linux-ext4 - [PATCH] ext4: make kobj_type structures constant

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Message-Id: <20230209-kobj_type-ext4-v1-1-6865fb05c1f8@weissschuh.net>
Date:   Thu, 09 Feb 2023 03:18:35 +0000
From:   Thomas Weißschuh <linux@...ssschuh.net>
To:     Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>,
        Andreas Dilger <adilger.kernel@...ger.ca>
Cc:     linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Thomas Weißschuh <linux@...ssschuh.net>
Subject: [PATCH] ext4: make kobj_type structures constant

Since commit ee6d3dd4ed48 ("driver core: make kobj_type constant.")
the driver core allows the usage of const struct kobj_type.

Take advantage of this to constify the structure definitions to prevent
modification at runtime.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh <linux@...ssschuh.net>
---
 fs/ext4/sysfs.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/ext4/sysfs.c b/fs/ext4/sysfs.c
index d233c24ea342..364e3da49b03 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/sysfs.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/sysfs.c
@@ -496,13 +496,13 @@ static const struct sysfs_ops ext4_attr_ops = {
 	.store	= ext4_attr_store,
 };
 
-static struct kobj_type ext4_sb_ktype = {
+static const struct kobj_type ext4_sb_ktype = {
 	.default_groups = ext4_groups,
 	.sysfs_ops	= &ext4_attr_ops,
 	.release	= ext4_sb_release,
 };
 
-static struct kobj_type ext4_feat_ktype = {
+static const struct kobj_type ext4_feat_ktype = {
 	.default_groups = ext4_feat_groups,
 	.sysfs_ops	= &ext4_attr_ops,
 	.release	= (void (*)(struct kobject *))kfree,

---
base-commit: 0983f6bf2bfc0789b51ddf7315f644ff4da50acb
change-id: 20230209-kobj_type-ext4-962d5425769a

Best regards,
-- 
Thomas Weißschuh <linux@...ssschuh.net>