linux-kernel - [PATCH] parport: make parport_ip32_ops const and _

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>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:   Sun, 15 Oct 2017 22:04:23 +0100
From:   Sudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukherjee@...il.com>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Sudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukherjee@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH] parport: make parport_ip32_ops const and __initconst

From: Bhumika Goyal <bhumirks@...il.com>

Make this const as it is only used during a copy operation. This usage
is inside init function and the structure is not referenced after
initialisation, so make it __initconst too.

Signed-off-by: Bhumika Goyal <bhumirks@...il.com>
Signed-off-by: Sudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukherjee@...il.com>
---
 drivers/parport/parport_ip32.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/parport/parport_ip32.c b/drivers/parport/parport_ip32.c
index 0186db7..6287307 100644
--- a/drivers/parport/parport_ip32.c
+++ b/drivers/parport/parport_ip32.c
@@ -1769,7 +1769,7 @@ static size_t parport_ip32_ecp_write_data(struct parport *p,
 
 /*--- Default parport operations ---------------------------------------*/
 
-static __initdata struct parport_operations parport_ip32_ops = {
+static const struct parport_operations parport_ip32_ops __initconst = {
 	.write_data		= parport_ip32_write_data,
 	.read_data		= parport_ip32_read_data,
 
-- 
1.9.1