linux-kernel - [PATCH] x86: move a few device initialization objects into .devinit.rodata

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Thu, 12 Mar 2009 12:09:57 +0000
From:	"Jan Beulich" <jbeulich@...ell.com>
To:	<mingo@...e.hu>, <tglx@...utronix.de>, <hpa@...or.com>
Cc:	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] x86: move a few device initialization objects into
	 .devinit.rodata

Impact: debuggability and micro-optimization

Putting whatever is possible into the (final) .rodata section increases
the likelihood of catching memory corruption bugs early, and reduces
false cache line sharing.

Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@...ell.com>

---
 arch/x86/pci/common.c |    4 ++--
 arch/x86/pci/fixup.c  |    4 ++--
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

--- linux-2.6.29-rc7/arch/x86/pci/common.c	2009-03-04 09:10:19.000000000 +0100
+++ 2.6.29-rc7-devinitconst-x86/arch/x86/pci/common.c	2009-02-13 12:31:59.000000000 +0100
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ static int __devinit can_skip_ioresource
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static struct dmi_system_id can_skip_pciprobe_dmi_table[] __devinitdata = {
+static const struct dmi_system_id can_skip_pciprobe_dmi_table[] __devinitconst = {
 /*
  * Systems where PCI IO resource ISA alignment can be skipped
  * when the ISA enable bit in the bridge control is not set
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ static int __devinit assign_all_busses(c
 }
 #endif
 
-static struct dmi_system_id __devinitdata pciprobe_dmi_table[] = {
+static const struct dmi_system_id __devinitconst pciprobe_dmi_table[] = {
 #ifdef __i386__
 /*
  * Laptops which need pci=assign-busses to see Cardbus cards
--- linux-2.6.29-rc7/arch/x86/pci/fixup.c	2009-03-04 09:10:19.000000000 +0100
+++ 2.6.29-rc7-devinitconst-x86/arch/x86/pci/fixup.c	2009-02-13 12:31:59.000000000 +0100
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ static void __devinit pci_fixup_video(st
 DECLARE_PCI_FIXUP_FINAL(PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID, pci_fixup_video);
 
 
-static struct dmi_system_id __devinitdata msi_k8t_dmi_table[] = {
+static const struct dmi_system_id __devinitconst msi_k8t_dmi_table[] = {
 	{
 		.ident = "MSI-K8T-Neo2Fir",
 		.matches = {
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ DECLARE_PCI_FIXUP_RESUME(PCI_VENDOR_ID_V
  */
 static u16 toshiba_line_size;
 
-static struct dmi_system_id __devinitdata toshiba_ohci1394_dmi_table[] = {
+static const struct dmi_system_id __devinitconst toshiba_ohci1394_dmi_table[] = {
 	{
 		.ident = "Toshiba PS5 based laptop",
 		.matches = {



--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/