Since commit aed65af1cc2f ("drivers: make device_type const"), the driver core can properly handle constant struct device_type. Move the ppp_type variable to be a constant structure as well, placing it into read-only memory which can not be modified at runtime. Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Ricardo B. Marliere <ricardo@xxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c b/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c index 3dd52bf28f15..db1d11ae817b 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c +++ b/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c @@ -1607,7 +1607,7 @@ static const struct net_device_ops ppp_netdev_ops = { .ndo_fill_forward_path = ppp_fill_forward_path, }; -static struct device_type ppp_type = { +static const struct device_type ppp_type = { .name = "ppp", }; -- 2.43.0