Re: [PATCH] nubus: make nubus_bus_type static and constant

From: Geert Uytterhoeven
Date: Tue Jan 02 2024 - 03:16:45 EST


On Tue, Dec 19, 2023 at 4:48 PM Greg Kroah-Hartman
<gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Now that the driver core can properly handle constant struct bus_type,
> move the nubus_bus_type variable to be a constant structure as well,
> placing it into read-only memory which can not be modified at runtime.
>
> It's also never used outside of drivers/nubus/bus.c so make it static
> and don't export it as no one is using it.
>
> Cc: Finn Thain <fthain@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: linux-m68k@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
i.e. will queue in the m68k for-v6.8 branch.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

Geert

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