
>  include/linux/pnp.h  | 2 +-
>  2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/pnp/driver.c b/drivers/pnp/driver.c
> index 46c534f6b1c9..0a5d0d8befa8 100644
> --- a/drivers/pnp/driver.c
> +++ b/drivers/pnp/driver.c
> @@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ static const struct dev_pm_ops pnp_bus_dev_pm_ops = {
>         .restore = pnp_bus_resume,
>  };
>
> -struct bus_type pnp_bus_type = {
> +const struct bus_type pnp_bus_type = {
>         .name    = "pnp",
>         .match   = pnp_bus_match,
>         .probe   = pnp_device_probe,
> diff --git a/include/linux/pnp.h b/include/linux/pnp.h
> index 267fb8a4fb6e..ddbe7c3ca4ce 100644
> --- a/include/linux/pnp.h
> +++ b/include/linux/pnp.h
> @@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ struct pnp_protocol {
>  #define protocol_for_each_dev(protocol, dev)   \
>         list_for_each_entry(dev, &(protocol)->devices, protocol_list)
>
> -extern struct bus_type pnp_bus_type;
> +extern const struct bus_type pnp_bus_type;
>
>  #if defined(CONFIG_PNP)
>
> --

Applied as 6.8-rc1 material, thanks!