netdev - [PATCH 07/12] coredump: mark struct mm

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Message-Id: <20251103-work-creds-guards-prepare_creds-v1-7-b447b82f2c9b@kernel.org>
Date: Mon, 03 Nov 2025 15:57:33 +0100
From: Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
 linux-aio@...ck.org, linux-unionfs@...r.kernel.org, 
 linux-erofs@...ts.ozlabs.org, linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org, 
 linux-cifs@...r.kernel.org, samba-technical@...ts.samba.org, 
 cgroups@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org, 
 linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org, linux-trace-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
 Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 07/12] coredump: mark struct mm_struct as const

We don't actually modify it.

Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>
---
 fs/coredump.c                  | 2 +-
 include/linux/sched/coredump.h | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/coredump.c b/fs/coredump.c
index 590360ba0a28..8253b28bc728 100644
--- a/fs/coredump.c
+++ b/fs/coredump.c
@@ -1092,7 +1092,7 @@ void vfs_coredump(const kernel_siginfo_t *siginfo)
 	size_t *argv __free(kfree) = NULL;
 	struct core_state core_state;
 	struct core_name cn;
-	struct mm_struct *mm = current->mm;
+	const struct mm_struct *mm = current->mm;
 	const struct linux_binfmt *binfmt = mm->binfmt;
 	const struct cred *old_cred;
 	int argc = 0;
diff --git a/include/linux/sched/coredump.h b/include/linux/sched/coredump.h
index b7fafe999073..624fda17a785 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched/coredump.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched/coredump.h
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 #define SUID_DUMP_USER		1	/* Dump as user of process */
 #define SUID_DUMP_ROOT		2	/* Dump as root */
 
-static inline unsigned long __mm_flags_get_dumpable(struct mm_struct *mm)
+static inline unsigned long __mm_flags_get_dumpable(const struct mm_struct *mm)
 {
 	/*
 	 * By convention, dumpable bits are contained in first 32 bits of the

-- 
2.47.3