| Message ID | 20240217-device_cleanup-net-v1-6-1eb31fb689f7@marliere.net (mailing list archive) |
|---|---|
| State | Accepted |
| Commit | e443f3acbc6d9ac4f7b138833cc93319294f58e3 |
| Delegated to: | Netdev Maintainers |
| Headers | show |
| Series | net: constify struct device_type usage | expand |
On Sat, Feb 17, 2024 at 05:13:28PM -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 geneve_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>
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", };
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@linuxfoundation.org> Signed-off-by: Ricardo B. Marliere <ricardo@marliere.net> --- drivers/net/geneve.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)