[PATCH] cxl/port: Constify 'struct bin_attribute'

From: Thomas Weißschuh
Date: Tue Jan 14 2025 - 16:25:32 EST


The sysfs core now allows instances of 'struct bin_attribute' to be
moved into read-only memory. Make use of that to protect them against
accidental or malicious modifications.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/cxl/port.c | 10 +++++-----
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/cxl/port.c b/drivers/cxl/port.c
index 4c83f6a22e584f1f248807c7fa4fe932d6f11d67..664fde6ff53862c6aef2a83be56c1518b6bfbadd 100644
--- a/drivers/cxl/port.c
+++ b/drivers/cxl/port.c
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ static int cxl_port_probe(struct device *dev)
}

static ssize_t CDAT_read(struct file *filp, struct kobject *kobj,
- struct bin_attribute *bin_attr, char *buf,
+ const struct bin_attribute *bin_attr, char *buf,
loff_t offset, size_t count)
{
struct device *dev = kobj_to_dev(kobj);
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ static ssize_t CDAT_read(struct file *filp, struct kobject *kobj,
port->cdat.length);
}

-static BIN_ATTR_ADMIN_RO(CDAT, 0);
+static const BIN_ATTR_ADMIN_RO(CDAT, 0);

static umode_t cxl_port_bin_attr_is_visible(struct kobject *kobj,
const struct bin_attribute *attr, int i)
@@ -184,13 +184,13 @@ static umode_t cxl_port_bin_attr_is_visible(struct kobject *kobj,
return 0;
}

-static struct bin_attribute *cxl_cdat_bin_attributes[] = {
+static const struct bin_attribute *const cxl_cdat_bin_attributes[] = {
&bin_attr_CDAT,
NULL,
};

-static struct attribute_group cxl_cdat_attribute_group = {
- .bin_attrs = cxl_cdat_bin_attributes,
+static const struct attribute_group cxl_cdat_attribute_group = {
+ .bin_attrs_new = cxl_cdat_bin_attributes,
.is_bin_visible = cxl_port_bin_attr_is_visible,
};


---
base-commit: 7f5b6a8ec18e3add4c74682f60b90c31bdf849f2
change-id: 20250114-sysfs-const-bin_attr-cxl-d102eab47586

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