Since commit aed65af1cc2f ("drivers: make device_type const"), the driver core can properly handle constant struct device_type. Move the dsa_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/dsa/user.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/net/dsa/user.c b/net/dsa/user.c index 5d666dfb317d..4d53c76a9840 100644 --- a/net/dsa/user.c +++ b/net/dsa/user.c @@ -2429,7 +2429,7 @@ static const struct net_device_ops dsa_user_netdev_ops = { .ndo_fill_forward_path = dsa_user_fill_forward_path, }; -static struct device_type dsa_type = { +static const struct device_type dsa_type = { .name = "dsa", }; -- 2.43.0