linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 1/9] ocxl: Constify 'struct bin

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Message-Id: <20241221-sysfs-const-bin_attr-misc-drivers-v2-1-ba5e79fe8771@weissschuh.net>
Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2024 15:48:07 +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 v2 1/9] ocxl: 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>
Acked-by: Andrew Donnellan <ajd@...ux.ibm.com>
---
 drivers/misc/ocxl/sysfs.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/misc/ocxl/sysfs.c b/drivers/misc/ocxl/sysfs.c
index 07520d6e6dc55702696b8656440914c379e6e27a..e849641687a005fec5eb7a6b2e96bc0e9d04dc05 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/ocxl/sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/ocxl/sysfs.c
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ static struct device_attribute afu_attrs[] = {
 };
 
 static ssize_t global_mmio_read(struct file *filp, struct kobject *kobj,
-				struct bin_attribute *bin_attr, char *buf,
+				const struct bin_attribute *bin_attr, char *buf,
 				loff_t off, size_t count)
 {
 	struct ocxl_afu *afu = to_afu(kobj_to_dev(kobj));
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ int ocxl_sysfs_register_afu(struct ocxl_file_info *info)
 	info->attr_global_mmio.attr.name = "global_mmio_area";
 	info->attr_global_mmio.attr.mode = 0600;
 	info->attr_global_mmio.size = info->afu->config.global_mmio_size;
-	info->attr_global_mmio.read = global_mmio_read;
+	info->attr_global_mmio.read_new = global_mmio_read;
 	info->attr_global_mmio.mmap = global_mmio_mmap;
 	rc = device_create_bin_file(&info->dev, &info->attr_global_mmio);
 	if (rc) {

-- 
2.47.1