linux-kernel - [PATCH 35/36] driver core: device.h: make struct bus

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Date:   Mon, 13 Mar 2023 19:29:17 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     rafael@...nel.org, Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Subject: [PATCH 35/36] driver core: device.h: make struct bus_type a const *

Now that all users who accessed the bus_type structure in struct device
are properly using it as a const *, mark it as such so that no one can
modify it going forward anymore.

Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
---
 include/linux/device.h | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/device.h b/include/linux/device.h
index 0f128520f6e5..9a8573409685 100644
--- a/include/linux/device.h
+++ b/include/linux/device.h
@@ -564,7 +564,7 @@ struct device {
 	const char		*init_name; /* initial name of the device */
 	const struct device_type *type;
 
-	struct bus_type	*bus;		/* type of bus device is on */
+	const struct bus_type	*bus;	/* type of bus device is on */
 	struct device_driver *driver;	/* which driver has allocated this
 					   device */
 	void		*platform_data;	/* Platform specific data, device
-- 
2.39.2