linux-kernel - [PATCH 03/29] 9p: move xattr-related structs to .rodata

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Message-Id: <20230930050033.41174-4-wedsonaf@gmail.com>
Date:   Sat, 30 Sep 2023 02:00:07 -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>,
        Eric Van Hensbergen <ericvh@...nel.org>,
        Latchesar Ionkov <lucho@...kov.net>,
        Dominique Martinet <asmadeus@...ewreck.org>,
        Christian Schoenebeck <linux_oss@...debyte.com>,
        v9fs@...ts.linux.dev
Subject: [PATCH 03/29] 9p: move xattr-related structs to .rodata

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

This makes it harder for accidental or malicious changes to
v9fs_xattr_user_handler, v9fs_xattr_trusted_handler,
v9fs_xattr_security_handler, or v9fs_xattr_handlers at runtime.

Cc: Eric Van Hensbergen <ericvh@...nel.org>
Cc: Latchesar Ionkov <lucho@...kov.net>
Cc: Dominique Martinet <asmadeus@...ewreck.org>
Cc: Christian Schoenebeck <linux_oss@...debyte.com>
Cc: v9fs@...ts.linux.dev
Signed-off-by: Wedson Almeida Filho <walmeida@...rosoft.com>
---
 fs/9p/xattr.c | 8 ++++----
 fs/9p/xattr.h | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/9p/xattr.c b/fs/9p/xattr.c
index e00cf8109b3f..053d1cef6e13 100644
--- a/fs/9p/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/9p/xattr.c
@@ -162,27 +162,27 @@ static int v9fs_xattr_handler_set(const struct xattr_handler *handler,
 	return v9fs_xattr_set(dentry, full_name, value, size, flags);
 }
 
-static struct xattr_handler v9fs_xattr_user_handler = {
+static const struct xattr_handler v9fs_xattr_user_handler = {
 	.prefix	= XATTR_USER_PREFIX,
 	.get	= v9fs_xattr_handler_get,
 	.set	= v9fs_xattr_handler_set,
 };
 
-static struct xattr_handler v9fs_xattr_trusted_handler = {
+static const struct xattr_handler v9fs_xattr_trusted_handler = {
 	.prefix	= XATTR_TRUSTED_PREFIX,
 	.get	= v9fs_xattr_handler_get,
 	.set	= v9fs_xattr_handler_set,
 };
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_9P_FS_SECURITY
-static struct xattr_handler v9fs_xattr_security_handler = {
+static const struct xattr_handler v9fs_xattr_security_handler = {
 	.prefix	= XATTR_SECURITY_PREFIX,
 	.get	= v9fs_xattr_handler_get,
 	.set	= v9fs_xattr_handler_set,
 };
 #endif
 
-const struct xattr_handler *v9fs_xattr_handlers[] = {
+const struct xattr_handler * const v9fs_xattr_handlers[] = {
 	&v9fs_xattr_user_handler,
 	&v9fs_xattr_trusted_handler,
 #ifdef CONFIG_9P_FS_SECURITY
diff --git a/fs/9p/xattr.h b/fs/9p/xattr.h
index b5636e544c8a..3ad5a802352a 100644
--- a/fs/9p/xattr.h
+++ b/fs/9p/xattr.h
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #include <net/9p/9p.h>
 #include <net/9p/client.h>
 
-extern const struct xattr_handler *v9fs_xattr_handlers[];
+extern const struct xattr_handler * const v9fs_xattr_handlers[];
 
 ssize_t v9fs_fid_xattr_get(struct p9_fid *fid, const char *name,
 			   void *buffer, size_t buffer_size);
-- 
2.34.1