Since commit aed65af1cc2f ("drivers: make device_type const"), the driver core can properly handle constant struct device_type. Move the wlan_type and wwan_type variables to be constant structures 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/usb/usbnet.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c b/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c index 2d14b0d78541..b21ebe24057f 100644 --- a/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c +++ b/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c @@ -1654,11 +1654,11 @@ static const struct net_device_ops usbnet_netdev_ops = { // precondition: never called in_interrupt -static struct device_type wlan_type = { +static const struct device_type wlan_type = { .name = "wlan", }; -static struct device_type wwan_type = { +static const struct device_type wwan_type = { .name = "wwan", }; -- 2.43.0