From: Alex Williamson <alex@shazbot.org>
To: Jori Koolstra <jkoolstra@xs4all.nl>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
kvm@vger.kernel.org (open list:VFIO DRIVER),
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org (open list),
alex@shazbot.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] vfio: replace vfio->class with a const struct class
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2026 15:18:02 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260320151802.1d4fada0@shazbot.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260306190628.259203-1-jkoolstra@xs4all.nl>
On Fri, 6 Mar 2026 20:06:28 +0100
Jori Koolstra <jkoolstra@xs4all.nl> wrote:
> The class_create() call has been deprecated in favor of class_register()
> as the driver core now allows for a struct class to be in read-only
> memory. Replace vfio->class with a const struct class and drop the
> class_create() call.
>
> Compile tested and found no errors/warns in dmesg after enabling
> VFIO_GROUP.
>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/2023040244-duffel-pushpin-f738@gregkh/
>
> Suggested-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
> Signed-off-by: Jori Koolstra <jkoolstra@xs4all.nl>
> ---
> drivers/vfio/group.c | 23 +++++++++++------------
> 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
Applied to vfio next branch for v7.1. Thanks,
Alex
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2026-03-06 19:06 [PATCH] vfio: replace vfio->class with a const struct class Jori Koolstra
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