linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/2] devcoredump: Constify 'struct bin

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Message-Id: <20250114-sysfs-const-bin_attr-devcoredump-v1-2-fa93be30efae@weissschuh.net>
Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2025 22:44:59 +0100
From: Thomas Weißschuh <linux@...ssschuh.net>
To: Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>, 
 Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>, 
 "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
 Thomas Weißschuh <linux@...ssschuh.net>
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] devcoredump: 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/base/devcoredump.c | 10 +++++-----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/base/devcoredump.c b/drivers/base/devcoredump.c
index 13b3614c9ac911e704d3485b4f0370ce3b0afff6..031b0d2ec924184f3b868fbaa3790b7f98bc9e2c 100644
--- a/drivers/base/devcoredump.c
+++ b/drivers/base/devcoredump.c
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ static void devcd_del(struct work_struct *wk)
 }
 
 static ssize_t devcd_data_read(struct file *filp, struct kobject *kobj,
-			       struct bin_attribute *bin_attr,
+			       const struct bin_attribute *bin_attr,
 			       char *buffer, loff_t offset, size_t count)
 {
 	struct device *dev = kobj_to_dev(kobj);
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ static ssize_t devcd_data_read(struct file *filp, struct kobject *kobj,
 }
 
 static ssize_t devcd_data_write(struct file *filp, struct kobject *kobj,
-				struct bin_attribute *bin_attr,
+				const struct bin_attribute *bin_attr,
 				char *buffer, loff_t offset, size_t count)
 {
 	struct device *dev = kobj_to_dev(kobj);
@@ -132,15 +132,15 @@ static ssize_t devcd_data_write(struct file *filp, struct kobject *kobj,
 	return count;
 }
 
-static struct bin_attribute devcd_attr_data =
+static const struct bin_attribute devcd_attr_data =
 	__BIN_ATTR(data, 0600, devcd_data_read, devcd_data_write, 0);
 
-static struct bin_attribute *devcd_dev_bin_attrs[] = {
+static const struct bin_attribute *const devcd_dev_bin_attrs[] = {
 	&devcd_attr_data, NULL,
 };
 
 static const struct attribute_group devcd_dev_group = {
-	.bin_attrs = devcd_dev_bin_attrs,
+	.bin_attrs_new = devcd_dev_bin_attrs,
 };
 
 static const struct attribute_group *devcd_dev_groups[] = {

-- 
2.48.0