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powerpc: powernv: Constify struct kobj_type
authorHuang Xiaojia <huangxiaojia2@huawei.com>
Mon, 26 Aug 2024 15:09:56 +0000 (23:09 +0800)
committerMichael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
Thu, 5 Sep 2024 12:25:36 +0000 (22:25 +1000)
commit7492ca369e98a45b55592456dc1b24d58b3392f5
treeaaffcc4d2f26748b1713719a6b994f08824d069d
parent7509c23770054fdaffd966926462248d44a323c1
powerpc: powernv: Constify struct kobj_type

'struct kobj_type' is not modified. It is only used in kobject_init()
which takes a 'const struct kobj_type *ktype' parameter.

Constifying this structure moves some data to a read-only section,
so increase over all security.

On a x86_64, compiled with ppc64 defconfig:
Before:
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   text    data     bss     dec     hex filename
   3775     256       8    4039     fc7 arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal-dump.o
   2679     260       8    2947     b83 arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal-elog.o

After:
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   text    data     bss     dec     hex filename
   3823     208       8    4039     fc7 arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal-dump.o
   2727     212       8    2947     b83 arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal-elog.o

Signed-off-by: Huang Xiaojia <huangxiaojia2@huawei.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
Link: https://msgid.link/20240826150957.3500237-2-huangxiaojia2@huawei.com
arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal-dump.c
arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal-elog.c