linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/3] HID: make hid_bus

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Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2023 08:38:46 +0100
From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To: jikos@...nel.org,
	benjamin.tissoires@...hat.com
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	linux-input@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] HID: make hid_bus_type const

Now that the driver core can properly handle constant struct bus_type,
move the hid_bus_type variable to be a constant structure as well,
placing it into read-only memory which can not be modified at runtime.

Cc: Jiri Kosina <jikos@...nel.org>
Cc: Benjamin Tissoires <benjamin.tissoires@...hat.com>
Cc: linux-input@...r.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
---
 drivers/hid/hid-core.c | 2 +-
 include/linux/hid.h    | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-core.c b/drivers/hid/hid-core.c
index e0181218ad85..de7a477d6665 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/hid-core.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/hid-core.c
@@ -2749,7 +2749,7 @@ static int hid_uevent(const struct device *dev, struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-struct bus_type hid_bus_type = {
+const struct bus_type hid_bus_type = {
 	.name		= "hid",
 	.dev_groups	= hid_dev_groups,
 	.drv_groups	= hid_drv_groups,
diff --git a/include/linux/hid.h b/include/linux/hid.h
index bf43f3ff6664..7c26db874ff0 100644
--- a/include/linux/hid.h
+++ b/include/linux/hid.h
@@ -912,7 +912,7 @@ extern bool hid_ignore(struct hid_device *);
 extern int hid_add_device(struct hid_device *);
 extern void hid_destroy_device(struct hid_device *);
 
-extern struct bus_type hid_bus_type;
+extern const struct bus_type hid_bus_type;
 
 extern int __must_check __hid_register_driver(struct hid_driver *,
 		struct module *, const char *mod_name);
-- 
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