From 4a21d31d7bcb4c245783119252b0389255964cd2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Hongbo Li Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2024 09:17:43 +0800 Subject: [PATCH] fw_cfg: Constify struct kobj_type This 'struct kobj_type' is not modified. It is only used in kobject_init_and_add() which takes a 'const struct kobj_type *ktype' parameter. Constifying this structure and moving it to a read-only section, and this can increase over all security. ``` [Before] text data bss dec hex filename 5974 1008 96 7078 1ba6 drivers/firmware/qemu_fw_cfg.o [After] text data bss dec hex filename 6038 944 96 7078 1ba6 drivers/firmware/qemu_fw_cfg.o ``` Signed-off-by: Hongbo Li Message-Id: <20240904011743.2010319-1-lihongbo22@huawei.com> Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin --- drivers/firmware/qemu_fw_cfg.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/firmware/qemu_fw_cfg.c b/drivers/firmware/qemu_fw_cfg.c index 5f43dfa22f79..85c525745b31 100644 --- a/drivers/firmware/qemu_fw_cfg.c +++ b/drivers/firmware/qemu_fw_cfg.c @@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ static void fw_cfg_sysfs_release_entry(struct kobject *kobj) } /* kobj_type: ties together all properties required to register an entry */ -static struct kobj_type fw_cfg_sysfs_entry_ktype = { +static const struct kobj_type fw_cfg_sysfs_entry_ktype = { .default_groups = fw_cfg_sysfs_entry_groups, .sysfs_ops = &fw_cfg_sysfs_attr_ops, .release = fw_cfg_sysfs_release_entry, -- 2.39.5