@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ extern void scsi_sysfs_device_initialize(struct scsi_device *);
extern struct scsi_transport_template blank_transport_template;
extern void __scsi_remove_device(struct scsi_device *);
-extern struct bus_type scsi_bus_type;
+extern const struct bus_type scsi_bus_type;
extern const struct attribute_group *scsi_shost_groups[];
/* scsi_netlink.c */
@@ -549,7 +549,7 @@ static int scsi_bus_uevent(const struct device *dev, struct kobj_uevent_env *env
return 0;
}
-struct bus_type scsi_bus_type = {
+const struct bus_type scsi_bus_type = {
.name = "scsi",
.match = scsi_bus_match,
.uevent = scsi_bus_uevent,
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 scsi_bus_type 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 <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> Suggested-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> Signed-off-by: Ricardo B. Marliere <ricardo@marliere.net> --- Changes in v2: - Improved changelog to remove the word "Now". - Removed unrelated whitespace cleanup. - Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240211-bus_cleanup-scsi2-v1-1-dd04ee82e6b0@marliere.net --- drivers/scsi/scsi_priv.h | 2 +- drivers/scsi/scsi_sysfs.c | 2 +- 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) --- base-commit: 59828c7b5975f442ad5bb74a031fe388341f323e change-id: 20240211-bus_cleanup-scsi2-16c3cfba91af Best regards,