Hi Christophe, On Sun, Sep 08, 2024 at 08:52:07AM GMT, Christophe JAILLET wrote: > 'struct i2c_algorithm' and 'struct virtio_device_id' are not modified in > this driver. > > Constifying this structure moves some data to a read-only section, so > increase overall security, especially when the structure holds some > function pointers, which is the case for struct i2c_algorithm. > > On a x86_64, with allmodconfig: > Before: > ====== > text data bss dec hex filename > 6663 568 16 7247 1c4f drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-virtio.o > > After: > ===== > text data bss dec hex filename > 6735 472 16 7223 1c37 drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-virtio.o > > Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jail...@wanadoo.fr> > -- > Compile tested only
Makes sense to me... if this works, you could pioneer a sequence of simiar changes :-) Merged to i2c/i2c-host. Thanks, Andi
