linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/9] cxl: Constify 'struct bin

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Message-ID: <4362fad63a4bf67e4ebef714498ed3acd0657ee7.camel@linux.ibm.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2024 18:21:30 +1100
From: Andrew Donnellan <ajd@...ux.ibm.com>
To: Thomas Weißschuh <linux@...ssschuh.net>,
        Frederic
 Barrat <fbarrat@...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
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/9] cxl: Constify 'struct bin_attribute'

On Mon, 2024-12-16 at 12:32 +0100, Thomas Weißschuh wrote:
> 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>

Acked-by: Andrew Donnellan <ajd@...ux.ibm.com>

noting that we're hoping to remove this driver shortly.


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Andrew Donnellan    OzLabs, ADL Canberra
ajd@...ux.ibm.com   IBM Australia Limited