Re: [PATCH] kvm/vfio: Constify struct kvm_device_ops
From: Alex Williamson
Date: Fri Nov 01 2024 - 10:37:48 EST
On Sat, 28 Sep 2024 11:52:46 +0200
Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 'struct kvm_device_ops' is not modified in this driver.
>
> Constifying this structure moves some data to a read-only section, so
> increases overall security, especially when the structure holds some
> function pointers.
>
> On a x86_64, with allmodconfig:
> Before:
> ======
> text data bss dec hex filename
> 2605 169 16 2790 ae6 virt/kvm/vfio.o
>
> After:
> =====
> text data bss dec hex filename
> 2685 89 16 2790 ae6 virt/kvm/vfio.o
>
> Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Compile tested only
> ---
> virt/kvm/vfio.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/virt/kvm/vfio.c b/virt/kvm/vfio.c
> index 388ae471d258..e72a6a1d5a20 100644
> --- a/virt/kvm/vfio.c
> +++ b/virt/kvm/vfio.c
> @@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ static void kvm_vfio_release(struct kvm_device *dev)
>
> static int kvm_vfio_create(struct kvm_device *dev, u32 type);
>
> -static struct kvm_device_ops kvm_vfio_ops = {
> +static const struct kvm_device_ops kvm_vfio_ops = {
> .name = "kvm-vfio",
> .create = kvm_vfio_create,
> .release = kvm_vfio_release,
Applied to vfio next branch for v6.13. Thanks,
Alex