linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] nubus: make nubus_bus

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Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2024 09:16:23 +0100
From: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc: fthain@...ux-m68k.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
	linux-m68k@...ts.linux-m68k.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] nubus: make nubus_bus_type static and constant

On Tue, Dec 19, 2023 at 4:48 PM Greg Kroah-Hartman
<gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> wrote:
> Now that the driver core can properly handle constant struct bus_type,
> move the nubus_bus_type variable to be a constant structure as well,
> placing it into read-only memory which can not be modified at runtime.
>
> It's also never used outside of drivers/nubus/bus.c so make it static
> and don't export it as no one is using it.
>
> Cc: Finn Thain <fthain@...ux-m68k.org>
> Cc: linux-m68k@...ts.linux-m68k.org
> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>

Reviewed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
i.e. will queue in the m68k for-v6.8 branch.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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