'struct kobj_type' is not modified in this driver. It is only used with
kobject_init_and_add() which takes a "const struct kobj_type *" parameter.
Constifying this structure moves some data to a read-only section, so
increase overall security.
On a x86_64, with allmodconfig:
Before:
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text data bss dec hex filename
22403 4184 24 26611 67f3 fs/nilfs2/sysfs.o
After:
=====
text data bss dec hex filename
22723 3928 24 26675 6833 fs/nilfs2/sysfs.o
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20240708143242.3296-1-konishi.ryusuke@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@wanadoo.fr>
Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
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