linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] wifi: ath10k: Constify structures in hw.c

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Message-Id: <174741724522.2935573.13839146888605668919.b4-ty@oss.qualcomm.com>
Date: Fri, 16 May 2025 10:40:45 -0700
From: Jeff Johnson <jeff.johnson@....qualcomm.com>
To: Jeff Johnson <jjohnson@...nel.org>,
        Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, ath10k@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] wifi: ath10k: Constify structures in hw.c


On Sat, 19 Apr 2025 10:29:17 +0200, Christophe JAILLET wrote:
> Structures defined in hw.c are not modified in this driver.
> 
> Constifying these structures moves some data to a read-only section, so
> increase overall security.
> 
> On a x86_64, with allmodconfig:
> Before:
> ======
>    text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
>   10357	    951	      0	  11308	   2c2c	drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/hw.o
> 
> [...]

Applied, thanks!

[1/1] wifi: ath10k: Constify structures in hw.c
      commit: bd8402eec9aa3f9d6c797bd51b3c5b4b029673af

Best regards,
-- 
Jeff Johnson <jeff.johnson@....qualcomm.com>