linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] proc: make struct proc_dir

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Message-Id: <20231129140705.c1a7faa8f49572f5a50d2416@linux-foundation.org>
Date:   Wed, 29 Nov 2023 14:07:05 -0800
From:   Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] proc: make struct proc_dir_entry::name const

On Wed, 29 Nov 2023 12:46:57 +0300 Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com> wrote:

> Multiply ::name into "mut_name" and "name" which is "const char*".
> 
> PDE's name must not be mutated on live PDE, hint modules they should not
> do it.

Do any modules do this?  If so, we just broke them.  If not, why bother
with this change?