Since commit d492cc2573a0 ("driver core: device.h: make struct
bus_type a const *"), the driver core can properly handle constant
struct bus_type, move the mpic_subsys variable to be a constant
structure as well, placing it into read-only memory which can not be
modified at runtime.
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gre...@linuxfoundation.org>
Suggested-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gre...@linuxfoundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Ricardo B. Marliere <rica...@marliere.net>
---
arch/powerpc/include/asm/mpic.h | 2 +-
arch/powerpc/sysdev/mpic.c | 2 +-
2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/mpic.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/mpic.h
index 58353c5bd3fb..0c03a98986cd 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/mpic.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/mpic.h
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ struct mpic
#endif
};
-extern struct bus_type mpic_subsys;
+extern const struct bus_type mpic_subsys;
/*
* MPIC flags (passed to mpic_alloc)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/mpic.c b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/mpic.c
index dabbdd356664..d94cf36b0f65 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/mpic.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/mpic.c
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
#define DBG(fmt...)
#endif
-struct bus_type mpic_subsys = {
+const struct bus_type mpic_subsys = {
.name = "mpic",
.dev_name = "mpic",
};
--
2.43.0
