linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] fs/proc/namespaces: make ns

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Message-ID: <20250915-infrage-heimisch-ffdb2870c6ac@brauner>
Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2025 14:18:44 +0200
From: Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>
To: Max Kellermann <max.kellermann@...os.com>
Cc: Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>,
	Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	Mateusz Guzik <mjguzik@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fs/proc/namespaces: make ns_entries const

On Tue, 09 Sep 2025 09:55:06 +0200, Max Kellermann wrote:
> Global variables that are never modified should be "const" so so that
> they live in the .rodata section instead of the .data section of the
> kernel, gaining the protection of the kernel's strict memory
> permissions as described in Documentation/security/self-protection.rst
> 
> 

Applied to the vfs-6.18.misc branch of the vfs/vfs.git tree.
Patches in the vfs-6.18.misc branch should appear in linux-next soon.

Please report any outstanding bugs that were missed during review in a
new review to the original patch series allowing us to drop it.

It's encouraged to provide Acked-bys and Reviewed-bys even though the
patch has now been applied. If possible patch trailers will be updated.

Note that commit hashes shown below are subject to change due to rebase,
trailer updates or similar. If in doubt, please check the listed branch.

tree:   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs.git
branch: vfs-6.18.misc

[1/1] fs/proc/namespaces: make ns_entries const
      https://git.kernel.org/vfs/vfs/c/91beadc05329