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> --- drivers/of/kobj.c | 2 +- include/linux/of.h | 2 +- 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/of/kobj.c b/drivers/of/kobj.c index 7d3853a5a09a..3dbce1e6f184 100644 --- a/drivers/of/kobj.c +++ b/drivers/of/kobj.c @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ static void of_node_release(struct kobject *kobj) } #endif /* CONFIG_OF_DYNAMIC */ -struct kobj_type of_node_ktype = { +const struct kobj_type of_node_ktype = { .release = of_node_release, }; diff --git a/include/linux/of.h b/include/linux/of.h index 8b9f94386dc3..8bb348666709 100644 --- a/include/linux/of.h +++ b/include/linux/of.h @@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ struct of_reconfig_data { }; /* initialize a node */ -extern struct kobj_type of_node_ktype; +extern const struct kobj_type of_node_ktype; extern const struct fwnode_operations of_fwnode_ops; static inline void of_node_init(struct device_node *node) { --- base-commit: 0136d86b78522bbd5755f8194c97a987f0586ba5 change-id: 20230204-kobj_type-of-cc701bdb2730 Best regards, -- Thomas Weißschuh <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>