Since commit aed65af1cc2f ("drivers: make device_type const"), the driver
core can properly handle constant struct device_type. Move the geneve_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/geneve.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/geneve.c b/drivers/net/geneve.c
index 256602a72356..6f3f9b446b1d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/geneve.c
+++ b/drivers/net/geneve.c
@@ -1142,7 +1142,7 @@ static const struct ethtool_ops geneve_ethtool_ops = {
};
/* Info for udev, that this is a virtual tunnel endpoint */
-static struct device_type geneve_type = {
+static const struct device_type geneve_type = {
.name = "geneve",
};
--
2.43.0
