linux-kernel - [PATCH 3/9] misc: sram: constify 'struct bin

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Message-Id: <20241216-sysfs-const-bin_attr-misc-drivers-v1-3-d50ff7b21367@weissschuh.net>
Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2024 12:32:58 +0100
From: Thomas Weißschuh <linux@...ssschuh.net>
To: Frederic Barrat <fbarrat@...ux.ibm.com>, 
 Andrew Donnellan <ajd@...ux.ibm.com>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, 
 Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc: linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
 Thomas Weißschuh <linux@...ssschuh.net>
Subject: [PATCH 3/9] misc: sram: 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/misc/sram.c | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/misc/sram.c b/drivers/misc/sram.c
index e40b027a88e25209933a20dc9dbd7db29cb81ba5..e5069882457ef6ba5dc084d02994034dc39d24c6 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/sram.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/sram.c
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 #define SRAM_GRANULARITY	32
 
 static ssize_t sram_read(struct file *filp, struct kobject *kobj,
-			 struct bin_attribute *attr,
+			 const struct bin_attribute *attr,
 			 char *buf, loff_t pos, size_t count)
 {
 	struct sram_partition *part;
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ static ssize_t sram_read(struct file *filp, struct kobject *kobj,
 }
 
 static ssize_t sram_write(struct file *filp, struct kobject *kobj,
-			  struct bin_attribute *attr,
+			  const struct bin_attribute *attr,
 			  char *buf, loff_t pos, size_t count)
 {
 	struct sram_partition *part;
@@ -83,8 +83,8 @@ static int sram_add_export(struct sram_dev *sram, struct sram_reserve *block,
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	part->battr.attr.mode = S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR;
-	part->battr.read = sram_read;
-	part->battr.write = sram_write;
+	part->battr.read_new = sram_read;
+	part->battr.write_new = sram_write;
 	part->battr.size = block->size;
 
 	return device_create_bin_file(sram->dev, &part->battr);

-- 
2.47.1