2 files changed, 8 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/base/base.h b/drivers/base/base.h
index 50151e7db796..8bef47afa3a9 100644
--- a/drivers/base/base.h
+++ b/drivers/base/base.h
@@ -161,10 +161,11 @@ void device_release_driver_internal(struct device *dev, const struct device_driv
 void driver_detach(const struct device_driver *drv);
 void driver_deferred_probe_del(struct device *dev);
 void device_set_deferred_probe_reason(const struct device *dev, struct va_format *vaf);
-static inline int driver_match_device(struct device_driver *drv,
+static inline int driver_match_device(const struct device_driver *drv,
 				      struct device *dev)
 {
-	return drv->bus->match ? drv->bus->match(dev, drv) : 1;
+	/* cast will be removed in the future when match can handle a const pointer properly. */
+	return drv->bus->match ? drv->bus->match(dev, (struct device_driver *)drv) : 1;
 }
 
 static inline void dev_sync_state(struct device *dev)
diff --git a/drivers/base/dd.c b/drivers/base/dd.c
index 8ec22229e259..9b745ba54de1 100644
--- a/drivers/base/dd.c
+++ b/drivers/base/dd.c
@@ -1118,7 +1118,7 @@ static void __device_driver_unlock(struct device *dev, struct device *parent)
  * Manually attach driver to a device. Will acquire both @dev lock and
  * @dev->parent lock if needed. Returns 0 on success, -ERR on failure.
  */
-int device_driver_attach(struct device_driver *drv, struct device *dev)
+int device_driver_attach(const struct device_driver *drv, struct device *dev)
 {
 	int ret;
 
@@ -1154,7 +1154,7 @@ static void __driver_attach_async_helper(void *_dev, async_cookie_t cookie)
 
 static int __driver_attach(struct device *dev, void *data)
 {
-	struct device_driver *drv = data;
+	const struct device_driver *drv = data;
 	bool async = false;
 	int ret;
 
@@ -1227,9 +1227,10 @@ static int __driver_attach(struct device *dev, void *data)
  * returns 0 and the @dev->driver is set, we've found a
  * compatible pair.
  */
-int driver_attach(struct device_driver *drv)
+int driver_attach(const struct device_driver *drv)
 {
-	return bus_for_each_dev(drv->bus, NULL, drv, __driver_attach);
+	/* The (void *) will be put back to const * in __driver_attach() */
+	return bus_for_each_dev(drv->bus, NULL, (void *)drv, __driver_attach);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(driver_attach);