linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 03/12] net: bridge: constify the struct device

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Message-ID: <20240220112032.GT40273@kernel.org>
Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2024 11:20:32 +0000
From: Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>
To: "Ricardo B. Marliere" <ricardo@...liere.net>
Cc: Oliver Neukum <oneukum@...e.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
	Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
	Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
	Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>,
	Roopa Prabhu <roopa@...dia.com>,
	Nikolay Aleksandrov <razor@...ckwall.org>,
	Loic Poulain <loic.poulain@...aro.org>,
	Sergey Ryazanov <ryazanov.s.a@...il.com>,
	Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-usb@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	bridge@...ts.linux.dev, linux-ppp@...r.kernel.org,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 03/12] net: bridge: constify the struct device_type usage

On Sat, Feb 17, 2024 at 05:13:25PM -0300, Ricardo B. Marliere wrote:
> Since commit aed65af1cc2f ("drivers: make device_type const"), the driver
> core can properly handle constant struct device_type. Move the br_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>
> Signed-off-by: Ricardo B. Marliere <ricardo@...liere.net>

Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>