linux-kernel - [PATCH] vfio: mdev: make mdev_bus

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Date: Thu, 08 Feb 2024 17:02:04 -0300
From: "Ricardo B. Marliere" <ricardo@...liere.net>
To: Kirti Wankhede <kwankhede@...dia.com>, 
 Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@...hat.com>
Cc: kvm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
 Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>, 
 "Ricardo B. Marliere" <ricardo@...liere.net>
Subject: [PATCH] vfio: mdev: make mdev_bus_type const

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

Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Suggested-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Ricardo B. Marliere <ricardo@...liere.net>
---
 drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_driver.c  | 2 +-
 drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_private.h | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_driver.c b/drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_driver.c
index 7825d83a55f8..b98322966b3e 100644
--- a/drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_driver.c
+++ b/drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_driver.c
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ static int mdev_match(struct device *dev, struct device_driver *drv)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-struct bus_type mdev_bus_type = {
+const struct bus_type mdev_bus_type = {
 	.name		= "mdev",
 	.probe		= mdev_probe,
 	.remove		= mdev_remove,
diff --git a/drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_private.h b/drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_private.h
index af457b27f607..63a1316b08b7 100644
--- a/drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_private.h
+++ b/drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_private.h
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 int  mdev_bus_register(void);
 void mdev_bus_unregister(void);
 
-extern struct bus_type mdev_bus_type;
+extern const struct bus_type mdev_bus_type;
 extern const struct attribute_group *mdev_device_groups[];
 
 #define to_mdev_type_attr(_attr)	\

---
base-commit: 78f70c02bdbccb5e9b0b0c728185d4aeb7044ace
change-id: 20240208-bus_cleanup-vfio-75a6180b5efe

Best regards,
-- 
Ricardo B. Marliere <ricardo@...liere.net>