Re: [PATCH] pmdomain: amlogic: Constify some structures

From: Martin Blumenstingl
Date: Sun May 04 2025 - 17:32:57 EST


On Fri, May 2, 2025 at 5:32 PM Christophe JAILLET
<christophe.jaillet@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Most structures in this driver are not modified.
>
> Constifying these structures moves some data to a read-only section, so
> increase overall security, especially when the structure holds some
> function pointers. (This is the case for see meson_ee_pwrc_domain_desc)
>
> On a x86_64, with allmodconfig, as an example:
> Before:
> ======
> text data bss dec hex filename
> 8924 3832 0 12756 31d4 drivers/pmdomain/amlogic/meson-ee-pwrc.o
>
> After:
> =====
> text data bss dec hex filename
> 12396 336 0 12732 31bc drivers/pmdomain/amlogic/meson-ee-pwrc.o
>
> Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Martin Blumenstingl <martin.blumenstingl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>