[PATCH] trace: constify string literal data member

Christian Göttsche cgoettsche at seltendoof.de
Mon Nov 25 10:50:25 UTC 2024


From: Christian Göttsche <cgzones at googlemail.com>

The name member of the struct trace_event_call is assigned with
generated string literals; declare them pointer to read-only.

Reported by clang:

    security/landlock/syscalls.c:179:1: warning: initializing 'char *' with an expression of type 'const char[34]' discards qualifiers [-Wincompatible-pointer-types-discards-qualifiers]
      179 | SYSCALL_DEFINE3(landlock_create_ruleset,
          | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
      180 |                 const struct landlock_ruleset_attr __user *const, attr,
          |                 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
      181 |                 const size_t, size, const __u32, flags)
          |                 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    ./include/linux/syscalls.h:226:36: note: expanded from macro 'SYSCALL_DEFINE3'
      226 | #define SYSCALL_DEFINE3(name, ...) SYSCALL_DEFINEx(3, _##name, __VA_ARGS__)
          |                                    ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    ./include/linux/syscalls.h:234:2: note: expanded from macro 'SYSCALL_DEFINEx'
      234 |         SYSCALL_METADATA(sname, x, __VA_ARGS__)                 \
          |         ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    ./include/linux/syscalls.h:184:2: note: expanded from macro 'SYSCALL_METADATA'
      184 |         SYSCALL_TRACE_ENTER_EVENT(sname);                       \
          |         ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    ./include/linux/syscalls.h:151:30: note: expanded from macro 'SYSCALL_TRACE_ENTER_EVENT'
      151 |                         .name                   = "sys_enter"#sname,    \
          |                                                   ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Signed-off-by: Christian Göttsche <cgzones at googlemail.com>
---
 include/linux/trace_events.h | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/trace_events.h b/include/linux/trace_events.h
index 016b29a56c87..423104db6f93 100644
--- a/include/linux/trace_events.h
+++ b/include/linux/trace_events.h
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ struct trace_event_call {
 	struct list_head	list;
 	struct trace_event_class *class;
 	union {
-		char			*name;
+		const char		*name;
 		/* Set TRACE_EVENT_FL_TRACEPOINT flag when using "tp" */
 		struct tracepoint	*tp;
 	};
-- 
2.45.2




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