linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next v3 04/18] bpf, xdp: constify some bpf

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Message-ID: <87y1239nxf.fsf@toke.dk>
Date: Fri, 01 Nov 2024 12:46:36 +0100
From: Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke@...hat.com>
To: Alexander Lobakin <aleksander.lobakin@...el.com>, "David S. Miller"
 <davem@...emloft.net>, Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, Jakub Kicinski
 <kuba@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>
Cc: Alexander Lobakin <aleksander.lobakin@...el.com>, Alexei Starovoitov
 <ast@...nel.org>, Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>, John Fastabend
 <john.fastabend@...il.com>, Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@...nel.org>, Maciej
 Fijalkowski <maciej.fijalkowski@...el.com>, Stanislav Fomichev
 <sdf@...ichev.me>, Magnus Karlsson <magnus.karlsson@...el.com>,
 nex.sw.ncis.osdt.itp.upstreaming@...el.com, bpf@...r.kernel.org,
 netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v3 04/18] bpf, xdp: constify some bpf_prog *
 function arguments

Alexander Lobakin <aleksander.lobakin@...el.com> writes:

> In lots of places, bpf_prog pointer is used only for tracing or other
> stuff that doesn't modify the structure itself. Same for net_device.
> Address at least some of them and add `const` attributes there. The
> object code didn't change, but that may prevent unwanted data
> modifications and also allow more helpers to have const arguments.
>
> Signed-off-by: Alexander Lobakin <aleksander.lobakin@...el.com>

Reviewed-by: Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke@...hat.com>