linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] sysctl: constify ctl_table arguments of utility function

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Message-ID: <20240514134004.vrykjaynv2f5p2fx@joelS2.panther.com>
Date: Tue, 14 May 2024 15:40:04 +0200
From: Joel Granados <j.granados@...sung.com>
To: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
CC: Thomas WeiÃŸschuh <linux@...ssschuh.net>, Luis
	Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	<linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] sysctl: constify ctl_table arguments of utility
 function

On Mon, May 13, 2024 at 12:47:07PM -0700, Kees Cook wrote:
> On Mon, May 13, 2024 at 11:25:18AM +0200, Joel Granados via B4 Relay wrote:
> > From: Thomas Weißschuh <linux@...ssschuh.net>
> > 
> > In a future commit the proc_handlers themselves will change to
> > "const struct ctl_table". As a preparation for that adapt the internal
> > helper.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh <linux@...ssschuh.net>
> 
> Yup, looks good. At what point is this safe to apply to Linus's tree?
> i.e. what prerequisite patches need to land before this?

I was planning to queue this for v6.11. I expect the other patches (1/11 - 9/11)
will make it to mainline at that point.

This patchset has no dependencies and can easily go into v6.11 as it is trivial,
the generated assember (in x86_64 at least) is unchanged and it has been tested
it in 0-day.

> 
> Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
> 
> -- 
> Kees Cook

-- 

Joel Granados

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