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> --- include/linux/module.h | 2 +- kernel/params.c | 2 +- 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/include/linux/module.h b/include/linux/module.h index 8c5909c0076c..701869049be2 100644 --- a/include/linux/module.h +++ b/include/linux/module.h @@ -826,7 +826,7 @@ void *dereference_module_function_descriptor(struct module *mod, void *ptr) #ifdef CONFIG_SYSFS extern struct kset *module_kset; -extern struct kobj_type module_ktype; +extern const struct kobj_type module_ktype; #endif /* CONFIG_SYSFS */ #define symbol_request(x) try_then_request_module(symbol_get(x), "symbol:" #x) diff --git a/kernel/params.c b/kernel/params.c index 14d66070757b..049d7078fb21 100644 --- a/kernel/params.c +++ b/kernel/params.c @@ -947,7 +947,7 @@ static void module_kobj_release(struct kobject *kobj) complete(mk->kobj_completion); } -struct kobj_type module_ktype = { +const struct kobj_type module_ktype = { .release = module_kobj_release, .sysfs_ops = &module_sysfs_ops, }; --- base-commit: 0136d86b78522bbd5755f8194c97a987f0586ba5 change-id: 20230204-kobj_type-module-8d15fbee43a5 Best regards, -- Thomas Weißschuh <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>