Re: [PATCH] ASoC: codecs: wm8958: Add const to enum texts allocation types

[Cezary Rojewski]

On 9/17/2026 11:11 PM, Kees Cook wrote:
> From: Kees Cook <kees+treewide@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> In preparation for converting the kmalloc family of allocators to the
> type-aware kmalloc_obj family, we need to make sure that the returned
> type from the allocation matches the type of the variable being
> assigned. (The kmalloc family returns "void *", which can be implicitly
> cast to any pointer type.)
> 
> The assigned types of mbc_texts, vss_texts, vss_hpf_texts, and
> enh_eq_texts are "const char **", but the converted allocation types
> would be "char **", which is the same type without the const qualifier.
> As there is no general way to safely add const qualifiers, take the
> sizes from the assignment targets instead. No change in allocation size
> results.
> 
> Build tested ARCH=x86_64 allmodconfig with GCC 16.2.0:
> sound/soc/codecs/wm8958-dsp2.o
> 
> Assisted-by: LLM coccinelle
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <kees+treewide@xxxxxxxxxx>
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> Cc: Liam Girdwood <lgirdwood@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Mark Brown <broonie@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Jaroslav Kysela <perex@xxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@xxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Richard Fitzgerald <rf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Cezary Rojewski <cezary.rojewski@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Kuninori Morimoto <kuninori.morimoto.gx@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: bui duc phuc <phucduc.bui@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Reviewed-by: Cezary Rojewski <cezary.rojewski@xxxxxxxxx>