Since commit aed65af1cc2f ("drivers: make device_type const"), the driver core can properly handle constant struct device_type. Move the l2tpeth_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> --- net/l2tp/l2tp_eth.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/net/l2tp/l2tp_eth.c b/net/l2tp/l2tp_eth.c index 25ca89f80414..39e487ccc468 100644 --- a/net/l2tp/l2tp_eth.c +++ b/net/l2tp/l2tp_eth.c @@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ static const struct net_device_ops l2tp_eth_netdev_ops = { .ndo_set_mac_address = eth_mac_addr, }; -static struct device_type l2tpeth_type = { +static const struct device_type l2tpeth_type = { .name = "l2tpeth", }; -- 2.43.0