netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] sfc: make function tables const

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Message-Id: <20110414.215524.104068954.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Thu, 14 Apr 2011 21:55:24 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	bhutchings@...arflare.com
Cc:	shemminger@...tta.com, shodgson@...arflare.com,
	linux-net-drivers@...arflare.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] sfc: make function tables const

From: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2011 17:37:18 +0100

> On Thu, 2011-04-14 at 08:50 -0700, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
>> The phy, mac, and board information structures should be const.
> 
> efx_nic_type actually holds information and function pointers about
> different generations of the controller, not different boards.
> 
>> Since tables contain function pointer this improves security
>> (at least theoretically).
>> 
>> Compile tested only.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>
> Acked-by: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>

Applied.
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