'struct mii_phy_def' are not modified in this driver. Constifying these structures moves some data to a read-only section, so increase overall security. While at it fix the checkpatch warning related to this patch (some missing newlines and spaces around *) On a x86_64, with allmodconfig: Before: ====== 27709 928 0 28637 6fdd drivers/net/sungem_phy.o After: ===== text data bss dec hex filename 28157 476 0 28633 6fd9 drivers/net/sungem_phy.o Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@xxxxxxxxxx> --- Compile tested-only. --- drivers/net/sungem_phy.c | 35 +++++++++++++++++++---------------- include/linux/sungem_phy.h | 2 +- 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/sungem_phy.c b/drivers/net/sungem_phy.c index d591e33268e5..55aa8d0c8e1f 100644 --- a/drivers/net/sungem_phy.c +++ b/drivers/net/sungem_phy.c @@ -893,7 +893,7 @@ static const struct mii_phy_ops bcm5201_phy_ops = { .read_link = genmii_read_link, }; -static struct mii_phy_def bcm5201_phy_def = { +static const struct mii_phy_def bcm5201_phy_def = { .phy_id = 0x00406210, .phy_id_mask = 0xfffffff0, .name = "BCM5201", @@ -912,7 +912,7 @@ static const struct mii_phy_ops bcm5221_phy_ops = { .read_link = genmii_read_link, }; -static struct mii_phy_def bcm5221_phy_def = { +static const struct mii_phy_def bcm5221_phy_def = { .phy_id = 0x004061e0, .phy_id_mask = 0xfffffff0, .name = "BCM5221", @@ -930,7 +930,8 @@ static const struct mii_phy_ops bcm5241_phy_ops = { .poll_link = genmii_poll_link, .read_link = genmii_read_link, }; -static struct mii_phy_def bcm5241_phy_def = { + +static const struct mii_phy_def bcm5241_phy_def = { .phy_id = 0x0143bc30, .phy_id_mask = 0xfffffff0, .name = "BCM5241", @@ -949,7 +950,7 @@ static const struct mii_phy_ops bcm5400_phy_ops = { .read_link = bcm54xx_read_link, }; -static struct mii_phy_def bcm5400_phy_def = { +static const struct mii_phy_def bcm5400_phy_def = { .phy_id = 0x00206040, .phy_id_mask = 0xfffffff0, .name = "BCM5400", @@ -968,7 +969,7 @@ static const struct mii_phy_ops bcm5401_phy_ops = { .read_link = bcm54xx_read_link, }; -static struct mii_phy_def bcm5401_phy_def = { +static const struct mii_phy_def bcm5401_phy_def = { .phy_id = 0x00206050, .phy_id_mask = 0xfffffff0, .name = "BCM5401", @@ -987,7 +988,7 @@ static const struct mii_phy_ops bcm5411_phy_ops = { .read_link = bcm54xx_read_link, }; -static struct mii_phy_def bcm5411_phy_def = { +static const struct mii_phy_def bcm5411_phy_def = { .phy_id = 0x00206070, .phy_id_mask = 0xfffffff0, .name = "BCM5411", @@ -1007,7 +1008,7 @@ static const struct mii_phy_ops bcm5421_phy_ops = { .enable_fiber = bcm5421_enable_fiber, }; -static struct mii_phy_def bcm5421_phy_def = { +static const struct mii_phy_def bcm5421_phy_def = { .phy_id = 0x002060e0, .phy_id_mask = 0xfffffff0, .name = "BCM5421", @@ -1026,7 +1027,7 @@ static const struct mii_phy_ops bcm5421k2_phy_ops = { .read_link = bcm54xx_read_link, }; -static struct mii_phy_def bcm5421k2_phy_def = { +static const struct mii_phy_def bcm5421k2_phy_def = { .phy_id = 0x002062e0, .phy_id_mask = 0xfffffff0, .name = "BCM5421-K2", @@ -1045,7 +1046,7 @@ static const struct mii_phy_ops bcm5461_phy_ops = { .enable_fiber = bcm5461_enable_fiber, }; -static struct mii_phy_def bcm5461_phy_def = { +static const struct mii_phy_def bcm5461_phy_def = { .phy_id = 0x002060c0, .phy_id_mask = 0xfffffff0, .name = "BCM5461", @@ -1064,7 +1065,7 @@ static const struct mii_phy_ops bcm5462V_phy_ops = { .read_link = bcm54xx_read_link, }; -static struct mii_phy_def bcm5462V_phy_def = { +static const struct mii_phy_def bcm5462V_phy_def = { .phy_id = 0x002060d0, .phy_id_mask = 0xfffffff0, .name = "BCM5462-Vesta", @@ -1094,7 +1095,7 @@ static const struct mii_phy_ops marvell88e1111_phy_ops = { /* two revs in darwin for the 88e1101 ... I could use a datasheet * to get the proper names... */ -static struct mii_phy_def marvell88e1101v1_phy_def = { +static const struct mii_phy_def marvell88e1101v1_phy_def = { .phy_id = 0x01410c20, .phy_id_mask = 0xfffffff0, .name = "Marvell 88E1101v1", @@ -1102,7 +1103,8 @@ static struct mii_phy_def marvell88e1101v1_phy_def = { .magic_aneg = 1, .ops = &marvell88e1101_phy_ops }; -static struct mii_phy_def marvell88e1101v2_phy_def = { + +static const struct mii_phy_def marvell88e1101v2_phy_def = { .phy_id = 0x01410c60, .phy_id_mask = 0xfffffff0, .name = "Marvell 88E1101v2", @@ -1110,7 +1112,8 @@ static struct mii_phy_def marvell88e1101v2_phy_def = { .magic_aneg = 1, .ops = &marvell88e1101_phy_ops }; -static struct mii_phy_def marvell88e1111_phy_def = { + +static const struct mii_phy_def marvell88e1111_phy_def = { .phy_id = 0x01410cc0, .phy_id_mask = 0xfffffff0, .name = "Marvell 88E1111", @@ -1127,7 +1130,7 @@ static const struct mii_phy_ops generic_phy_ops = { .read_link = genmii_read_link }; -static struct mii_phy_def genmii_phy_def = { +static const struct mii_phy_def genmii_phy_def = { .phy_id = 0x00000000, .phy_id_mask = 0x00000000, .name = "Generic MII", @@ -1136,7 +1139,7 @@ static struct mii_phy_def genmii_phy_def = { .ops = &generic_phy_ops }; -static struct mii_phy_def* mii_phy_table[] = { +static const struct mii_phy_def *mii_phy_table[] = { &bcm5201_phy_def, &bcm5221_phy_def, &bcm5241_phy_def, @@ -1156,9 +1159,9 @@ static struct mii_phy_def* mii_phy_table[] = { int sungem_phy_probe(struct mii_phy *phy, int mii_id) { + const struct mii_phy_def *def; int rc; u32 id; - struct mii_phy_def* def; int i; /* We do not reset the mii_phy structure as the driver diff --git a/include/linux/sungem_phy.h b/include/linux/sungem_phy.h index c505f30e8b68..eecc7eb63bfb 100644 --- a/include/linux/sungem_phy.h +++ b/include/linux/sungem_phy.h @@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ enum { /* An instance of a PHY, partially borrowed from mii_if_info */ struct mii_phy { - struct mii_phy_def* def; + const struct mii_phy_def *def; u32 advertising; int mii_id; -- 2.45.2