Re: [PATCH] fs/pstore: constify pstore_zbackend structures

From: Kees Cook
Date: Fri Mar 03 2017 - 14:47:53 EST


On Sun, Feb 19, 2017 at 1:37 AM, Bhumika Goyal <bhumirks@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> The references of pstore_zbackend structures are stored into the
> pointer zbackend of type struct pstore_zbackend. The pointer zbackend
> can be made const as it is only dereferenced. After making this change
> the pstore_zbackend structures whose references are stored into the
> pointer zbackend can be made const too.
>
> File size before:
> text data bss dec hex filename
> 4817 541 172 5530 159a fs/pstore/platform.o
>
> File size after:
> text data bss dec hex filename
> 4865 477 172 5514 158a fs/pstore/platform.o
>
> Signed-off-by: Bhumika Goyal <bhumirks@xxxxxxxxx>

Awesome, thanks! I've applied this to my tree; it should be visible in
-next soon.

-Kees

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Kees Cook
Pixel Security