[PATCH] securityfs: use kstrdup_const() to manage symlink targets

[Paul Moore]

On Mar 17, 2026 Dmitry Antipov <dmantipov at yandex.ru> wrote:
> 
> Since 'target' argument of 'securityfs_create_symlink()' is (for
> now at least) a compile-time constant, it may be reasonable to
> use 'kstrdup_const()' / 'kree_const()' to manage 'i_link' member
> of the corresponding inode in attempt to reuse .rodata instance
> rather than making a copy.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Antipov <dmantipov at yandex.ru>
> ---
>  security/inode.c | 10 +++++-----
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

Seems reasonable, we can easily back this out if we ever need to support
non-const link target strings.  Merged into lsm/dev, thanks.

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