Since commit ee6d3dd4ed48 ("driver core: make kobj_type constant.") the driver core allows the usage of const struct kobj_type. Take advantage of this to constify the structure definition to prevent modification at runtime. Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/slub.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c index 13459c69095a..be710dc4dc3e 100644 --- a/mm/slub.c +++ b/mm/slub.c @@ -6058,7 +6058,7 @@ static const struct sysfs_ops slab_sysfs_ops = { .store = slab_attr_store, }; -static struct kobj_type slab_ktype = { +static const struct kobj_type slab_ktype = { .sysfs_ops = &slab_sysfs_ops, .release = kmem_cache_release, }; --- base-commit: 5b0ed5964928b0aaf0d644c17c886c7f5ea4bb3f change-id: 20230220-kobj_type-mm-slub-02d25836de84 Best regards, -- Thomas Weißschuh <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>