linux-ext4 - [PATCH 02/29] ext4: move ext4_xattr

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Message-Id: <20230930050033.41174-3-wedsonaf@gmail.com>
Date:   Sat, 30 Sep 2023 02:00:06 -0300
From:   Wedson Almeida Filho <wedsonaf@...il.com>
To:     Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Wedson Almeida Filho <walmeida@...rosoft.com>,
        "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>,
        Andreas Dilger <adilger.kernel@...ger.ca>,
        linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 02/29] ext4: move ext4_xattr_handlers to .rodata

From: Wedson Almeida Filho <walmeida@...rosoft.com>

This makes it harder for accidental or malicious changes to
ext4_xattr_handlers at runtime.

Cc: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
Cc: Andreas Dilger <adilger.kernel@...ger.ca>
Cc: linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Wedson Almeida Filho <walmeida@...rosoft.com>
---
 fs/ext4/xattr.c | 2 +-
 fs/ext4/xattr.h | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/ext4/xattr.c b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
index 05151d61b00b..5e8a7328fe4e 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ static const struct xattr_handler * const ext4_xattr_handler_map[] = {
 	[EXT4_XATTR_INDEX_HURD]		     = &ext4_xattr_hurd_handler,
 };
 
-const struct xattr_handler *ext4_xattr_handlers[] = {
+const struct xattr_handler * const ext4_xattr_handlers[] = {
 	&ext4_xattr_user_handler,
 	&ext4_xattr_trusted_handler,
 #ifdef CONFIG_EXT4_FS_SECURITY
diff --git a/fs/ext4/xattr.h b/fs/ext4/xattr.h
index 824faf0b15a8..bd97c4aa8177 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/xattr.h
+++ b/fs/ext4/xattr.h
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ extern int ext4_expand_extra_isize_ea(struct inode *inode, int new_extra_isize,
 			    struct ext4_inode *raw_inode, handle_t *handle);
 extern void ext4_evict_ea_inode(struct inode *inode);
 
-extern const struct xattr_handler *ext4_xattr_handlers[];
+extern const struct xattr_handler * const ext4_xattr_handlers[];
 
 extern int ext4_xattr_ibody_find(struct inode *inode, struct ext4_xattr_info *i,
 				 struct ext4_xattr_ibody_find *is);
-- 
2.34.1