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

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Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2024 14:37:05 -0700
From: Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@...hat.com>
To: "Ricardo B. Marliere" <ricardo@...liere.net>
Cc: Kirti Wankhede <kwankhede@...dia.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, 08 Feb 2024 17:02:04 -0300
"Ricardo B. Marliere" <ricardo@...liere.net> 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(-)
> 
> 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,

Applied to vfio next branch for v6.9.  Thanks,

Alex