Since commit aed65af1cc2f ("drivers: make device_type const"), the driver
core can properly handle constant struct device_type. Move the
counter_device_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/counter/counter-core.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/counter/counter-core.c b/drivers/counter/counter-core.c
index 29df0985f2ba..893b4f0726d2 100644
--- a/drivers/counter/counter-core.c
+++ b/drivers/counter/counter-core.c
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ static void counter_device_release(struct device *dev)
kfree(container_of(counter, struct counter_device_allochelper, counter));
}
-static struct device_type counter_device_type = {
+static const struct device_type counter_device_type = {
.name = "counter_device",
.release = counter_device_release,
};
---
base-commit: b6dce0452a0276339392bc5eeb722370a466ba25
change-id: 20240219-device_cleanup-counter-ca191517686c
Best regards,
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Ricardo B. Marliere <ricardo@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
