linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] scsi: Constify struct pci_error

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Message-ID: <173915612132.10716.10485033554569373348.b4-ty@oracle.com>
Date: Sun,  9 Feb 2025 21:58:24 -0500
From: "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>
To: Adaptec OEM Raid Solutions <aacraid@...rosemi.com>,
        "James E.J. Bottomley" <James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com>,
        Ketan Mukadam <ketan.mukadam@...adcom.com>,
        Anil Gurumurthy <anil.gurumurthy@...gic.com>,
        Sudarsana Kalluru <sudarsana.kalluru@...gic.com>,
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        Nilesh Javali <njavali@...vell.com>,
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        Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>
Cc: "Martin K . Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] scsi: Constify struct pci_error_handlers

On Sun, 19 Jan 2025 21:29:39 +0100, Christophe JAILLET wrote:

> 'struct pci_error_handlers' are not modified in these drivers.
> 
> Constifying these structures 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, as an example:
> Before:
> ======
>    text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
>   39049	   6429	    112	  45590	   b216	drivers/scsi/aacraid/linit.o
> 
> [...]

Applied to 6.15/scsi-queue, thanks!

[1/1] scsi: Constify struct pci_error_handlers
      https://git.kernel.org/mkp/scsi/c/14807b4a4e03

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Martin K. Petersen	Oracle Linux Engineering