[PATCH -next] cxl: Constify struct kobj_type

Hongbo Li lihongbo22 at huawei.com
Wed Sep 4 11:19:51 AEST 2024


This 'struct kobj_type' is not modified. It is only used in
kobject_init_and_add() which takes a 'const struct kobj_type *ktype'
parameter.

Constifying this structure and moving it to a read-only section,
and can increase over all security.

Signed-off-by: Hongbo Li <lihongbo22 at huawei.com>
---
 drivers/misc/cxl/sysfs.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/misc/cxl/sysfs.c b/drivers/misc/cxl/sysfs.c
index 315c43f17dd3..409bd1c39663 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/cxl/sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/cxl/sysfs.c
@@ -579,7 +579,7 @@ static void release_afu_config_record(struct kobject *kobj)
 	kfree(cr);
 }
 
-static struct kobj_type afu_config_record_type = {
+static const struct kobj_type afu_config_record_type = {
 	.sysfs_ops = &kobj_sysfs_ops,
 	.release = release_afu_config_record,
 	.default_groups = afu_cr_groups,
-- 
2.34.1



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