[PATCH v3 10/11] sysctl: constify ctl_table arguments of utility function

[Thomas Weißschuh]

In a future commit the proc_handlers themselves will change to
"const struct ctl_table". As a preparation for that adapt the internal
helper.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh <linux at weissschuh.net>
---
 include/linux/sysctl.h |  2 +-
 kernel/sysctl.c        | 21 +++++++++++----------
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/sysctl.h b/include/linux/sysctl.h
index 09db2f2e6488..54fbec062772 100644
--- a/include/linux/sysctl.h
+++ b/include/linux/sysctl.h
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ extern struct ctl_table_header *register_sysctl_mount_point(const char *path);
 
 void do_sysctl_args(void);
 bool sysctl_is_alias(char *param);
-int do_proc_douintvec(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
+int do_proc_douintvec(const struct ctl_table *table, int write,
 		      void *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos,
 		      int (*conv)(unsigned long *lvalp,
 				  unsigned int *valp,
diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index e0b917328cf9..62dd27752960 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ static int _proc_do_string(char *data, int maxlen, int write,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static void warn_sysctl_write(struct ctl_table *table)
+static void warn_sysctl_write(const struct ctl_table *table)
 {
 	pr_warn_once("%s wrote to %s when file position was not 0!\n"
 		"This will not be supported in the future. To silence this\n"
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ static void warn_sysctl_write(struct ctl_table *table)
  * handlers can ignore the return value.
  */
 static bool proc_first_pos_non_zero_ignore(loff_t *ppos,
-					   struct ctl_table *table)
+					   const struct ctl_table *table)
 {
 	if (!*ppos)
 		return false;
@@ -468,7 +468,7 @@ static int do_proc_douintvec_conv(unsigned long *lvalp,
 
 static const char proc_wspace_sep[] = { ' ', '\t', '\n' };
 
-static int __do_proc_dointvec(void *tbl_data, struct ctl_table *table,
+static int __do_proc_dointvec(void *tbl_data, const struct ctl_table *table,
 		  int write, void *buffer,
 		  size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos,
 		  int (*conv)(bool *negp, unsigned long *lvalp, int *valp,
@@ -541,7 +541,7 @@ static int __do_proc_dointvec(void *tbl_data, struct ctl_table *table,
 	return err;
 }
 
-static int do_proc_dointvec(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
+static int do_proc_dointvec(const struct ctl_table *table, int write,
 		  void *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos,
 		  int (*conv)(bool *negp, unsigned long *lvalp, int *valp,
 			      int write, void *data),
@@ -552,7 +552,7 @@ static int do_proc_dointvec(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
 }
 
 static int do_proc_douintvec_w(unsigned int *tbl_data,
-			       struct ctl_table *table,
+			       const struct ctl_table *table,
 			       void *buffer,
 			       size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos,
 			       int (*conv)(unsigned long *lvalp,
@@ -639,7 +639,7 @@ static int do_proc_douintvec_r(unsigned int *tbl_data, void *buffer,
 	return err;
 }
 
-static int __do_proc_douintvec(void *tbl_data, struct ctl_table *table,
+static int __do_proc_douintvec(void *tbl_data, const struct ctl_table *table,
 			       int write, void *buffer,
 			       size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos,
 			       int (*conv)(unsigned long *lvalp,
@@ -675,7 +675,7 @@ static int __do_proc_douintvec(void *tbl_data, struct ctl_table *table,
 	return do_proc_douintvec_r(i, buffer, lenp, ppos, conv, data);
 }
 
-int do_proc_douintvec(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
+int do_proc_douintvec(const struct ctl_table *table, int write,
 		      void *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos,
 		      int (*conv)(unsigned long *lvalp,
 				  unsigned int *valp,
@@ -1023,8 +1023,9 @@ static int sysrq_sysctl_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
 }
 #endif
 
-static int __do_proc_doulongvec_minmax(void *data, struct ctl_table *table,
-		int write, void *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos,
+static int __do_proc_doulongvec_minmax(void *data,
+		const struct ctl_table *table, int write,
+		void *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos,
 		unsigned long convmul, unsigned long convdiv)
 {
 	unsigned long *i, *min, *max;
@@ -1096,7 +1097,7 @@ static int __do_proc_doulongvec_minmax(void *data, struct ctl_table *table,
 	return err;
 }
 
-static int do_proc_doulongvec_minmax(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
+static int do_proc_doulongvec_minmax(const struct ctl_table *table, int write,
 		void *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos, unsigned long convmul,
 		unsigned long convdiv)
 {

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