On Tue, Apr 30, 2019 at 08:42:42AM -0700, Kees Cook wrote: > On Tue, Apr 30, 2019 at 3:47 AM Matteo Croce <mcroce@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Tue, Apr 30, 2019 at 12:26 AM Matteo Croce <mcroce@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > Add a const int array containing the most commonly used values, > > > some macros to refer more easily to the correct array member, > > > and use them instead of creating a local one for every object file. > > > > > > > Ok it seems that this simply can't be done, because there are at least > > two points where extra1,2 are set to a non const struct: > > in ip_vs_control_net_init_sysctl() it's assigned to struct netns_ipvs, > > while in mpls_dev_sysctl_register() it's assigned to a struct mpls_dev > > and a struct net. > > Why can't these be converted to const also? I don't see the pointer > changing anywhere. They're created in one place and never changed. That's not true; I thought the same thing, but you need to see how they're used in the functions they're called. proc_do_defense_mode(struct ctl_table *table, int write, struct netns_ipvs *ipvs = table->extra2; update_defense_level(ipvs); static void update_defense_level(struct netns_ipvs *ipvs) spin_lock(&ipvs->dropentry_lock);