Since commit aed65af1cc2f ("drivers: make device_type const"), the driver core can properly handle constant struct device_type. Move the vlan_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/8021q/vlan_dev.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/net/8021q/vlan_dev.c b/net/8021q/vlan_dev.c index 790b54a7cbe3..df5552518251 100644 --- a/net/8021q/vlan_dev.c +++ b/net/8021q/vlan_dev.c @@ -537,7 +537,7 @@ static const struct header_ops vlan_passthru_header_ops = { .parse_protocol = vlan_parse_protocol, }; -static struct device_type vlan_type = { +static const struct device_type vlan_type = { .name = "vlan", }; -- 2.43.0