Re: [PATCH] mm: slub: make kobj_type structure constant

From: Hyeonggon Yoo
Date: Wed Feb 22 2023 - 06:25:57 EST


On Mon, Feb 20, 2023 at 11:25:28PM +0000, Thomas Weißschuh wrote:
> Since commit ee6d3dd4ed48 ("driver core: make kobj_type constant.")
> the driver core allows the usage of const struct kobj_type.
>
> Take advantage of this to constify the structure definition to prevent
> modification at runtime.
>
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> mm/slub.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
> index 13459c69095a..be710dc4dc3e 100644
> --- a/mm/slub.c
> +++ b/mm/slub.c
> @@ -6058,7 +6058,7 @@ static const struct sysfs_ops slab_sysfs_ops = {
> .store = slab_attr_store,
> };
>
> -static struct kobj_type slab_ktype = {
> +static const struct kobj_type slab_ktype = {
> .sysfs_ops = &slab_sysfs_ops,
> .release = kmem_cache_release,
> };
>
> ---

Acked-by: Hyeonggon Yoo <42.hyeyoo@xxxxxxxxx>

Thanks!

> base-commit: 5b0ed5964928b0aaf0d644c17c886c7f5ea4bb3f
> change-id: 20230220-kobj_type-mm-slub-02d25836de84
>
> Best regards,
> --
> Thomas Weißschuh <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>