'struct kobj_type' is not modified in this driver. It is only used with
kobject_init_and_add() which takes a "const struct kobj_type *" parameter.
Constifying this structure moves some data to a read-only section, so
increase overall security.
On a x86_64, with allmodconfig, as an example:
Before:
======
text data bss dec hex filename
4082 792 8 4882 1312 drivers/block/rnbd/rnbd-srv-sysfs.o
After:
=====
text data bss dec hex filename
4210 672 8 4890 131a drivers/block/rnbd/rnbd-srv-sysfs.o
Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@wanadoo.fr>
Reviewed-by: Chaitanya Kulkarni <kch@nvidia.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/e3d454173ffad30726c9351810d3aa7b75122711.1720462252.git.christophe.jaillet@wanadoo.fr
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
}
}
-static struct kobj_type rnbd_dev_ktype = {
+static const struct kobj_type rnbd_dev_ktype = {
.sysfs_ops = &kobj_sysfs_ops,
.default_groups = rnbd_dev_groups,
};
kfree(dev);
}
-static struct kobj_type dev_ktype = {
+static const struct kobj_type dev_ktype = {
.sysfs_ops = &kobj_sysfs_ops,
.release = rnbd_srv_dev_release
};
rnbd_destroy_sess_dev(sess_dev, sess_dev->keep_id);
}
-static struct kobj_type rnbd_srv_sess_dev_ktype = {
+static const struct kobj_type rnbd_srv_sess_dev_ktype = {
.sysfs_ops = &kobj_sysfs_ops,
.release = rnbd_srv_sess_dev_release,
};