linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] video: constify geode ops structures

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Message-ID: <20151110063821.GA31014@infradead.org>
Date:	Mon, 9 Nov 2015 22:38:21 -0800
From:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Cc:	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>,
	Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@...6.fr>,
	Jean-Christophe Plagniol-Villard <plagnioj@...osoft.com>,
	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
	Tomi Valkeinen <tomi.valkeinen@...com>,
	linux-geode@...ts.infradead.org, linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] video: constify geode ops structures

On Mon, Nov 09, 2015 at 01:20:12PM -0800, Kees Cook wrote:
> Just to remind everyone: while we certainly want to clean these up in
> the code where possible, we still want to make the constification
> plugin part of the regular builds. We want to provide a
> secure-by-default build, even when vendors are adding their own
> out-of-tree code when producing Linux-based products. So, we'll always
> want to have the plugin as a back-stop for out-of-tree code, or places
> where const was accidentally missed upstream.

Who is 'we'?  While a plugin like this that warns would be very ueful
I strongly disagree with bloating the kernel tree with any infrastructure
primarily aimed at out of tree code.
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