Re: [PATCH] accel: constify the struct device_type usage

[Oded Gabbay]

On Mon, Feb 19, 2024 at 04:48:28PM -0300, Ricardo B. Marliere wrote:
> Since commit aed65af1cc2f ("drivers: make device_type const"), the driver
> core can properly handle constant struct device_type. Move the
> accel_sysfs_device_minor 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>
> Signed-off-by: Ricardo B. Marliere <ricardo@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/accel/drm_accel.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/accel/drm_accel.c b/drivers/accel/drm_accel.c
> index 24cac4c0274b..16c3edb8c46e 100644
> --- a/drivers/accel/drm_accel.c
> +++ b/drivers/accel/drm_accel.c
> @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ static struct idr accel_minors_idr;
>  
>  static struct dentry *accel_debugfs_root;
>  
> -static struct device_type accel_sysfs_device_minor = {
> +static const struct device_type accel_sysfs_device_minor = {
>  	.name = "accel_minor"
>  };
>  
> 
> ---
> base-commit: b401b621758e46812da61fa58a67c3fd8d91de0d
> change-id: 20240219-device_cleanup-accel-a990dc3bfbc1
> 
> Best regards,
> -- 
> Ricardo B. Marliere <ricardo@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
Applied to -next.
Thanks,
Oded