linux-kernelorg-stable/drivers/char
Joel Granados 1751f872cc treewide: const qualify ctl_tables where applicable
Add the const qualifier to all the ctl_tables in the tree except for
watchdog_hardlockup_sysctl, memory_allocation_profiling_sysctls,
loadpin_sysctl_table and the ones calling register_net_sysctl (./net,
drivers/inifiniband dirs). These are special cases as they use a
registration function with a non-const qualified ctl_table argument or
modify the arrays before passing them on to the registration function.

Constifying ctl_table structs will prevent the modification of
proc_handler function pointers as the arrays would reside in .rodata.
This is made possible after commit 78eb4ea25c ("sysctl: treewide:
constify the ctl_table argument of proc_handlers") constified all the
proc_handlers.

Created this by running an spatch followed by a sed command:
Spatch:
    virtual patch

    @
    depends on !(file in "net")
    disable optional_qualifier
    @

    identifier table_name != {
      watchdog_hardlockup_sysctl,
      iwcm_ctl_table,
      ucma_ctl_table,
      memory_allocation_profiling_sysctls,
      loadpin_sysctl_table
    };
    @@

    + const
    struct ctl_table table_name [] = { ... };

sed:
    sed --in-place \
      -e "s/struct ctl_table .table = &uts_kern/const struct ctl_table *table = \&uts_kern/" \
      kernel/utsname_sysctl.c

Reviewed-by: Song Liu <song@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org> # for kernel/trace/
Reviewed-by: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@oracle.com> # SCSI
Reviewed-by: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@kernel.org> # xfs
Acked-by: Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@intel.com>
Acked-by: Corey Minyard <cminyard@mvista.com>
Acked-by: Wei Liu <wei.liu@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Reviewed-by: Bill O'Donnell <bodonnel@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Baoquan He <bhe@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Ashutosh Dixit <ashutosh.dixit@intel.com>
Acked-by: Anna Schumaker <anna.schumaker@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Joel Granados <joel.granados@kernel.org>
2025-01-28 13:48:37 +01:00
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agp
hw_random
ipmi treewide: const qualify ctl_tables where applicable 2025-01-28 13:48:37 +01:00
mwave
tpm tpm: Change to kvalloc() in eventlog/acpi.c 2025-01-23 10:52:23 +02:00
xilinx_hwicap
xillybus
Kconfig
Makefile
adi.c
apm-emulation.c
applicom.c
applicom.h
bsr.c
ds1620.c
dsp56k.c
dtlk.c
hangcheck-timer.c
hpet.c treewide: const qualify ctl_tables where applicable 2025-01-28 13:48:37 +01:00
lp.c
mem.c
misc.c misc: misc_minor_alloc to use ida for all dynamic/misc dynamic minors 2025-01-08 13:18:10 +01:00
nsc_gpio.c
nvram.c
nwbutton.c
nwbutton.h
nwflash.c
pc8736x_gpio.c
powernv-op-panel.c
ppdev.c
ps3flash.c
random.c treewide: const qualify ctl_tables where applicable 2025-01-28 13:48:37 +01:00
scx200_gpio.c
sonypi.c
tlclk.c
toshiba.c
ttyprintk.c
uv_mmtimer.c
virtio_console.c virtio: console: Replace deprecated kmap_atomic with kmap_local_page 2025-01-10 16:12:38 +01:00