linux-kernel - Re: (subset) [PATCH] mfd: rohm-bd71828: Constify some structures

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Message-Id: <175084637296.4142064.14602531767494530713.b4-ty@kernel.org>
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2025 11:12:52 +0100
From: Lee Jones <lee@...nel.org>
To: Matti Vaittinen <mazziesaccount@...il.com>, Lee Jones <lee@...nel.org>, 
 Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: (subset) [PATCH] mfd: rohm-bd71828: Constify some structures

On Sun, 15 Jun 2025 18:32:48 +0200, Christophe JAILLET wrote:
> Several structures are not modified in this driver. Constifying them moves
> some data to a read-only section, so increases overall security, especially
> when the structure holds some function pointers. This is the case for
> 'gpio_keys_platform_data' and 'mfd_cell'.
> 
> On a x86_64, with allmodconfig:
> Before:
> ======
>    text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
>   18161	  14112	    192	  32465	   7ed1	drivers/mfd/rohm-bd71828.o
> 
> [...]

Applied, thanks!

[1/1] mfd: rohm-bd71828: Constify some structures
      commit: e905ffecc34f66c35c9d3209fe5b111686adc28a

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Lee Jones [李琼斯]