Since commit aed65af1cc2f ("drivers: make device_type const"), the driver core can properly handle constant struct device_type. Move the accel_sysfs_device_minor variable to be a constant structure as well, placing it into read-only memory which can not be modified at runtime. Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Ricardo B. Marliere <ricardo@xxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/accel/drm_accel.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/accel/drm_accel.c b/drivers/accel/drm_accel.c index 24cac4c0274b..16c3edb8c46e 100644 --- a/drivers/accel/drm_accel.c +++ b/drivers/accel/drm_accel.c @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ static struct idr accel_minors_idr; static struct dentry *accel_debugfs_root; -static struct device_type accel_sysfs_device_minor = { +static const struct device_type accel_sysfs_device_minor = { .name = "accel_minor" }; --- base-commit: b401b621758e46812da61fa58a67c3fd8d91de0d change-id: 20240219-device_cleanup-accel-a990dc3bfbc1 Best regards, -- Ricardo B. Marliere <ricardo@xxxxxxxxxxxx>