Since commit aed65af1cc2f ("drivers: make device_type const"), the driver
core can properly handle constant struct device_type. Move the vlan_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>
---
 net/8021q/vlan_dev.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/8021q/vlan_dev.c b/net/8021q/vlan_dev.c
index 790b54a7cbe3..df5552518251 100644
--- a/net/8021q/vlan_dev.c
+++ b/net/8021q/vlan_dev.c
@@ -537,7 +537,7 @@ static const struct header_ops vlan_passthru_header_ops = {
        .parse_protocol = vlan_parse_protocol,
 };
 
-static struct device_type vlan_type = {
+static const struct device_type vlan_type = {
        .name   = "vlan",
 };
 

-- 
2.43.0


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