linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] scsi: constify the struct device

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Message-ID: <yq1ttlu4pdh.fsf@ca-mkp.ca.oracle.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2024 21:23:16 -0500
From: "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>
To: "Ricardo B. Marliere" <ricardo@...liere.net>
Cc: "James E.J. Bottomley" <jejb@...ux.ibm.com>,
        "Martin K. Petersen"
 <martin.petersen@...cle.com>,
        linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman
 <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] scsi: constify the struct device_type usage


Ricardo,

> Since commit aed65af1cc2f ("drivers: make device_type const"), the
> driver core can properly handle constant struct device_type. Move the
> scsi_host_type, scsi_target_type and scsi_dev_type variables to be
> constant structures as well, placing it into read-only memory which
> can not be modified at runtime.

Applied to 6.9/scsi-staging, thanks!

-- 
Martin K. Petersen	Oracle Linux Engineering