Make this const as it not modified in the file referencing it. It is only stored in a const field 'type' of a device structure. Also, add const to the variable declaration in the header file. Signed-off-by: Bhumika Goyal <bhumirks@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/pci/pci-sysfs.c | 2 +- drivers/pci/pci.h | 2 +- 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/pci/pci-sysfs.c b/drivers/pci/pci-sysfs.c index 1eecfa3..882d6c3 100644 --- a/drivers/pci/pci-sysfs.c +++ b/drivers/pci/pci-sysfs.c @@ -1788,6 +1788,6 @@ static umode_t sriov_attrs_are_visible(struct kobject *kobj, NULL, }; -struct device_type pci_dev_type = { +const struct device_type pci_dev_type = { .groups = pci_dev_attr_groups, }; diff --git a/drivers/pci/pci.h b/drivers/pci/pci.h index a6560c9..1db36f2 100644 --- a/drivers/pci/pci.h +++ b/drivers/pci/pci.h @@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ static inline int pci_no_d1d2(struct pci_dev *dev) } extern const struct attribute_group *pci_dev_groups[]; extern const struct attribute_group *pcibus_groups[]; -extern struct device_type pci_dev_type; +extern const struct device_type pci_dev_type; extern const struct attribute_group *pci_bus_groups[]; -- 1.9.1