From: Stephen Kitt <steve@xxxxxxx> Subject: sysctl: make ngroups_max const ngroups_max is a read-only sysctl entry, reflecting NGROUPS_MAX. Make it const, in the same way as cap_last_cap. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20211123202347.818157-6-mcgrof@xxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Stephen Kitt <steve@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Benjamin LaHaise <bcrl@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Iurii Zaikin <yzaikin@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx> Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Paul Turner <pjt@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Petr Mladek <pmladek@xxxxxxxx> Cc: Qing Wang <wangqing@xxxxxxxx> Cc: Sebastian Reichel <sre@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Sergey Senozhatsky <senozhatsky@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Xiaoming Ni <nixiaoming@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Antti Palosaari <crope@xxxxxx> Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Clemens Ladisch <clemens@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: David Airlie <airlied@xxxxxxxx> Cc: Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Joel Becker <jlbec@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Joonas Lahtinen <joonas.lahtinen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Joseph Qi <joseph.qi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@xxxxxxxx> Cc: Lukas Middendorf <kernel@xxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Mark Fasheh <mark@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Phillip Potter <phil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Rodrigo Vivi <rodrigo.vivi@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Douglas Gilbert <dgilbert@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: James E.J. Bottomley <jejb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: John Ogness <john.ogness@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/sysctl.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) --- a/kernel/sysctl.c~sysctl-make-ngroups_max-const +++ a/kernel/sysctl.c @@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ static unsigned long dirty_bytes_min = 2 static int maxolduid = 65535; static int minolduid; -static int ngroups_max = NGROUPS_MAX; +static const int ngroups_max = NGROUPS_MAX; static const int cap_last_cap = CAP_LAST_CAP; @@ -2291,7 +2291,7 @@ static struct ctl_table kern_table[] = { #endif { .procname = "ngroups_max", - .data = &ngroups_max, + .data = (void *)&ngroups_max, .maxlen = sizeof (int), .mode = 0444, .proc_handler = proc_dointvec, _