From: Maciej Fijalkowski <maciej.fijalkowski@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2024 13:12:58 +0200 > On Tue, Oct 15, 2024 at 04:53:36PM +0200, Alexander Lobakin wrote: >> In lots of places, bpf_prog pointer is used only for tracing or other >> stuff that doesn't modify the structure itself. Same for net_device. >> Address at least some of them and add `const` attributes there. The >> object code didn't change, but that may prevent unwanted data >> modifications and also allow more helpers to have const arguments. > > I believe that this patch is not related to idpf XDP support at all. This > could be pulled out and send separately and reduce the amount of code > jungle that one has to go through in this set ;) First of all, this series is called "core code changes". Second is that without this patch I simply can't introduce libeth_xdp in its current form, as in some functions I pass const pointers, but here they won't be const -> compile-time error. Thanks, Olek
