[PATCH] cifs: Constify static struct genl_ops

[PATCH] cifs: Constify static struct genl_ops

[Rikard Falkeborn]

The only usage of cifs_genl_ops[] is to assign its address to the ops
field in the genl_family struct, which is a pointer to const. Make it
const to allow the compiler to put it in read-only memory.

Signed-off-by: Rikard Falkeborn <rikard.falkeborn@gmail.com>
---
 fs/cifs/netlink.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/cifs/netlink.c b/fs/cifs/netlink.c
index 5aaabe4cc0a7..291cb606f149 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/netlink.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/netlink.c
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ static const struct nla_policy cifs_genl_policy[CIFS_GENL_ATTR_MAX + 1] = {
 	[CIFS_GENL_ATTR_SWN_RESOURCE_NAME]	= { .type = NLA_STRING},
 };
 
-static struct genl_ops cifs_genl_ops[] = {
+static const struct genl_ops cifs_genl_ops[] = {
 	{
 		.cmd = CIFS_GENL_CMD_SWN_NOTIFY,
 		.validate = GENL_DONT_VALIDATE_STRICT | GENL_DONT_VALIDATE_DUMP,
-- 
2.31.1

Re: [PATCH] cifs: Constify static struct genl_ops

[Steve French]

merged into cifs-2.6.git for-next

On Wed, May 26, 2021 at 4:06 PM Rikard Falkeborn
<rikard.falkeborn@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> The only usage of cifs_genl_ops[] is to assign its address to the ops
> field in the genl_family struct, which is a pointer to const. Make it
> const to allow the compiler to put it in read-only memory.
>
> Signed-off-by: Rikard Falkeborn <rikard.falkeborn@gmail.com>
> ---
>  fs/cifs/netlink.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/cifs/netlink.c b/fs/cifs/netlink.c
> index 5aaabe4cc0a7..291cb606f149 100644
> --- a/fs/cifs/netlink.c
> +++ b/fs/cifs/netlink.c
> @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ static const struct nla_policy cifs_genl_policy[CIFS_GENL_ATTR_MAX + 1] = {
>         [CIFS_GENL_ATTR_SWN_RESOURCE_NAME]      = { .type = NLA_STRING},
>  };
>
> -static struct genl_ops cifs_genl_ops[] = {
> +static const struct genl_ops cifs_genl_ops[] = {
>         {
>                 .cmd = CIFS_GENL_CMD_SWN_NOTIFY,
>                 .validate = GENL_DONT_VALIDATE_STRICT | GENL_DONT_VALIDATE_DUMP,
> --
> 2.31.1
>


-- 
Thanks,

Steve