Re: [PATCH] i2c: virtio: Constify struct i2c_algorithm and struct virtio_device_id

From: Christophe JAILLET
Date: Mon Sep 09 2024 - 15:38:32 EST


Le 09/09/2024 à 20:54, Andi Shyti a écrit :
Hi Christophe,

On Sun, Sep 08, 2024 at 08:52:07AM GMT, Christophe JAILLET wrote:
'struct i2c_algorithm' and 'struct virtio_device_id' are 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, which is the case for struct i2c_algorithm.

On a x86_64, with allmodconfig:
Before:
======
text data bss dec hex filename
6663 568 16 7247 1c4f drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-virtio.o

After:
=====
text data bss dec hex filename
6735 472 16 7223 1c37 drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-virtio.o

Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@xxxxxxxxxx>
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Compile tested only

Makes sense to me... if this works, you could pioneer a sequence
of simiar changes :-)

Hi,

I already did some other ones [1]. A few more still need to be checked.

I'll finish it after ending struct regulator_desc that I'm currently looking at. [2]


[1]: https://lore.kernel.org/all/?q=%22Constify+struct+i2c_algorithm%22
[2]: https://lore.kernel.org/all/?q=%22Constify+struct+regulator_desc%22


Merged to i2c/i2c-host.

Thanks.
CJ


Thanks,
Andi