linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] driver core: faux: stop using static struct device

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Message-Id: <DFU9B135W94K.14PPD2NBXWYXB@kernel.org>
Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2026 13:12:59 +0100
From: "Danilo Krummrich" <dakr@...nel.org>
To: "Greg Kroah-Hartman" <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc: <rafael@...nel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
 <driver-core@...ts.linux.dev>, "Gui-Dong Han" <hanguidong02@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] driver core: faux: stop using static struct device

On Wed Jan 21, 2026 at 11:29 AM CET, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> faux_bus_root should not have been a static struct device, but rather a
> dynamically created structure so that lockdep and other testing tools do
> not trip over it (as well as being the right thing overall to do.)  Fix
> this up by making it properly dynamic.
>
> Reported-by: Gui-Dong Han <hanguidong02@...il.com>

Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CALbr=LYKJsj6cbrDLA07qioKhWJcRj+gW8=bq5=4ZvpEe2c4Yg@mail.gmail.com/

> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>

Reviewed-by: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@...nel.org>