Re: [PATCH v3 02/23] drm: remove drm_vblank_no_hw_counter assignment from driver code

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Hi Russell,

On Tuesday 07 Feb 2017 10:44:49 Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 07, 2017 at 12:42:15PM +0200, Laurent Pinchart wrote:
> > On an unrelated note, for security reasons we should try to make the
> > driver
> > structure static, or at least move ops to a static structure.
> 
> ITYM "const" not "static".
> 
> "static" doesn't get you anything from a security point of view.  "const"
> gets you write protection, so code can't modify the function pointers.

That's what I meant, sorry. My brain-fingers link seems to be have a high 
noise level this week.

-- 
Regards,

Laurent Pinchart

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