* [PATCH] kernel: ksysfs: constify attribute_group structures.
@ 2017-06-29 12:01 Arvind Yadav
2017-06-29 16:14 ` Kees Cook
0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Arvind Yadav @ 2017-06-29 12:01 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: rmk+kernel, keescook, akpm, dyoung, hbathini; +Cc: ptesarik, linux-kernel
attribute_groups are not supposed to change at runtime. All functions
working with attribute_groups provided by <linux/sysfs.h> work with const
attribute_group. So mark the non-const structs as const.
File size before:
text data bss dec hex filename
1120 544 16 1680 690 kernel/ksysfs.o
File size After adding 'const':
text data bss dec hex filename
1160 480 16 1656 678 kernel/ksysfs.o
Signed-off-by: Arvind Yadav <arvind.yadav.cs@gmail.com>
---
kernel/ksysfs.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/kernel/ksysfs.c b/kernel/ksysfs.c
index 23cd706..df1a9aa 100644
--- a/kernel/ksysfs.c
+++ b/kernel/ksysfs.c
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ static ssize_t notes_read(struct file *filp, struct kobject *kobj,
NULL
};
-static struct attribute_group kernel_attr_group = {
+static const struct attribute_group kernel_attr_group = {
.attrs = kernel_attrs,
};
--
1.9.1
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* Re: [PATCH] kernel: ksysfs: constify attribute_group structures.
2017-06-29 12:01 [PATCH] kernel: ksysfs: constify attribute_group structures Arvind Yadav
@ 2017-06-29 16:14 ` Kees Cook
0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Kees Cook @ 2017-06-29 16:14 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Arvind Yadav, Andrew Morton
Cc: Russell King, Dave Young, Hari Bathini, Petr Tesarik, LKML
On Thu, Jun 29, 2017 at 5:01 AM, Arvind Yadav <arvind.yadav.cs@gmail.com> wrote:
> attribute_groups are not supposed to change at runtime. All functions
> working with attribute_groups provided by <linux/sysfs.h> work with const
> attribute_group. So mark the non-const structs as const.
>
> File size before:
> text data bss dec hex filename
> 1120 544 16 1680 690 kernel/ksysfs.o
>
> File size After adding 'const':
> text data bss dec hex filename
> 1160 480 16 1656 678 kernel/ksysfs.o
>
> Signed-off-by: Arvind Yadav <arvind.yadav.cs@gmail.com>
Thanks! Always nice to get more const structures. :)
Andrew, can you pick this up?
Acked-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
-Kees
> ---
> kernel/ksysfs.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/ksysfs.c b/kernel/ksysfs.c
> index 23cd706..df1a9aa 100644
> --- a/kernel/ksysfs.c
> +++ b/kernel/ksysfs.c
> @@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ static ssize_t notes_read(struct file *filp, struct kobject *kobj,
> NULL
> };
>
> -static struct attribute_group kernel_attr_group = {
> +static const struct attribute_group kernel_attr_group = {
> .attrs = kernel_attrs,
> };
>
> --
> 1.9.1
>
--
Kees Cook
Pixel Security
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