Since commit aed65af1cc2f ("drivers: make device_type const"), the driver core can properly handle constant struct device_type. Move the dax_mapping_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 <gre...@linuxfoundation.org> Signed-off-by: Ricardo B. Marliere <rica...@marliere.net> --- drivers/dax/bus.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/dax/bus.c b/drivers/dax/bus.c index 1ff1ab5fa105..e265ba019785 100644 --- a/drivers/dax/bus.c +++ b/drivers/dax/bus.c @@ -763,7 +763,7 @@ static const struct attribute_group *dax_mapping_attribute_groups[] = { NULL, }; -static struct device_type dax_mapping_type = { +static const struct device_type dax_mapping_type = { .release = dax_mapping_release, .groups = dax_mapping_attribute_groups, }; --- base-commit: b401b621758e46812da61fa58a67c3fd8d91de0d change-id: 20240219-device_cleanup-dax-d82fd0c67ffd Best regards, -- Ricardo B. Marliere <rica...@marliere.net>