Re: [PATCH] peci: npcm: Constify struct peci_controller_ops​

From: Winiarska, Iwona
Date: Mon Sep 09 2024 - 04:41:10 EST


On Sat, 2024-09-07 at 09:00 +0200, Christophe JAILLET wrote:
> 'struct peci_controller_ops' is not modified in this driver.
>
> Constifying this structure moves some data to a read-only section, so
> increase overall security, especially when the structure holds some
> function pointers.
>
> On a x86_64, with allmodconfig:
> Before:
> ======
>    text    data     bss     dec    
> hex filename
>    8003     784      48    8835   
> 2283 drivers/peci/controller/peci-npcm.o
>
> After:
> =====
>    text    data     bss     dec    
> hex filename
>    8003     776      48    8827   
> 227b drivers/peci/controller/peci-npcm.o
>
> Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@xxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Iwona Winiarska <iwona.winiarska@xxxxxxxxx>

Thanks
-Iwona

> ---
> Compile tested only
> ---
>  drivers/peci/controller/peci-npcm.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/peci/controller/peci-npcm.c
> b/drivers/peci/controller/peci-npcm.c
> index ec613d35c796..fa91be58f6f3 100644
> --- a/drivers/peci/controller/peci-npcm.c
> +++ b/drivers/peci/controller/peci-npcm.c
> @@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ static const struct regmap_config npcm_peci_regmap_config
> = {
>   .fast_io = true,
>  };
>  
> -static struct peci_controller_ops npcm_ops = {
> +static const struct peci_controller_ops npcm_ops = {
>   .xfer = npcm_peci_xfer,
>  };
>