Commit 7509c23
powerpc: Constify struct kobj_type
'struct kobj_type' is not modified. It is only used in
kobject_init_and_add()/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:
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text data bss dec hex filename
7145 606 0 7751 1e47 arch/powerpc/kernel/cacheinfo.o
3663 384 16 4063 fdf arch/powerpc/kernel/secvar-sysfs.o
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7193 558 0 7751 1e47 arch/powerpc/kernel/cacheinfo.o
3663 384 16 4063 fdf arch/powerpc/kernel/secvar-sysfs.o
Signed-off-by: Huang Xiaojia <huangxiaojia2@huawei.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
Link: https://msgid.link/20240826150957.3500237-1-huangxiaojia2@huawei.com1 parent 02b98ff commit 7509c23
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