'struct dm_block_validator' are not modified in these drivers.
Constifying this structure moves some data to a read-only section, so
increase overall security.
On a x86_64, with allmodconfig, as an example:
Before:
======
text data bss dec hex filename
32047 920 16 32983 80d7 drivers/md/dm-cache-metadata.o
After:
=====
text data bss dec hex filename
32075 896 16 32987 80db drivers/md/dm-cache-metadata.o
Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@wanadoo.fr>
Signed-off-by: Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@redhat.com>
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