linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 1/4] container_of: add container_of_const() that preserves const-ness of the pointer

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Message-Id: <20221205121206.166576-1-gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Date:   Mon,  5 Dec 2022 13:12:03 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...pe.ca>,
        Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@...ux.intel.com>,
        Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...dia.com>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
        Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH v2 1/4] container_of: add container_of_const() that preserves const-ness of the pointer

container_of does not preserve the const-ness of a pointer that is
passed into it, which can cause C code that passes in a const pointer to
get a pointer back that is not const and then scribble all over the data
in it.  To prevent this, container_of_const() will preserve the const
status of the pointer passed into it using the newly available _Generic()
method.

Suggested-by: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...pe.ca>
Suggested-by: Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@...ux.intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...dia.com>
Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
Cc: Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>
Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
---
v2: - removed one parameter, now matches container_of(), thanks to
      suggestion from Sakari
    - changed Jason's tag to suggested-by and reviewed-by
    - added Andy's tag

 include/linux/container_of.h | 13 +++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/linux/container_of.h b/include/linux/container_of.h
index 2008e9f4058c..1d898f9158b4 100644
--- a/include/linux/container_of.h
+++ b/include/linux/container_of.h
@@ -22,4 +22,17 @@
 		      "pointer type mismatch in container_of()");	\
 	((type *)(__mptr - offsetof(type, member))); })
 
+/**
+ * container_of_const - cast a member of a structure out to the containing
+ *			structure and preserve the const-ness of the pointer
+ * @ptr:		the pointer to the member
+ * @type:		the type of the container struct this is embedded in.
+ * @member:		the name of the member within the struct.
+ */
+#define container_of_const(ptr, type, member)				\
+	_Generic(ptr,							\
+		const typeof(*(ptr)) *: ((const type *)container_of(ptr, type, member)),\
+		default: ((type *)container_of(ptr, type, member))	\
+	)
+
 #endif	/* _LINUX_CONTAINER_OF_H */
-- 
2.38.1