Greg Kroah-Hartman 64f6a5d192 container_of: add container_of_const() that preserves const-ness of the pointer ...

container_of does not preserve the const-ness of a pointer that is
passed into it, which can cause C code that passes in a const pointer to
get a pointer back that is not const and then scribble all over the data
in it.  To prevent this, container_of_const() will preserve the const
status of the pointer passed into it using the newly available _Generic()
method.

Suggested-by: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@ziepe.ca>
Suggested-by: Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@linux.intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@infradead.org>
Reviewed-by: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@nvidia.com>
Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@linux.intel.com>
Acked-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20221205121206.166576-1-gregkh@linuxfoundation.org
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>

2022-12-06 16:55:18 +01:00

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