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Message-ID: <173375992872.157598.4366313738760552668.kvalo@kernel.org> Date: Mon, 9 Dec 2024 15:58:50 +0000 (UTC) From: Kalle Valo <kvalo@...nel.org> To: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr> Cc: Maxime Coquelin <mcoquelin.stm32@...il.com>, Alexandre Torgue <alexandre.torgue@...s.st.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>, linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, linux-stm32@...md-mailman.stormreply.com, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org Subject: Re: wifi: wlcore: testmode: Constify strutc nla_policy Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr> wrote: > 'struct nla_policy' is not modified in this driver. > > Constifying this structure moves some data to a read-only section, so > increase overall security, especially when the structure holds some > function pointers. > > On a x86_64, with allmodconfig: > Before: > ====== > text data bss dec hex filename > 5062 528 0 5590 15d6 drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/testmode.o > > After: > ===== > text data bss dec hex filename > 5178 404 0 5582 15ce drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/testmode.o > > Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr> > Reviewed-by: Jeff Johnson <quic_jjohnson@...cinc.com> Patch applied to wireless-next.git, thanks. 01e767d6f783 wifi: wlcore: testmode: Constify strutc nla_policy -- https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-wireless/patch/78810e3ebb74ddbd3a4538f182bf1143b89baba7.1731332414.git.christophe.jaillet@wanadoo.fr/ https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches
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