[PATCH v3 02/23] drm: remove drm_vblank_no_hw_counter assignment from driver code
Laurent Pinchart
laurent.pinchart at ideasonboard.com
Tue Feb 7 10:58:10 UTC 2017
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.
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Regards,
Laurent Pinchart
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