Re: [PATCH v1] ALSA: aoa: Constify struct codec_connection

From: Takashi Iwai

Date: Sat Feb 28 2026 - 03:34:24 EST


On Thu, 26 Feb 2026 21:44:10 +0100,
Christophe JAILLET wrote:
>
> 'struct codec_connection' are not modified in this driver.
>
> Constifying these structures moves some data to a read-only section, so
> increases overall security.
>
> On a x86_64, with allmodconfig:
> Before:
> ======
> text data bss dec hex filename
> 10034 3392 12 13438 347e sound/aoa/fabrics/layout.o
>
> After:
> =====
> text data bss dec hex filename
> 10370 3040 12 13422 346e sound/aoa/fabrics/layout.o
>
> Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Compile tested only.
>
> The fabric_data field in struct aoa_codecis is only used in
> sound/aoa/fabrics/layout.c, so there should be no side effect for other
> files that include sound/aoa/aoa.h

Applied to for-next branch now. Thanks.


Takashi