Re: [PATCH] gpio: gpiolib: make gpio_bus_type const

From: Bartosz Golaszewski
Date: Sun Feb 04 2024 - 13:35:05 EST


On Sun, Feb 4, 2024 at 5:29 PM Ricardo B. Marliere <ricardo@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Now that the driver core can properly handle constant struct bus_type,
> move the gpio_bus_type variable to be a constant structure as well,
> placing it into read-only memory which can not be modified at runtime.
>
> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Suggested-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Ricardo B. Marliere <ricardo@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
> index d50a786f8176..24d046268a01 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
> @@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ static int gpio_bus_match(struct device *dev, struct device_driver *drv)
> return 1;
> }
>
> -static struct bus_type gpio_bus_type = {
> +static const struct bus_type gpio_bus_type = {
> .name = "gpio",
> .match = gpio_bus_match,
> };
>
> ---
> base-commit: 3eac8bbed22e940ac1645a884f221bef408f675c
> change-id: 20240204-bus_cleanup-gpio-57eea8d32a5a
>
> Best regards,
> --
> Ricardo B. Marliere <ricardo@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>

Ha! Does the same work now for struct device_type?

Because I just sent this:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-gpio/20240201162758.50733-1-brgl@xxxxxxxx/

And maybe I should make it const right away.

Bart