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wifi: rtlwifi: Constify struct rtl_hal_ops and rtl_hal_cfg
authorChristophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@wanadoo.fr>
Sat, 17 May 2025 16:46:14 +0000 (18:46 +0200)
committerPing-Ke Shih <pkshih@realtek.com>
Tue, 10 Jun 2025 01:12:16 +0000 (09:12 +0800)
commit4c95423b6f01a50505308d2eaec2da2a2bcd3139
tree9a6810ca28205a77fdd2cae26dfaeda128c306e8
parent1b98f357dadd6ea613a435fbaef1a5dd7b35fd21
wifi: rtlwifi: Constify struct rtl_hal_ops and rtl_hal_cfg

'struct rtl_hal_ops' and 'struct rtl_hal_cfg' are not modified in these
drivers.

Constifying this structure moves some data to a read-only section, so
increase overall security, especially when the structure holds some
function pointers.

Constification of rtl_hal_cfg is only needed in rtl8192cu/sw.c

On a x86_64, with allmodconfig, as an example:
Before:
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   text    data     bss     dec     hex filename
  10167    5512     128   15807    3dbf drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8188ee/sw.o

After:
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   text    data     bss     dec     hex filename
  10743    4936     128   15807    3dbf drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8188ee/sw.o

Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@wanadoo.fr>
Signed-off-by: Ping-Ke Shih <pkshih@realtek.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/2c3f3d8d8b2f7dcb8cc64cebe89e55720d1d733d.1747500351.git.christophe.jaillet@wanadoo.fr
drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8188ee/sw.c
drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8192ce/sw.c
drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8192cu/sw.c
drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8192de/sw.c
drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8192ee/sw.c
drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8192se/sw.c
drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8723ae/sw.c
drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8723be/sw.c
drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8821ae/sw.c