Re: [PATCH] wifi: mwifiex: Constify struct mwifiex_if_ops

[Kalle Valo]

Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 'struct mwifiex_if_ops' are not modified in these drivers.
> 
> Constifying these structures 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, as an example:
> Before:
> ======
>    text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
>   61439	   4367	     32	  65838	  1012e	drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/pcie.o
> 
> After:
> =====
>    text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
>   61699	   4127	     32	  65858	  10142	drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/pcie.o
> 
> Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@xxxxxxxxxx>

Patch applied to wireless-next.git, thanks.

e50e30fa966e wifi: mwifiex: Constify struct mwifiex_if_ops

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