Re: [PATCH] siox: make siox_bus_type const

[Ricardo B. Marliere]

On  4 Feb 22:29, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
> Hello Ricardo,
> 
> On Sun, Feb 04, 2024 at 05:36:03PM -0300, Ricardo B. Marliere wrote:
> > Now that the driver core can properly handle constant struct bus_type,
> > move the siox_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/siox/siox-core.c | 2 +-
> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/siox/siox-core.c b/drivers/siox/siox-core.c
> > index 561408583b2b..a1eda7bd76ed 100644
> > --- a/drivers/siox/siox-core.c
> > +++ b/drivers/siox/siox-core.c
> > @@ -543,7 +543,7 @@ static void siox_shutdown(struct device *dev)
> >  		sdriver->shutdown(sdevice);
> >  }
> >  
> > -static struct bus_type siox_bus_type = {
> > +static const struct bus_type siox_bus_type = {
> >  	.name = "siox",
> >  	.match = siox_match,
> >  	.probe = siox_probe,
> 
> while I like this change, I wonder about the "Now" in the commit log.
> Doing the homework, this is about commit d492cc2573a0 ("driver core:
> device.h: make struct bus_type a const *") which is in 6.4-rc1. Would
> you please care to mention that commit as the one that makes this siox
> change possible?

Hi Uwe!

Sounds reasonable, I just sent a v2. The original log is being used
across the tree, took from a template first used by Greg.

Thanks for reviewing,
-	Ricardo.


> 
> Thanks
> Uwe
> 
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