The function path_is_under() doesn't modify the paths pointed by its
arguments but only browse them. Constifying this pointers make a cleaner
interface to be used by (future) code which may only have access to
const struct path pointers (e.g. LSM hooks).
Signed-off-by: Mickaël Salaün <mic@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Alexander Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/namespace.c | 2 +-
include/linux/fs.h | 2 +-
2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/namespace.c b/fs/namespace.c
index e6c234b1a645..4d80a5066a1f 100644
--- a/fs/namespace.c
+++ b/fs/namespace.c
@@ -2997,7 +2997,7 @@ bool is_path_reachable(struct mount *mnt, struct dentry *dentry,
return &mnt->mnt == root->mnt && is_subdir(dentry, root->dentry);
}
-bool path_is_under(struct path *path1, struct path *path2)
+bool path_is_under(const struct path *path1, const struct path *path2)
{
bool res;
read_seqlock_excl(&mount_lock);
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index dc0478c07b2a..f96501b51c49 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -2709,7 +2709,7 @@ extern struct file * open_exec(const char *);
/* fs/dcache.c -- generic fs support functions */
extern bool is_subdir(struct dentry *, struct dentry *);
-extern bool path_is_under(struct path *, struct path *);
+extern bool path_is_under(const struct path *, const struct path *);
extern char *file_path(struct file *, char *, int);
--
2.10.2
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