[PATCH v3 00/11] sysctl: treewide: constify ctl_table argument of sysctl handlers

[Thomas Weißschuh]

* Patch 1 is a bugfix for the stack_erasing sysctl handler
* Patches 2-10 change various helper functions throughout the kernel to
  be able to handle 'const ctl_table'.
* Patch 11 changes the signatures of all proc handlers through the tree.
  Some other signatures are also adapted, for details see the commit
  message.

Only patch 1 changes any code at all.

The series was compile-tested on top of next-20230423 for
i386, x86_64, arm, arm64, riscv, loongarch, s390 and m68k.

The series was split from my larger series sysctl-const series [0].
It only focusses on the proc_handlers but is an important step to be
able to move all static definitions of ctl_table into .rodata.

[0] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20231204-const-sysctl-v2-0-7a5060b11447@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/

Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Changes in v3:
- Rebase on current -next
- Cc affected mailing lists again to gather feedback
- Link to v2: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240323-sysctl-const-handler-v2-0-e80b178f1727@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Changes in v2:
- Reduce recipient list
- Fix source formatting
- Rebase onto next-20240322
- Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240315-sysctl-const-handler-v1-0-1322ac7cb03d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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Thomas Weißschuh (11):
      stackleak: don't modify ctl_table argument
      cgroup: bpf: constify ctl_table arguments and fields
      hugetlb: constify ctl_table arguments of utility functions
      utsname: constify ctl_table arguments of utility function
      neighbour: constify ctl_table arguments of utility function
      ipv4/sysctl: constify ctl_table arguments of utility functions
      ipv6/addrconf: constify ctl_table arguments of utility functions
      ipv6/ndisc: constify ctl_table arguments of utility function
      ipvs: constify ctl_table arguments of utility functions
      sysctl: constify ctl_table arguments of utility function
      sysctl: treewide: constify the ctl_table argument of handlers

 arch/arm64/kernel/armv8_deprecated.c      |  2 +-
 arch/arm64/kernel/fpsimd.c                |  2 +-
 arch/s390/appldata/appldata_base.c        | 10 ++--
 arch/s390/kernel/debug.c                  |  2 +-
 arch/s390/kernel/topology.c               |  2 +-
 arch/s390/mm/cmm.c                        |  6 +--
 arch/x86/kernel/itmt.c                    |  2 +-
 drivers/cdrom/cdrom.c                     |  4 +-
 drivers/char/random.c                     |  6 +--
 drivers/macintosh/mac_hid.c               |  2 +-
 drivers/net/vrf.c                         |  2 +-
 drivers/parport/procfs.c                  | 12 ++---
 drivers/perf/arm_pmuv3.c                  |  4 +-
 drivers/perf/riscv_pmu_sbi.c              |  2 +-
 fs/coredump.c                             |  2 +-
 fs/dcache.c                               |  4 +-
 fs/drop_caches.c                          |  2 +-
 fs/exec.c                                 |  4 +-
 fs/file_table.c                           |  4 +-
 fs/fs-writeback.c                         |  2 +-
 fs/inode.c                                |  4 +-
 fs/pipe.c                                 |  2 +-
 fs/quota/dquot.c                          |  2 +-
 fs/xfs/xfs_sysctl.c                       |  6 +--
 include/linux/filter.h                    |  2 +-
 include/linux/ftrace.h                    |  4 +-
 include/linux/mm.h                        |  8 +--
 include/linux/perf_event.h                |  6 +--
 include/linux/security.h                  |  2 +-
 include/linux/sysctl.h                    | 36 ++++++-------
 include/linux/vmstat.h                    |  6 +--
 include/linux/writeback.h                 |  2 +-
 include/net/ndisc.h                       |  2 +-
 include/net/neighbour.h                   |  6 +--
 include/net/netfilter/nf_hooks_lwtunnel.h |  2 +-
 ipc/ipc_sysctl.c                          |  8 +--
 kernel/bpf/syscall.c                      |  4 +-
 kernel/delayacct.c                        |  4 +-
 kernel/events/callchain.c                 |  2 +-
 kernel/events/core.c                      |  4 +-
 kernel/fork.c                             |  2 +-
 kernel/hung_task.c                        |  6 +--
 kernel/kexec_core.c                       |  2 +-
 kernel/kprobes.c                          |  2 +-
 kernel/latencytop.c                       |  4 +-
 kernel/pid_namespace.c                    |  2 +-
 kernel/pid_sysctl.h                       |  2 +-
 kernel/printk/internal.h                  |  2 +-
 kernel/printk/printk.c                    |  2 +-
 kernel/printk/sysctl.c                    |  5 +-
 kernel/sched/core.c                       |  8 +--
 kernel/sched/rt.c                         | 16 +++---
 kernel/sched/topology.c                   |  2 +-
 kernel/seccomp.c                          | 10 ++--
 kernel/stackleak.c                        |  9 ++--
 kernel/sysctl.c                           | 89 ++++++++++++++++---------------
 kernel/time/timer.c                       |  2 +-
 kernel/trace/ftrace.c                     |  2 +-
 kernel/trace/trace.c                      |  2 +-
 kernel/trace/trace_events_user.c          |  2 +-
 kernel/trace/trace_stack.c                |  2 +-
 kernel/umh.c                              |  2 +-
 kernel/utsname_sysctl.c                   |  4 +-
 kernel/watchdog.c                         | 12 ++---
 mm/compaction.c                           |  6 +--
 mm/hugetlb.c                              | 12 ++---
 mm/page-writeback.c                       | 18 +++----
 mm/page_alloc.c                           | 14 ++---
 mm/util.c                                 | 12 ++---
 mm/vmstat.c                               |  4 +-
 net/bridge/br_netfilter_hooks.c           |  2 +-
 net/core/neighbour.c                      | 20 +++----
 net/core/sysctl_net_core.c                | 20 +++----
 net/ipv4/devinet.c                        |  6 +--
 net/ipv4/route.c                          |  2 +-
 net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c                | 38 ++++++-------
 net/ipv6/addrconf.c                       | 27 +++++-----
 net/ipv6/ndisc.c                          |  4 +-
 net/ipv6/route.c                          |  2 +-
 net/ipv6/sysctl_net_ipv6.c                |  4 +-
 net/mpls/af_mpls.c                        |  4 +-
 net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_ctl.c            | 19 +++----
 net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_standalone.c   |  2 +-
 net/netfilter/nf_hooks_lwtunnel.c         |  2 +-
 net/netfilter/nf_log.c                    |  2 +-
 net/phonet/sysctl.c                       |  2 +-
 net/rds/tcp.c                             |  4 +-
 net/sctp/sysctl.c                         | 32 +++++------
 net/sunrpc/sysctl.c                       |  6 +--
 net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/svc_rdma.c            |  2 +-
 security/apparmor/lsm.c                   |  2 +-
 security/min_addr.c                       |  2 +-
 security/yama/yama_lsm.c                  |  2 +-
 93 files changed, 329 insertions(+), 322 deletions(-)
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base-commit: a59668a9397e7245b26e9be85d23f242ff757ae8
change-id: 20231226-sysctl-const-handler-883b5eba7e80

Best regards,
-- 
Thomas Weißschuh <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>