Re: [PATCH 05/29] btrfs: move btrfs_xattr_handlers to .rodata

From: Wedson Almeida Filho
Date: Tue Oct 03 2023 - 09:48:30 EST


On Mon, 2 Oct 2023 at 08:44, David Sterba <dsterba@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Oct 02, 2023 at 01:28:58PM +0200, David Sterba wrote:
> > On Sat, Sep 30, 2023 at 02:00:09AM -0300, Wedson Almeida Filho wrote:
> > > From: Wedson Almeida Filho <walmeida@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >
> > > This makes it harder for accidental or malicious changes to
> > > btrfs_xattr_handlers at runtime.
> > >
> > > Cc: Chris Mason <clm@xxxxxx>
> > > Cc: Josef Bacik <josef@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Cc: David Sterba <dsterba@xxxxxxxx>
> > > Cc: linux-btrfs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Signed-off-by: Wedson Almeida Filho <walmeida@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > With slightly updated changelog added to misc-next, thanks.
>
> Removed again. I did not notice first that this is part of a larger
> series, please also CC the [PATCH 0/N] patch.

Sorry for the confusion, I will CC you there too.

> There's a warning:
>
> fs/btrfs/super.c: In function ‘btrfs_fill_super’:
> fs/btrfs/super.c:1107:21: warning: assignment discards ‘const’ qualifier from pointer target type [-Wdiscarded-qualifiers]
> 1107 | sb->s_xattr = btrfs_xattr_handlers;
> | ^
>
> but the patch changing the type is present in the series.
>
> Please update the changelog of btrfs patch with:
>
> Add const specifier also to the pointed array members of
> btrfs_xattr_handlers. This moves the whole structure to the .rodata
> section which makes it harder for accidental or malicious changes to
> btrfs_xattr_handlers at runtime.

Will do. Thanks!

> or use it for others patches too.