Since commit aed65af1cc2f ("drivers: make device_type const"), the driver core can properly handle constant struct device_type. Move the geneve_type 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/net/geneve.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/geneve.c b/drivers/net/geneve.c index 256602a72356..6f3f9b446b1d 100644 --- a/drivers/net/geneve.c +++ b/drivers/net/geneve.c @@ -1142,7 +1142,7 @@ static const struct ethtool_ops geneve_ethtool_ops = { }; /* Info for udev, that this is a virtual tunnel endpoint */ -static struct device_type geneve_type = { +static const struct device_type geneve_type = { .name = "geneve", }; -- 2.43.0