[PATCH] thermal/drivers/imx9: Constify struct thermal_zone_device_ops

Frank Li Frank.li at oss.nxp.com
Mon Aug 10 12:09:42 PDT 2026


On Sat, Aug 08, 2026 at 10:23:33PM +0200, Christophe JAILLET wrote:
> 'struct thermal_zone_device_ops' is not modified in this driver.
>
> Constifying this structure moves some data to a read-only section, so
> increases overall security, especially when the structure holds some
> function pointers.
>
> On a x86_64, with allmodconfig:
> Before:
> ======
>    text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
>    8567	   2144	      0	  10711	   29d7	drivers/thermal/imx91_thermal.o
>
> After:
> =====
>    text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
>    8695	   2016	      0	  10711	   29d7	drivers/thermal/imx91_thermal.o
>
> Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet at wanadoo.fr>
> ---

Reviewed-by: Frank Li <Frank.Li at nxp.com>

> Compile tested only.
> ---
>  drivers/thermal/imx91_thermal.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/thermal/imx91_thermal.c b/drivers/thermal/imx91_thermal.c
> index 25915bb702be..892a25440e06 100644
> --- a/drivers/thermal/imx91_thermal.c
> +++ b/drivers/thermal/imx91_thermal.c
> @@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ static int imx91_tmu_change_mode(struct thermal_zone_device *tz, enum thermal_de
>  	return 0;
>  }
>
> -static struct thermal_zone_device_ops tmu_tz_ops = {
> +static const struct thermal_zone_device_ops tmu_tz_ops = {
>  	.get_temp = imx91_tmu_get_temp,
>  	.change_mode = imx91_tmu_change_mode,
>  	.set_trips = imx91_tmu_set_trips,
> --
> 2.55.0
>
>



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