Since commit aed65af1cc2f ("drivers: make device_type const"), the driver
core can properly handle constant struct device_type. Move the l2tpeth_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@linuxfoundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Ricardo B. Marliere <ricardo@marliere.net>
---
 net/l2tp/l2tp_eth.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/l2tp/l2tp_eth.c b/net/l2tp/l2tp_eth.c
index 25ca89f80414..39e487ccc468 100644
--- a/net/l2tp/l2tp_eth.c
+++ b/net/l2tp/l2tp_eth.c
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ static const struct net_device_ops l2tp_eth_netdev_ops = {
 	.ndo_set_mac_address	= eth_mac_addr,
 };
 
-static struct device_type l2tpeth_type = {
+static const struct device_type l2tpeth_type = {
 	.name = "l2tpeth",
 };
 

-- 
2.43.0

On Sat, Feb 17, 2024 at 05:13:30PM -0300, Ricardo B. Marliere wrote:
> Since commit aed65af1cc2f ("drivers: make device_type const"), the driver
> core can properly handle constant struct device_type. Move the l2tpeth_type
> variable to be a constant structure as well, placing it into read-only
> memory which can not be modified at runtime.

Reviewed-by: Guillaume Nault <gnault@redhat.com>