block: make block_class constant

Since commit 43a7206 ("driver core: class: make class_register() take
a const *"), the driver core allows for struct class to be in read-only
memory, so move the block_class structure to be declared at build time
placing it into read-only memory, instead of having to be dynamically
allocated at boot time.

Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]>
Suggested-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Ricardo B. Marliere <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <[email protected]>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/[email protected]
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <[email protected]>

Author: rbmarliere

block/genhd.c

@@ -1201,7 +1201,7 @@ static int block_uevent(const struct device *dev, struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
 	return add_uevent_var(env, "DISKSEQ=%llu", disk->diskseq);
 }
 
-struct class block_class = {
+const struct class block_class = {
 	.name		= "block",
 	.dev_uevent	= block_uevent,
 };

drivers/base/base.h

@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ static inline int devtmpfs_init(void) { return 0; }
 #endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_BLOCK
-extern struct class block_class;
+extern const struct class block_class;
 static inline bool is_blockdev(struct device *dev)
 {
 	return dev->class == &block_class;

include/linux/blkdev.h

@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ struct blk_crypto_profile;
 
 extern const struct device_type disk_type;
 extern const struct device_type part_type;
-extern struct class block_class;
+extern const struct class block_class;
 
 /*
  * Maximum number of blkcg policies allowed to be registered concurrently.