Re: [PATCH v1 1/2] flask: add const qualifier to security_context_to_sid()

["Daniel P. Smith" <dpsmith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 8/27/26 5:38 AM, Sergiy Kibrik wrote:
> The function does not modify context argument.
> Also it gives more flexibility to this API usage, because some context strings
> in Xen are also const char*.
>
> Signed-off-by: Sergiy Kibrik <Sergiy_Kibrik@xxxxxxxx>
> ---
>   xen/xsm/flask/include/security.h | 2 +-
>   xen/xsm/flask/ss/services.c      | 2 +-
>   2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/xen/xsm/flask/include/security.h b/xen/xsm/flask/include/security.h
> index ec8b442a8f..a2c5f423f8 100644
> --- a/xen/xsm/flask/include/security.h
> +++ b/xen/xsm/flask/include/security.h
> @@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ int security_change_sid(u32 ssid, u32 tsid, u16 tclass, u32 
> *out_sid);
>   
>   int security_sid_to_context(u32 sid, char **scontext, u32 *scontext_len);
>   
> -int security_context_to_sid(char *scontext, u32 scontext_len, u32 *out_sid);
> +int security_context_to_sid(const char *scontext, u32 scontext_len, u32 
> *out_sid);
>   
>   int security_get_allow_unknown(void);
>   
> diff --git a/xen/xsm/flask/ss/services.c b/xen/xsm/flask/ss/services.c
> index 35ad1034ca..764ac7d1d8 100644
> --- a/xen/xsm/flask/ss/services.c
> +++ b/xen/xsm/flask/ss/services.c
> @@ -813,7 +813,7 @@ out:
>    * Returns -%EINVAL if the context is invalid, -%ENOMEM if insufficient
>    * memory is available, or 0 on success.
>    */
> -int security_context_to_sid(char *scontext, u32 scontext_len, u32 *sid)
> +int security_context_to_sid(const char *scontext, u32 scontext_len, u32 *sid)
>   {
>       char *scontext2;
>       struct context context;
Acked-by: Daniel P. Smith <dpsmith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>