linux-kernel - [PATCH] ucounts: constify sysctl table user

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Message-Id: <20240825-sysctl-const-ucount-v1-1-b4e9277c62a1@weissschuh.net>
Date: Sun, 25 Aug 2024 12:53:14 +0200
From: Thomas Weißschuh <linux@...ssschuh.net>
To: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>, Kees Cook <kees@...nel.org>, 
 Joel Granados <j.granados@...sung.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
 Thomas Weißschuh <linux@...ssschuh.net>
Subject: [PATCH] ucounts: constify sysctl table user_table

The data of user_table is never modified,
but only used as a template to create copies from.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh <linux@...ssschuh.net>
---
kernel/ucount.c has no proper maintainer.
This patch is meant for the sysctl tree.
---
 kernel/ucount.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/ucount.c b/kernel/ucount.c
index 8c07714ff27d..4f6dd1a30117 100644
--- a/kernel/ucount.c
+++ b/kernel/ucount.c
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ static long ue_int_max = INT_MAX;
 		.extra1		= &ue_zero,			\
 		.extra2		= &ue_int_max,			\
 	}
-static struct ctl_table user_table[] = {
+static const struct ctl_table user_table[] = {
 	UCOUNT_ENTRY("max_user_namespaces"),
 	UCOUNT_ENTRY("max_pid_namespaces"),
 	UCOUNT_ENTRY("max_uts_namespaces"),

---
base-commit: d2bafcf224f3911b183113b2fcb536c9e90684a3
change-id: 20240805-sysctl-const-ucount-5da084520770

Best regards,
-- 
Thomas Weißschuh <linux@...ssschuh.net>