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Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2026 13:12:59 +0100
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From: "Danilo Krummrich" <dakr@kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] driver core: faux: stop using static struct device
Cc: <rafael@kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
 <driver-core@lists.linux.dev>, "Gui-Dong Han" <hanguidong02@gmail.com>
To: "Greg Kroah-Hartman" <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
References: <2026012145-lapping-countless-ef81@gregkh>
In-Reply-To: <2026012145-lapping-countless-ef81@gregkh>

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@gmail.com>

Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CALbr=3DLYKJsj6cbrDLA07qioKhWJcRj+gW8=
=3Dbq5=3D4ZvpEe2c4Yg@mail.gmail.com/

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

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