The patch titled Subject: fs/proc: use __ro_after_init has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was proc-spread-__ro_after_init.patch This patch was dropped because it was merged into mainline or a subsystem tree ------------------------------------------------------ From: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@xxxxxxxxx> Subject: fs/proc: use __ro_after_init /proc/self inode numbers, value of proc_inode_cache and st_nlink of /proc/$TGID are fixed constants. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180103184707.GA31849@avx2 Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/proc/base.c | 5 +++-- fs/proc/inode.c | 3 ++- fs/proc/self.c | 3 ++- fs/proc/thread_self.c | 3 ++- 4 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff -puN fs/proc/base.c~proc-spread-__ro_after_init fs/proc/base.c --- a/fs/proc/base.c~proc-spread-__ro_after_init +++ a/fs/proc/base.c @@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ #include <linux/ptrace.h> #include <linux/tracehook.h> #include <linux/printk.h> +#include <linux/cache.h> #include <linux/cgroup.h> #include <linux/cpuset.h> #include <linux/audit.h> @@ -112,8 +113,8 @@ * in /proc for a task before it execs a suid executable. */ -static u8 nlink_tid; -static u8 nlink_tgid; +static u8 nlink_tid __ro_after_init; +static u8 nlink_tgid __ro_after_init; struct pid_entry { const char *name; diff -puN fs/proc/inode.c~proc-spread-__ro_after_init fs/proc/inode.c --- a/fs/proc/inode.c~proc-spread-__ro_after_init +++ a/fs/proc/inode.c @@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ * Copyright (C) 1991, 1992 Linus Torvalds */ +#include <linux/cache.h> #include <linux/time.h> #include <linux/proc_fs.h> #include <linux/kernel.h> @@ -52,7 +53,7 @@ static void proc_evict_inode(struct inod } } -static struct kmem_cache * proc_inode_cachep; +static struct kmem_cache *proc_inode_cachep __ro_after_init; static struct inode *proc_alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb) { diff -puN fs/proc/self.c~proc-spread-__ro_after_init fs/proc/self.c --- a/fs/proc/self.c~proc-spread-__ro_after_init +++ a/fs/proc/self.c @@ -1,4 +1,5 @@ // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 +#include <linux/cache.h> #include <linux/sched.h> #include <linux/slab.h> #include <linux/pid_namespace.h> @@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ static const struct inode_operations pro .get_link = proc_self_get_link, }; -static unsigned self_inum; +static unsigned self_inum __ro_after_init; int proc_setup_self(struct super_block *s) { diff -puN fs/proc/thread_self.c~proc-spread-__ro_after_init fs/proc/thread_self.c --- a/fs/proc/thread_self.c~proc-spread-__ro_after_init +++ a/fs/proc/thread_self.c @@ -1,4 +1,5 @@ // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 +#include <linux/cache.h> #include <linux/sched.h> #include <linux/slab.h> #include <linux/pid_namespace.h> @@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ static const struct inode_operations pro .get_link = proc_thread_self_get_link, }; -static unsigned thread_self_inum; +static unsigned thread_self_inum __ro_after_init; int proc_setup_thread_self(struct super_block *s) { _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from adobriyan@xxxxxxxxx are seq_file-delete-small-value-optimization.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html