netdev - Re: [PATCH] ptp: make ptp

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Message-ID: <20240306195718.GF281974@kernel.org>
Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2024 19:57:18 +0000
From: Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>
To: "Ricardo B. Marliere" <ricardo@...liere.net>
Cc: Richard Cochran <richardcochran@...il.com>,
	Yangbo Lu <yangbo.lu@....com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ptp: make ptp_class constant

On Tue, Mar 05, 2024 at 05:11:27PM -0300, Ricardo B. Marliere wrote:
> Since commit 43a7206b0963 ("driver core: class: make class_register() take
> a const *"), the driver core allows for struct class to be in read-only
> memory, so move the ptp_class structure to be declared at build time
> placing it into read-only memory, instead of having to be dynamically
> allocated at boot time.
> 
> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
> Suggested-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
> Signed-off-by: Ricardo B. Marliere <ricardo@...liere.net>

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