linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] sysctl: treewide: constify ctl_table_root::set

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Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2023 05:22:56 -0800
From: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>
To: Thomas Weißschuh <linux@...ssschuh.net>
Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
	Joel Granados <j.granados@...sung.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] sysctl: treewide: constify ctl_table_root::set_ownership

On Tue, Dec 26, 2023 at 01:32:42PM +0100, Thomas Weißschuh wrote:
> The set_ownership callback is not supposed to modify the ctl_table.
> Enforce this expectation via the typesystem.
> 
> The patch was created with the following coccinelle script:
> 
>   virtual patch
>   virtual context
>   virtual report

If you remove this virtual stuff and mention how we verify manually
through the build how users do not exits which rely on modifying the the
table I thinkt these two patches are ready, thanks for doing this in
Coccinelle it helps me review this faster!

  Luis