Re: [PATCH 5/5] selftests/bpf: make cfi_stubs globals const

From: bot+bpf-ci

Date: Wed Dec 31 2025 - 13:04:14 EST


> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_kmods/bpf_testmod.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_kmods/bpf_testmod.c
> index 90c4b1a51de6..5e460b1dbdb6 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_kmods/bpf_testmod.c
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_kmods/bpf_testmod.c

[ ... ]

> @@ -1275,7 +1275,7 @@ bpf_testmod_ops__test_return_ref_kptr(int dummy, struct task_struct *task__ref,
> return NULL;
> }
>
> -static struct bpf_testmod_ops __bpf_testmod_ops = {
> +static const struct bpf_testmod_ops __bpf_testmod_ops = {
> .test_1 = bpf_testmod_test_1,
> .test_2 = bpf_testmod_test_2,

Is it safe to make __bpf_testmod_ops const here? In bpf_testmod_init(),
this struct is modified at runtime:

tramp = (void **)&__bpf_testmod_ops.tramp_1;
while (tramp <= (void **)&__bpf_testmod_ops.tramp_40)
*tramp++ = bpf_testmod_tramp;

Writing to a const-qualified object is undefined behavior and may cause a
protection fault when the compiler places this in read-only memory. Would
the module fail to load on systems where .rodata is actually read-only?


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