| Message ID | 20240217-device_cleanup-net-v1-4-1eb31fb689f7@marliere.net (mailing list archive) |
|---|---|
| State | Accepted |
| Commit | c7170e7672e52cf38f5979416d20b9133a10726e |
| Delegated to: | Netdev Maintainers |
| Headers | show |
| Series | net: constify struct device_type usage | expand |
On Sat, Feb 17, 2024 at 05:13:26PM -0300, Ricardo B. Marliere wrote: > Since commit aed65af1cc2f ("drivers: make device_type const"), the driver > core can properly handle constant struct device_type. Move the vxlan_type > variable to be a constant structure as well, placing it into read-only > memory which can not be modified at runtime. Reviewed-by: Guillaume Nault <gnault@redhat.com> Note: To help maintainers (and potentially reviewers) work please write in the subject prefix which tree you're targetting. For this series, it should be "[PATCH net-next xx/yy]".
Hi Guillaume, On 19 Feb 12:43, Guillaume Nault wrote: > On Sat, Feb 17, 2024 at 05:13:26PM -0300, Ricardo B. Marliere wrote: > > Since commit aed65af1cc2f ("drivers: make device_type const"), the driver > > core can properly handle constant struct device_type. Move the vxlan_type > > variable to be a constant structure as well, placing it into read-only > > memory which can not be modified at runtime. > > Reviewed-by: Guillaume Nault <gnault@redhat.com> > > Note: To help maintainers (and potentially reviewers) work please > write in the subject prefix which tree you're targetting. For this > series, it should be "[PATCH net-next xx/yy]". Makes sense, will keep this in mind next time! Thanks for reviewing, - Ricardo.
diff --git a/drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_core.c b/drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_core.c index 705a6fd6ab6c..386cbe4d3327 100644 --- a/drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_core.c +++ b/drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_core.c @@ -3254,7 +3254,7 @@ static const struct net_device_ops vxlan_netdev_raw_ops = { }; /* Info for udev, that this is a virtual tunnel endpoint */ -static struct device_type vxlan_type = { +static const struct device_type vxlan_type = { .name = "vxlan", };
Since commit aed65af1cc2f ("drivers: make device_type const"), the driver core can properly handle constant struct device_type. Move the vxlan_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> Signed-off-by: Ricardo B. Marliere <ricardo@marliere.net> --- drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_core.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)