The nmask argument to mbind() is const according to the user-space
header numaif.h, and since the kernel does indeed not modify it, it
might as well be declared const in the kernel.
Signed-off-by: Rasmus Villemoes <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/syscalls.h | 2 +-
mm/mempolicy.c | 2 +-
2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/syscalls.h b/include/linux/syscalls.h
index a4a0588..bfef0be 100644
--- a/include/linux/syscalls.h
+++ b/include/linux/syscalls.h
@@ -723,7 +723,7 @@ asmlinkage long sys_move_pages(pid_t pid, unsigned long nr_pages,
int flags);
asmlinkage long sys_mbind(unsigned long start, unsigned long len,
unsigned long mode,
- unsigned long __user *nmask,
+ const unsigned long __user *nmask,
unsigned long maxnode,
unsigned flags);
asmlinkage long sys_get_mempolicy(int __user *policy,
diff --git a/mm/mempolicy.c b/mm/mempolicy.c
index 78e1472..727187f 100644
--- a/mm/mempolicy.c
+++ b/mm/mempolicy.c
@@ -1362,7 +1362,7 @@ static int copy_nodes_to_user(unsigned long __user *mask, unsigned long maxnode,
}
SYSCALL_DEFINE6(mbind, unsigned long, start, unsigned long, len,
- unsigned long, mode, unsigned long __user *, nmask,
+ unsigned long, mode, const unsigned long __user *, nmask,
unsigned long, maxnode, unsigned, flags)
{
nodemask_t nodes;
--
2.0.0.rc1.4.gd8779e1
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