linux-kernel - [PATCH] const_structs.checkpatch: add device

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Message-Id: <20240218-device_cleanup-checkpatch-v1-1-8b0b89c4f6b1@marliere.net>
Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2024 16:25:51 -0300
From: "Ricardo B. Marliere" <ricardo@...liere.net>
To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, 
 Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>, 
 "Ricardo B. Marliere" <ricardo@...liere.net>
Subject: [PATCH] const_structs.checkpatch: add device_type

Since commit aed65af1cc2f ("drivers: make device_type const"), the driver
core can properly handle constant struct device_type. Make sure that new
usages of the struct already enter the tree as const.

Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Ricardo B. Marliere <ricardo@...liere.net>
---
 scripts/const_structs.checkpatch | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/scripts/const_structs.checkpatch b/scripts/const_structs.checkpatch
index 188412aa2757..5227f34a1b4f 100644
--- a/scripts/const_structs.checkpatch
+++ b/scripts/const_structs.checkpatch
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ comedi_lrange
 component_ops
 dentry_operations
 dev_pm_ops
+device_type
 dma_map_ops
 driver_info
 drm_connector_funcs

---
base-commit: 4f5e5092fdbf5cec6bedc19fbe69cce4f5f08372
change-id: 20240218-device_cleanup-checkpatch-0757f924f00e

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