As far as I can tell, name is never modified. This would allow names to be assigned from variables in non-writable sections. static const foo[] = "bar"; struct pci_driver baz = { .name = foo; }; Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx> --- diff --git a/include/linux/pci.h b/include/linux/pci.h index b1d1795..acdd032 100644 --- a/include/linux/pci.h +++ b/include/linux/pci.h @@ -541,7 +541,7 @@ struct pci_error_handlers { struct module; struct pci_driver { struct list_head node; - char *name; + const char *name; const struct pci_device_id *id_table; /* must be non-NULL for probe to be called */ int (*probe) (struct pci_dev *dev, const struct pci_device_id *id); /* New device inserted */ void (*remove) (struct pci_dev *dev); /* Device removed (NULL if not a hot-plug capable driver) */ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-pci" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html