On Sun Jun 29 2025, Christophe JAILLET wrote:
'struct devlink_region_ops' and 'struct hellcreek_fdb_entry' are not
modified in this driver.
Constifying these structures moves some data to a read-only section, so
increases overall security, especially when the structure holds some
function pointers.
On a x86_64, with allmodconfig:
Before:
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text data bss dec hex filename
55320 19216 320 74856 12468 drivers/net/dsa/hirschmann/hellcreek.o
After:
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text data bss dec hex filename
55960 18576 320 74856 12468 drivers/net/dsa/hirschmann/hellcreek.o
Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <redacted>
Reviewed-by: Kurt Kanzenbach <kurt@linutronix.de>