linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ptp: ocp: Add const to bp->attr

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Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2025 18:20:40 +0000
From: patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@...nel.org
To: Kees Cook <kees@...nel.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] ptp: ocp: Add const to bp->attr_group allocation type

Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net-next.git (main)
by Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>:

On Fri, 25 Apr 2025 23:18:59 -0700 you wrote:
> In preparation for making the kmalloc family of allocators type aware,
> we need to make sure that the returned type from the allocation matches
> the type of the variable being assigned. (Before, the allocator would
> always return "void *", which can be implicitly cast to any pointer type.)
> 
> The assigned type is "const struct attribute_group **", but the returned
> type, while technically matching, will be not const qualified. As there is
> no general way to safely add const qualifiers, adjust the allocation type
> to match the assignment.
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - ptp: ocp: Add const to bp->attr_group allocation type
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/5fe6530cd54b

You are awesome, thank you!
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