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We never alter a struct alt_region after creation, and we open-code the bounds of the kernel alternatives region in two functions. The duplication is a bit unfortunate for clarity (and in future we're likely to have more functions altering alternative regions), and to avoid accidents it would be good to make the structure const. This patch adds a shared struct `kernel_alternatives` alt_region for the main kernel image, and marks the alt_regions as const to prevent unintentional modification. There should be no functional change as a result of this patch. Signed-off-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com> Cc: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org> Cc: James Morse <james.morse@arm.com> Cc: Joey Gouly <joey.gouly@arm.com> Cc: Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org> Cc: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220912162210.3626215-6-mark.rutland@arm.com Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
Linux kernel
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