Re: [PATCH] kernel: dma: Make CMA boot parameters __ro_after_init

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On 12/10/2019 13:29, Shyam Saini wrote:
This parameters are not changed after early boot.
By making them __ro_after_init will reduce any attack surface in the
kernel.

At a glance, it looks like these are only referenced by a couple of __init functions, so couldn't they just be __initdata/__initconst?

Robin.

Link: https://lwn.net/Articles/676145/
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>
Cc: Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Robin Murphy <robin.murphy@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Matthew Wilcox <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Christopher Lameter <cl@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Shyam Saini <mayhs11saini@xxxxxxxxx>
---
  kernel/dma/contiguous.c | 8 ++++----
  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/dma/contiguous.c b/kernel/dma/contiguous.c
index 69cfb4345388..1b689b1303cd 100644
--- a/kernel/dma/contiguous.c
+++ b/kernel/dma/contiguous.c
@@ -42,10 +42,10 @@ struct cma *dma_contiguous_default_area;
   * Users, who want to set the size of global CMA area for their system
   * should use cma= kernel parameter.
   */
-static const phys_addr_t size_bytes = (phys_addr_t)CMA_SIZE_MBYTES * SZ_1M;
-static phys_addr_t size_cmdline = -1;
-static phys_addr_t base_cmdline;
-static phys_addr_t limit_cmdline;
+static const phys_addr_t __ro_after_init size_bytes = (phys_addr_t)CMA_SIZE_MBYTES * SZ_1M;
+static phys_addr_t __ro_after_init size_cmdline = -1;
+static phys_addr_t __ro_after_init base_cmdline;
+static phys_addr_t __ro_after_init limit_cmdline;
static int __init early_cma(char *p)
  {




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