Re: [PATCH net-next] net: ibm/emac: Constify struct mii_phy_def
From: Andrew Lunn
Date: Wed Aug 07 2024 - 09:57:41 EST
On Wed, Aug 07, 2024 at 01:50:31PM +0200, Christophe JAILLET wrote:
> 'struct mii_phy_def' 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:
> ======
> 4901 464 0 5365 14f5 drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/emac/phy.o
>
> After:
> =====
> text data bss dec hex filename
> 5127 240 0 5367 14f7 drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/emac/phy.o
>
> Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@xxxxxxx>
Andrew