driver core: module: make module_[add|remove]_driver take a const *

The functions module_add_driver() and module_remove_driver() do not
modify the struct device_driver structure directly, so they are safe to
be marked as a constant pointer type.

Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/2024070850-entering-grandson-205e@gregkh
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>

diff --git a/drivers/base/base.h b/drivers/base/base.h
index 0886f555d782f29515e4d507ca52d693b037ed4f..0b53593372d79d5db96de8136024c21e566f2ad0 100644 (file)
--- a/drivers/base/base.h
+++ b/drivers/base/base.h
@@ -192,8 +192,8 @@ extern struct kset *devices_kset;
 void devices_kset_move_last(struct device *dev);
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_MODULES) && defined(CONFIG_SYSFS)
-int module_add_driver(struct module *mod, struct device_driver *drv);
-void module_remove_driver(struct device_driver *drv);
+int module_add_driver(struct module *mod, const struct device_driver *drv);
+void module_remove_driver(const struct device_driver *drv);
 #else
 static inline int module_add_driver(struct module *mod,
                                    struct device_driver *drv)

diff --git a/drivers/base/module.c b/drivers/base/module.c
index a1b55da07127d8734ec7a2c981aadcc03a100677..7af224e6914a104744977c0ac09dc2790166f654 100644 (file)
--- a/drivers/base/module.c
+++ b/drivers/base/module.c
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 #include <linux/string.h>
 #include "base.h"
 
-static char *make_driver_name(struct device_driver *drv)
+static char *make_driver_name(const struct device_driver *drv)
 {
        char *driver_name;
 
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ static void module_create_drivers_dir(struct module_kobject *mk)
        mutex_unlock(&drivers_dir_mutex);
 }
 
-int module_add_driver(struct module *mod, struct device_driver *drv)
+int module_add_driver(struct module *mod, const struct device_driver *drv)
 {
        char *driver_name;
        struct module_kobject *mk = NULL;
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ out:
        return ret;
 }
 
-void module_remove_driver(struct device_driver *drv)
+void module_remove_driver(const struct device_driver *drv)
 {
        struct module_kobject *mk = NULL;
        char *driver_name;