The patch titled
Subject: include/linux/sysctl.h: make ctl_table.extra1/2 const
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
include-linux-sysctlh-make-ctl_tableextra1-2-const.patch
This patch should soon appear at
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/include-linux-sysctlh-make-ctl_tableextra1-2-const.patch
and later at
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/include-linux-sysctlh-make-ctl_tableextra1-2-const.patch
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From: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: include/linux/sysctl.h: make ctl_table.extra1/2 const
Nothing should be altering these values. Declare the pointed-to values to
be const so we can actually use const values.
Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Daniel Cashman <dcashman@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/sysctl.h | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff -puN include/linux/sysctl.h~include-linux-sysctlh-make-ctl_tableextra1-2-const include/linux/sysctl.h
--- a/include/linux/sysctl.h~include-linux-sysctlh-make-ctl_tableextra1-2-const
+++ a/include/linux/sysctl.h
@@ -111,8 +111,8 @@ struct ctl_table
struct ctl_table *child; /* Deprecated */
proc_handler *proc_handler; /* Callback for text formatting */
struct ctl_table_poll *poll;
- void *extra1;
- void *extra2;
+ const void *extra1;
+ const void *extra2;
};
struct ctl_node {
_
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