On Thu, 17 Sep 2026 14:10:13 -0700, Kees Cook wrote:
> In preparation for converting the kmalloc family of allocators to the
> type-aware kmalloc_obj family, we need to make sure that the returned
> type from the allocation matches the type of the variable being
> assigned. (The kmalloc family returns "void *", which can be implicitly
> cast to any pointer type.)
>
> The assigned type is "const char **", but the converted allocation type
> would be "char **", which is the same type without the const qualifier.
> As there is no general way to safely add const qualifiers, take the size
> from the assignment target instead. No change in allocation size
> results.
>
> [...]
Applied, thanks!
[1/1] pinctrl: qcom: tlmm-test: Add const to reg_names allocation type
https://git.kernel.org/brgl/c/4d7c9430a26aea6a69521af3aa2d78dd5bc8d3ed
Best regards,
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Bartosz Golaszewski <[email protected]>
