'struct nla_policy' is not modified in this driver.
Constifying this structure moves some data to a read-only section, so
increase 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
5062 528 0 5590 15d6 drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/testmode.o
After:
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text data bss dec hex filename
5178 404 0 5582 15ce drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/testmode.o
Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@wanadoo.fr>
Reviewed-by: Jeff Johnson <quic_jjohnson@quicinc.com>
Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@kernel.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/78810e3ebb74ddbd3a4538f182bf1143b89baba7.1731332414.git.christophe.jaillet@wanadoo.fr
};
#define WL1271_TM_ATTR_MAX (__WL1271_TM_ATTR_AFTER_LAST - 1)
-static struct nla_policy wl1271_tm_policy[WL1271_TM_ATTR_MAX + 1] = {
+static const struct nla_policy wl1271_tm_policy[WL1271_TM_ATTR_MAX + 1] = {
[WL1271_TM_ATTR_CMD_ID] = { .type = NLA_U32 },
[WL1271_TM_ATTR_ANSWER] = { .type = NLA_U8 },
[WL1271_TM_ATTR_DATA] = { .type = NLA_BINARY,