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[05/12] net: ppp: constify the struct device_type usage

Message ID 20240217-device_cleanup-net-v1-5-1eb31fb689f7@marliere.net
State New
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Series net: constify struct device_type usage |

Commit Message

Ricardo B. Marliere Feb. 17, 2024, 8:13 p.m. UTC 
  Since commit aed65af1cc2f ("drivers: make device_type const"), the driver
core can properly handle constant struct device_type. Move the ppp_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/ppp/ppp_generic.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

Comments

Guillaume Nault Feb. 19, 2024, 11:44 a.m. UTC | #1 
On Sat, Feb 17, 2024 at 05:13:27PM -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 ppp_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>
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Patch

diff --git a/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c b/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c
index 3dd52bf28f15..db1d11ae817b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c
@@ -1607,7 +1607,7 @@  static const struct net_device_ops ppp_netdev_ops = {
 	.ndo_fill_forward_path = ppp_fill_forward_path,
 };
 
-static struct device_type ppp_type = {
+static const struct device_type ppp_type = {
 	.name = "ppp",
 };