Now that the driver core can properly handle constant struct bus_type, move the pata_parport_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@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Suggested-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Ricardo B. Marliere <ricardo@xxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/ata/pata_parport/pata_parport.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/ata/pata_parport/pata_parport.c b/drivers/ata/pata_parport/pata_parport.c index a7adfdcb5e27..9a2cb9ca9d1d 100644 --- a/drivers/ata/pata_parport/pata_parport.c +++ b/drivers/ata/pata_parport/pata_parport.c @@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ static void pata_parport_bus_release(struct device *dev) /* nothing to do here but required to avoid warning on device removal */ } -static struct bus_type pata_parport_bus_type = { +static const struct bus_type pata_parport_bus_type = { .name = DRV_NAME, }; --- base-commit: c8474c7273ac3bad718c33118aa82efb7b374f6e change-id: 20240204-bus_cleanup-ata-bd1625fdab09 Best regards, -- Ricardo B. Marliere <ricardo@xxxxxxxxxxxx>