Re: [PATCH] treewide: const qualify ctl_tables where applicable

Corey Minyard <[email protected]>
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On Thu, Jan 09, 2025 at 02:16:39PM +0100, Joel Granados wrote:
> Add the const qualifier to all the ctl_tables in the tree except the
> ones in ./net dir. The "net" sysctl code is special as it modifies the
> arrays before passing it on to the registration function.
> 
...
> diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_poweroff.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_poweroff.c
> index 941d2dcc8c9d..de84f59468a9 100644
> --- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_poweroff.c
> +++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_poweroff.c
> @@ -650,7 +650,7 @@ static struct ipmi_smi_watcher smi_watcher = {
>  #ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS
>  #include <linux/sysctl.h>
>  
> -static struct ctl_table ipmi_table[] = {
> +static const struct ctl_table ipmi_table[] = {
>  	{ .procname	= "poweroff_powercycle",
>  	  .data		= &poweroff_powercycle,
>  	  .maxlen	= sizeof(poweroff_powercycle),

For the IPMI portion:

Acked-by: Corey Minyard <[email protected]>


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