Since commit aed65af1cc2f ("drivers: make device_type const"), the driver core can properly handle constant struct device_type. Move the hsr_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> --- net/hsr/hsr_device.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/net/hsr/hsr_device.c b/net/hsr/hsr_device.c index 5ef6d437db72..c98b5b71ad7c 100644 --- a/net/hsr/hsr_device.c +++ b/net/hsr/hsr_device.c @@ -467,7 +467,7 @@ static const struct net_device_ops hsr_device_ops = { .ndo_set_rx_mode = hsr_set_rx_mode, }; -static struct device_type hsr_type = { +static const struct device_type hsr_type = { .name = "hsr", }; -- 2.43.0