[PATCH] proc: make struct proc_dir_entry::name const

From: Alexey Dobriyan
Date: Wed Nov 29 2023 - 04:47:07 EST


Multiply ::name into "mut_name" and "name" which is "const char*".

PDE's name must not be mutated on live PDE, hint modules they should not
do it.

Many other members must not be mutated live as well, but start with
obvious one.

Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@xxxxxxxxx>
---

fs/proc/generic.c | 2 +-
fs/proc/internal.h | 5 ++++-
fs/proc/proc_net.c | 2 +-
3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

--- a/fs/proc/generic.c
+++ b/fs/proc/generic.c
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ static struct proc_dir_entry *__proc_create(struct proc_dir_entry **parent,
}
}

- memcpy(ent->name, fn, qstr.len + 1);
+ memcpy(ent->mut_name, fn, qstr.len + 1);
ent->namelen = qstr.len;
ent->mode = mode;
ent->nlink = nlink;
--- a/fs/proc/internal.h
+++ b/fs/proc/internal.h
@@ -59,7 +59,10 @@ struct proc_dir_entry {
struct proc_dir_entry *parent;
struct rb_root subdir;
struct rb_node subdir_node;
- char *name;
+ union {
+ const char *name;
+ char *mut_name;
+ };
umode_t mode;
u8 flags;
u8 namelen;
--- a/fs/proc/proc_net.c
+++ b/fs/proc/proc_net.c
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ static __net_init int proc_net_ns_init(struct net *net)
netd->namelen = 3;
netd->parent = &proc_root;
netd->name = netd->inline_name;
- memcpy(netd->name, "net", 4);
+ memcpy(netd->mut_name, "net", 4);

uid = make_kuid(net->user_ns, 0);
if (!uid_valid(uid))