Since commit ee6d3dd4ed48 ("driver core: make kobj_type constant.") the driver core allows the usage of const struct kobj_type. Take advantage of this to constify the structure definition to prevent modification at runtime. Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/x86/platform/efi/runtime-map.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/platform/efi/runtime-map.c b/arch/x86/platform/efi/runtime-map.c index bbee682ef8cd..a6f02cef3ca2 100644 --- a/arch/x86/platform/efi/runtime-map.c +++ b/arch/x86/platform/efi/runtime-map.c @@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ static void map_release(struct kobject *kobj) kfree(entry); } -static struct kobj_type __refdata map_ktype = { +static const struct kobj_type __refconst map_ktype = { .sysfs_ops = &map_attr_ops, .default_groups = def_groups, .release = map_release, --- base-commit: 2fcd07b7ccd5fd10b2120d298363e4e6c53ccf9c change-id: 20230227-kobj_type-x86-efi-7591b1343b08 Best regards, -- Thomas Weißschuh <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>