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

Geert Uytterhoeven
2024-01-02T08:16:36Z

On Tue, Dec 19, 2023 at 4:48 PM Greg Kroah-Hartman
<gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> 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@linux-m68k.org>
> Cc: linux-m68k@lists.linux-m68k.org
> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>

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

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

Geert

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