The inet6_protocol structure is only passed as the first argument to inet6_add_protocol or inet6_del_protocol, both of which are declared as const. Thus the inet6_protocol structure itself can be const. Also drop __read_mostly on the newly const structure. Done with the help of Coccinelle. Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@xxxxxxx> --- net/l2tp/l2tp_ip6.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/net/l2tp/l2tp_ip6.c b/net/l2tp/l2tp_ip6.c index 88b397c..d2efcd9 100644 --- a/net/l2tp/l2tp_ip6.c +++ b/net/l2tp/l2tp_ip6.c @@ -788,7 +788,7 @@ static int l2tp_ip6_recvmsg(struct sock *sk, struct msghdr *msg, size_t len, .ops = &l2tp_ip6_ops, }; -static struct inet6_protocol l2tp_ip6_protocol __read_mostly = { +static const struct inet6_protocol l2tp_ip6_protocol = { .handler = l2tp_ip6_recv, }; -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-janitors" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html