linux-kernel - [PATCH] edd: make kobj

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Message-Id: <20230227-kobj_type-firmware-edd-v1-1-c626afe5bd05@weissschuh.net>
Date:   Mon, 27 Feb 2023 03:14:02 +0000
From:   Thomas Weißschuh <linux@...ssschuh.net>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Thomas Weißschuh <linux@...ssschuh.net>
Subject: [PATCH] edd: make kobj_type structure 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 definition to prevent
modification at runtime.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh <linux@...ssschuh.net>
---

Greg,

I'm sending this to you as there is no proper maintainer for this file.
---
 drivers/firmware/edd.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/firmware/edd.c b/drivers/firmware/edd.c
index 5cc238916551..55dec4eb2c00 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/edd.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/edd.c
@@ -608,7 +608,7 @@ static void edd_release(struct kobject * kobj)
 	kfree(dev);
 }
 
-static struct kobj_type edd_ktype = {
+static const struct kobj_type edd_ktype = {
 	.release	= edd_release,
 	.sysfs_ops	= &edd_attr_ops,
 };

---
base-commit: 2fcd07b7ccd5fd10b2120d298363e4e6c53ccf9c
change-id: 20230227-kobj_type-firmware-edd-bb3d2c62e965

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