linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v6 00/12] mm: establish const-correctness for pointer parameters

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <d418e2ba-a3e7-48bf-9576-90fddde706f3@redhat.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2025 10:12:05 +0200
From: David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
To: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@...cle.com>,
 Max Kellermann <max.kellermann@...os.com>
Cc: akpm@...ux-foundation.org, axelrasmussen@...gle.com, yuanchu@...gle.com,
 willy@...radead.org, hughd@...gle.com, mhocko@...e.com,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org, Liam.Howlett@...cle.com,
 vbabka@...e.cz, rppt@...nel.org, surenb@...gle.com, vishal.moola@...il.com,
 linux@...linux.org.uk, James.Bottomley@...senpartnership.com, deller@....de,
 agordeev@...ux.ibm.com, gerald.schaefer@...ux.ibm.com, hca@...ux.ibm.com,
 gor@...ux.ibm.com, borntraeger@...ux.ibm.com, svens@...ux.ibm.com,
 davem@...emloft.net, andreas@...sler.com, dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com,
 luto@...nel.org, peterz@...radead.org, tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...hat.com,
 bp@...en8.de, x86@...nel.org, hpa@...or.com, chris@...kel.net,
 jcmvbkbc@...il.com, viro@...iv.linux.org.uk, brauner@...nel.org,
 jack@...e.cz, weixugc@...gle.com, baolin.wang@...ux.alibaba.com,
 rientjes@...gle.com, shakeel.butt@...ux.dev, thuth@...hat.com,
 broonie@...nel.org, osalvador@...e.de, jfalempe@...hat.com,
 mpe@...erman.id.au, nysal@...ux.ibm.com,
 linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-parisc@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-s390@...r.kernel.org, sparclinux@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 00/12] mm: establish const-correctness for pointer
 parameters

On 02.09.25 08:19, Lorenzo Stoakes wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 01, 2025 at 10:50:09PM +0200, Max Kellermann wrote:
>> For improved const-correctness in the low-level memory-management
>> subsystem, which provides a basis for further const-ification further
>> up the call stack (e.g. filesystems).
> 
> Great, this succinctly expresses what you want!
> 
>>
>> This patch series splitted into smaller patches was initially posted
>> as a single large patch:
>>
>>   https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20250827192233.447920-1-max.kellermann@ionos.com/
>>
>> I started this work when I tried to constify the Ceph filesystem code,
>> but found that to be impossible because many "mm" functions accept
>> non-const pointer, even though they modify nothing.
> 
> And as Vlasta said, this is great context.

Yes, that's valuable information, and the series is looking lovely now.

-- 
Cheers

David / dhildenb