Re: [PATCH] wlcore: testmode: Constify strutc nla_policy

From: Jeff Johnson
Date: Tue Nov 12 2024 - 18:45:36 EST


On 11/11/2024 5:40 AM, Christophe JAILLET wrote:
> 'struct nla_policy' 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
> 5062 528 0 5590 15d6 drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/testmode.o
>
> After:
> =====
> text data bss dec hex filename
> 5178 404 0 5582 15ce drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/testmode.o
>
> Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Jeff Johnson <quic_jjohnson@xxxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
> Compile tested only
> ---
> drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/testmode.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/testmode.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/testmode.c
> index 3f338b8096c7..fc8ea58bc165 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/testmode.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/testmode.c
> @@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ enum wl1271_tm_attrs {
> };
> #define WL1271_TM_ATTR_MAX (__WL1271_TM_ATTR_AFTER_LAST - 1)
>
> -static struct nla_policy wl1271_tm_policy[WL1271_TM_ATTR_MAX + 1] = {
> +static const struct nla_policy wl1271_tm_policy[WL1271_TM_ATTR_MAX + 1] = {
> [WL1271_TM_ATTR_CMD_ID] = { .type = NLA_U32 },
> [WL1271_TM_ATTR_ANSWER] = { .type = NLA_U8 },
> [WL1271_TM_ATTR_DATA] = { .type = NLA_BINARY,