linux-kernel - [PATCH] driver core: cpu: make cpu

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Date: Fri,  5 Jan 2024 11:26:48 +0100
From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] driver core: cpu: make cpu_subsys const

Now that the driver core can properly handle constant struct bus_type,
move the cpu_subsys 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@...nel.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
---
 drivers/base/cpu.c  | 2 +-
 include/linux/cpu.h | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/base/cpu.c b/drivers/base/cpu.c
index 82b6a76125f5..c3c15adb7da9 100644
--- a/drivers/base/cpu.c
+++ b/drivers/base/cpu.c
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ static int cpu_uevent(const struct device *dev, struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
 }
 #endif
 
-struct bus_type cpu_subsys = {
+const struct bus_type cpu_subsys = {
 	.name = "cpu",
 	.dev_name = "cpu",
 	.match = cpu_subsys_match,
diff --git a/include/linux/cpu.h b/include/linux/cpu.h
index dcb89c987164..0b993a140946 100644
--- a/include/linux/cpu.h
+++ b/include/linux/cpu.h
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ static inline void cpu_maps_update_done(void)
 static inline int add_cpu(unsigned int cpu) { return 0;}
 
 #endif /* CONFIG_SMP */
-extern struct bus_type cpu_subsys;
+extern const struct bus_type cpu_subsys;
 
 extern int lockdep_is_cpus_held(void);
 
-- 
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