linux-kernel - [PATCH 05/11] scsi: ibmvfc: Constify 'struct bin

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Message-Id: <20241216-sysfs-const-bin_attr-scsi-v1-5-f0a5e54b3437@weissschuh.net>
Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2024 12:29:12 +0100
From: Thomas Weißschuh <linux@...ssschuh.net>
To: "James E.J. Bottomley" <James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com>, 
 "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>, 
 Adam Radford <aradford@...il.com>, 
 Bradley Grove <linuxdrivers@...otech.com>, 
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 Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@...roup.eu>, 
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Cc: linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
 linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, 
 Thomas Weißschuh <linux@...ssschuh.net>
Subject: [PATCH 05/11] scsi: ibmvfc: Constify 'struct bin_attribute'

The sysfs core now allows instances of 'struct bin_attribute' to be
moved into read-only memory. Make use of that to protect them against
accidental or malicious modifications.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh <linux@...ssschuh.net>
---
 drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvfc.c | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvfc.c b/drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvfc.c
index e66c3ef74267a5527b21e6e1d13efb91425b158e..dc8401587bb529860d261ac83b924fceac8335d9 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvfc.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvfc.c
@@ -3639,7 +3639,7 @@ static DEVICE_ATTR(nr_scsi_channels, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,
  *	number of bytes printed to buffer
  **/
 static ssize_t ibmvfc_read_trace(struct file *filp, struct kobject *kobj,
-				 struct bin_attribute *bin_attr,
+				 const struct bin_attribute *bin_attr,
 				 char *buf, loff_t off, size_t count)
 {
 	struct device *dev = kobj_to_dev(kobj);
@@ -3662,13 +3662,13 @@ static ssize_t ibmvfc_read_trace(struct file *filp, struct kobject *kobj,
 	return count;
 }

-static struct bin_attribute ibmvfc_trace_attr = {
+static const struct bin_attribute ibmvfc_trace_attr = {
 	.attr =	{
 		.name = "trace",
 		.mode = S_IRUGO,
 	},
 	.size = 0,
-	.read = ibmvfc_read_trace,
+	.read_new = ibmvfc_read_trace,
 };
 #endif

-- 
2.47.1