Re: [PATCH] cdrom: Make device operations read-only

From	Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [PATCH] cdrom: Make device operations read-only
Date	2017-02-14 16:40 +0100
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On 02/13/2017 05:25 PM, Kees Cook wrote:
> Since function tables are a common target for attackers, it's best to keep
> them in read-only memory. As such, this makes the CDROM device ops tables
> const. This drops additionally n_minors, since it isn't used meaningfully,
> and sets the only user of cdrom_dummy_generic_packet explicitly so the
> variables can all be const.

Agree, it's a good change. Applied for 4.11.

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Jens Axboe

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[PATCH] cdrom: Make device operations read-only Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> - 2017-02-14 01:30 +0100
  Re: [PATCH] cdrom: Make device operations read-only David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> - 2017-02-14 04:00 +0100
  Re: [PATCH] cdrom: Make device operations read-only Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> - 2017-02-14 16:40 +0100

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