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| author | Huang Xiaojia <huangxiaojia2@huawei.com> | 2024-08-26 23:09:56 +0800 | 
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| committer | Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au> | 2024-09-05 22:25:36 +1000 | 
| commit | 7492ca369e98a45b55592456dc1b24d58b3392f5 (patch) | |
| tree | aaffcc4d2f26748b1713719a6b994f08824d069d /scripts/gdb/linux/modules.py | |
| parent | 7509c23770054fdaffd966926462248d44a323c1 (diff) | |
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
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