[hackers] [dwm][PATCH] move config data to read-only sections

From: <Joachim.Henke_AT_t-systems.com>
Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2017 15:02:56 +0000

commit 6a5056d4c919bb5ae0222b2fde0ed787d50092cf
Author: Joachim Henke <joachim.henke_AT_t-systems.com>
AuthorDate: Wed, 6 Sep 2017 16:26:42 +0200

The configuration data is just used read-only. So making it immutable
might improve security. Testing on x86_64 showed that the .data section
shrunk considerably: by ~2500 bytes.

diff --git a/config.def.h b/config.def.h
index a9ac303..a43a03c 100644
--- a/config.def.h
+++ b/config.def.h
_AT_@ -5,14 +5,14 @@ static const unsigned int borderpx = 1; /* border pixel of windows */
 static const unsigned int snap = 32; /* snap pixel */
 static const int showbar = 1; /* 0 means no bar */
 static const int topbar = 1; /* 0 means bottom bar */
-static const char *fonts[] = { "monospace:size=10" };
+static const char *const fonts[] = { "monospace:size=10" };
 static const char dmenufont[] = "monospace:size=10";
 static const char col_gray1[] = "#222222";
 static const char col_gray2[] = "#444444";
 static const char col_gray3[] = "#bbbbbb";
 static const char col_gray4[] = "#eeeeee";
 static const char col_cyan[] = "#005577";
-static const char *colors[][3] = {
+static const char *const colors[][3] = {
         /* fg bg border */
         [SchemeNorm] = { col_gray3, col_gray1, col_gray2 },
         [SchemeSel] = { col_gray4, col_cyan, col_cyan },
_AT_@ -56,10 +56,10 @@ static const Layout layouts[] = {
 
 /* commands */
 static char dmenumon[2] = "0"; /* component of dmenucmd, manipulated in spawn() */
-static const char *dmenucmd[] = { "dmenu_run", "-m", dmenumon, "-fn", dmenufont, "-nb", col_gray1, "-nf", col_gray3, "-sb", col_cyan, "-sf", col_gray4, NULL };
-static const char *termcmd[] = { "st", NULL };
+static const char *const dmenucmd[] = { "dmenu_run", "-m", dmenumon, "-fn", dmenufont, "-nb", col_gray1, "-nf", col_gray3, "-sb", col_cyan, "-sf", col_gray4, NULL };
+static const char *const termcmd[] = { "st", NULL };
 
-static Key keys[] = {
+static const Key keys[] = {
         /* modifier key function argument */
         { MODKEY, XK_p, spawn, {.v = dmenucmd } },
         { MODKEY|ShiftMask, XK_Return, spawn, {.v = termcmd } },
_AT_@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ static Key keys[] = {
 
 /* button definitions */
 /* click can be ClkLtSymbol, ClkStatusText, ClkWinTitle, ClkClientWin, or ClkRootWin */
-static Button buttons[] = {
+static const Button buttons[] = {
         /* click event mask button function argument */
         { ClkLtSymbol, 0, Button1, setlayout, {0} },
         { ClkLtSymbol, 0, Button3, setlayout, {.v = &layouts[2]} },
diff --git a/drw.c b/drw.c
index 319eb6b..902976f 100644
--- a/drw.c
+++ b/drw.c
_AT_@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ xfont_free(Fnt *font)
 }
 
 Fnt*
-drw_fontset_create(Drw* drw, const char *fonts[], size_t fontcount)
+drw_fontset_create(Drw* drw, const char *const fonts[], size_t fontcount)
 {
         Fnt *cur, *ret = NULL;
         size_t i;
_AT_@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ drw_clr_create(Drw *drw, XftColor *dest, const char *clrname)
 /* Wrapper to create color schemes. The caller has to call free(3) on the
  * returned color scheme when done using it. */
 Scm
-drw_scm_create(Drw *drw, const char *clrnames[], size_t clrcount)
+drw_scm_create(Drw *drw, const char *const clrnames[], size_t clrcount)
 {
         size_t i;
         Scm ret;
diff --git a/drw.h b/drw.h
index ff4355b..2de6a6f 100644
--- a/drw.h
+++ b/drw.h
_AT_@ -32,14 +32,14 @@ void drw_resize(Drw *drw, unsigned int w, unsigned int h);
 void drw_free(Drw *drw);
 
 /* Fnt abstraction */
-Fnt *drw_fontset_create(Drw* drw, const char *fonts[], size_t fontcount);
+Fnt *drw_fontset_create(Drw* drw, const char *const fonts[], size_t fontcount);
 void drw_fontset_free(Fnt* set);
 unsigned int drw_fontset_getwidth(Drw *drw, const char *text);
 void drw_font_getexts(Fnt *font, const char *text, unsigned int len, unsigned int *w, unsigned int *h);
 
 /* Colorscheme abstraction */
 void drw_clr_create(Drw *drw, XftColor *dest, const char *clrname);
-Scm drw_scm_create(Drw *drw, const char *clrnames[], size_t clrcount);
+Scm drw_scm_create(Drw *drw, const char *const clrnames[], size_t clrcount);
 
 /* Cursor abstraction */
 Cur *drw_cur_create(Drw *drw, int shape);
-- 
2.14.1
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