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Message-ID: <2024020554-brilliant-slug-1d12@gregkh>
Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2024 04:45:41 -0800
From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To: "Ricardo B. Marliere" <ricardo@...liere.net>
Cc: Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>, Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>,
	Dwaipayan Ray <dwaipayanray1@...il.com>,
	Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Thomas Weißschuh <linux@...ssschuh.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] const_structs.checkpatch: add bus_type

On Sun, Feb 04, 2024 at 07:39:57PM -0300, Ricardo B. Marliere wrote:
> Since commit d492cc2573a0 ("driver core: device.h: make struct bus_type
> a const *"), the driver core can properly handle constant struct
> bus_type. Make sure that new usages of the struct already enter the tree
> as const.
> 
> Suggested-by: Thomas Weißschuh <linux@...ssschuh.net>
> Signed-off-by: Ricardo B. Marliere <ricardo@...liere.net>

Note, there are a handful of in-kernel instances where this will not
work, but it's not worth special-casing them, they will be obvious when
attempts to change them happen.

Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>

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