[PATCH v2] landlock: Fix kernel-doc warning for pointer-to-array parameters

Mickaël Salaün mic at digikod.net
Tue Mar 10 17:20:03 UTC 2026


The insert_rule() and create_rule() functions take a
pointer-to-flexible-array parameter declared as:

  const struct landlock_layer (*const layers)[]

The kernel-doc parser cannot handle a qualifier between * and the
parameter name in this syntax, producing spurious "Invalid param" and
"not described" warnings.

Remove the const qualifier of the "layers" argument to avoid this
parsing issue.

Cc: Günther Noack <gnoack at google.com>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet at lwn.net>
Signed-off-by: Mickaël Salaün <mic at digikod.net>
---

Changes since v1:
https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260304193134.250495-1-mic@digikod.net
- Remove const instead of using a typedef (suggested by Günther).
---
 security/landlock/ruleset.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/security/landlock/ruleset.c b/security/landlock/ruleset.c
index 3234a5bc11ff..181df7736bb9 100644
--- a/security/landlock/ruleset.c
+++ b/security/landlock/ruleset.c
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ static bool is_object_pointer(const enum landlock_key_type key_type)
 
 static struct landlock_rule *
 create_rule(const struct landlock_id id,
-	    const struct landlock_layer (*const layers)[], const u32 num_layers,
+	    const struct landlock_layer (*layers)[], const u32 num_layers,
 	    const struct landlock_layer *const new_layer)
 {
 	struct landlock_rule *new_rule;
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ static void build_check_ruleset(void)
  */
 static int insert_rule(struct landlock_ruleset *const ruleset,
 		       const struct landlock_id id,
-		       const struct landlock_layer (*const layers)[],
+		       const struct landlock_layer (*layers)[],
 		       const size_t num_layers)
 {
 	struct rb_node **walker_node;
-- 
2.53.0




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