linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] livepatch: Make kobj

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Message-ID: <Y/TpeuGGFktvaQJ/@alley>
Date:   Tue, 21 Feb 2023 16:55:38 +0100
From:   Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>
To:     Thomas Weißschuh <linux@...ssschuh.net>
Cc:     Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...nel.org>,
        Jiri Kosina <jikos@...nel.org>,
        Miroslav Benes <mbenes@...e.cz>,
        Joe Lawrence <joe.lawrence@...hat.com>,
        live-patching@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] livepatch: Make kobj_type structures constant

On Fri 2023-02-17 03:14:41, Thomas Weißschuh wrote:
> 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>

Reviewed-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>

Best Regards,
Petr

PS: I am going to queue this patch for 6.4. I could eventually add
    it into a pull request for 6.3-rc if it was needed because of
    a more important fix.

    This patch is trivial. But even trivial patches should spend
    at least few days in linux-next...