linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] RDMA/hfi1: Constify struct mmu_rb

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Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2024 20:45:16 +0300
From: Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org>
To: Dennis Dalessandro <dennis.dalessandro@...nelisnetworks.com>, 
 Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...pe.ca>, 
 Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, 
 linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] RDMA/hfi1: Constify struct mmu_rb_ops


On Mon, 24 Jun 2024 22:13:27 +0200, Christophe JAILLET wrote:
> 'struct mmu_rb_ops' is not modified in this driver.
> 
> Constifying this structure moves some data to a read-only section, so
> increase overall security.
> 
> On a x86_64, with allmodconfig, as an example:
> Before:
> ======
>    text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
>   10879	    164	      0	  11043	   2b23	drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/pin_system.o
> 
> [...]

Applied, thanks!

[1/1] RDMA/hfi1: Constify struct mmu_rb_ops
      https://git.kernel.org/rdma/rdma/c/ccf238c8da1511

Best regards,
-- 
Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org>