From: Austin Kim <austin.kim@xxxxxxx> commit 32ba540f3c2a7ef61ed5a577ce25069a3d714fc9 upstream. The evm_fixmode is only configurable by command-line option and it is never modified outside initcalls, so declaring it with __ro_after_init is better. Signed-off-by: Austin Kim <austin.kim@xxxxxxx> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Mimi Zohar <zohar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- security/integrity/evm/evm_main.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/security/integrity/evm/evm_main.c +++ b/security/integrity/evm/evm_main.c @@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ char *evm_config_xattrnames[] = { NULL }; -static int evm_fixmode; +static int evm_fixmode __ro_after_init; static int __init evm_set_fixmode(char *str) { if (strncmp(str, "fix", 3) == 0)