From: Al Viro Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2025 03:16:35 +0000 (-0400) Subject: backing_file_user_path(): constify struct path * X-Git-Tag: v6.18-rc1~108^2~1^2~20 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=dae575e669811b201114702d96f6854d5c8324b5;p=thirdparty%2Flinux.git backing_file_user_path(): constify struct path * Callers never use the resulting pointer to modify the struct path it points to (nor should they). Reviewed-by: Jan Kara Reviewed-by: Christian Brauner Signed-off-by: Al Viro --- diff --git a/fs/file_table.c b/fs/file_table.c index 81c72576e548f..85b53e39138de 100644 --- a/fs/file_table.c +++ b/fs/file_table.c @@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ struct backing_file { #define backing_file(f) container_of(f, struct backing_file, file) -struct path *backing_file_user_path(const struct file *f) +const struct path *backing_file_user_path(const struct file *f) { return &backing_file(f)->user_path; } diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h index d7ab4f96d7051..3bcc878817be9 100644 --- a/include/linux/fs.h +++ b/include/linux/fs.h @@ -2879,7 +2879,7 @@ struct file *dentry_open_nonotify(const struct path *path, int flags, const struct cred *cred); struct file *dentry_create(const struct path *path, int flags, umode_t mode, const struct cred *cred); -struct path *backing_file_user_path(const struct file *f); +const struct path *backing_file_user_path(const struct file *f); /* * When mmapping a file on a stackable filesystem (e.g., overlayfs), the file