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

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Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2024 09:44:48 -0400
From: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...pe.ca>
To: "Ricardo B. Marliere" <ricardo@...liere.net>
Cc: Kirti Wankhede <kwankhede@...dia.com>,
	Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@...hat.com>, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] vfio: mdev: make mdev_bus_type const

On Thu, Feb 08, 2024 at 05:02:04PM -0300, Ricardo B. Marliere wrote:
> 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(-)

Reviewed-by: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...dia.com>

Jason