All ctl_table declared outside of functions and that remain unmodified after
initialization are const qualified. This prevents unintended modifications to
proc_handler function pointers by placing them in the .rodata section. This is
a continuation of the tree-wide effort started a few releases ago with the
constification of the ctl_table struct arguments in the sysctl API done in
78eb4ea25c ("sysctl: treewide: constify the ctl_table argument of
proc_handlers")
Testing:
Testing was done on 0-day and sysctl selftests in x86_64. The linux-next
branch was not used for such a big change in order to avoid unnecessary merge
conflicts
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Merge tag 'constfy-sysctl-6.14-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sysctl/sysctl
Pull sysctl table constification from Joel Granados:
"All ctl_table declared outside of functions and that remain unmodified
after initialization are const qualified.
This prevents unintended modifications to proc_handler function
pointers by placing them in the .rodata section.
This is a continuation of the tree-wide effort started a few releases
ago with the constification of the ctl_table struct arguments in the
sysctl API done in 78eb4ea25c ("sysctl: treewide: constify the
ctl_table argument of proc_handlers")"
* tag 'constfy-sysctl-6.14-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sysctl/sysctl:
treewide: const qualify ctl_tables where applicable
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