Re: [kernel-hardening] [PATCH 0/2] introduce post-init read-only memory

[Clemens Ladisch]

Mathias Krause wrote:
> [...]
> So, prior extending the usage of the __read_only annotation some
> toolchain support is needed. Maybe a gcc plugin that'll warn/error on
> code that writes to such a variable but is not __init itself.

Or mark them as "const".  This would require the initialization code to
cast it away, probably with a helper macro.


Regards,
Clemens
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