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[PATCH 10/14] ELF/notes: use pointer-to-const by default in ELFNOTE_...()


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  • From: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2026 08:34:45 +0200
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  • Delivery-date: Wed, 02 Sep 2026 06:34:57 +0000
  • List-id: Xen developer discussion <xen-devel.lists.xenproject.org>

Not doing so results in a number of Misra rule 11.8 (casting away of
const-ness) violations. We need to allow kexec to use pointer to non-
const though, so provide a means to override the default.

For ELFNOTE_NEXT() we can do better and simply re-apply the type of the
incoming pointer.

Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>

--- a/xen/common/kexec.c
+++ b/xen/common/kexec.c
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@
  * - Magnus Damm <magnus@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  */
 
+/* We're producing ELF notes here. */
+#define ELFNOTE_CONST
+
 #include <xen/acpi.h>
 #include <xen/console.h>
 #include <xen/cpu.h>
--- a/xen/include/xen/elf.h
+++ b/xen/include/xen/elf.h
@@ -29,9 +29,14 @@
 
 #include <xen/elfstructs.h>
 
+#ifndef ELFNOTE_CONST
+#define ELFNOTE_CONST const
+#endif
+
 #define ELFNOTE_ALIGN(_n_) (((_n_)+3)&~3)
-#define ELFNOTE_NAME(_n_) ((char*)(_n_) + sizeof(*(_n_)))
+#define ELFNOTE_NAME(_n_) ((ELFNOTE_CONST char *)(_n_) + sizeof(*(_n_)))
 #define ELFNOTE_DESC(_n_) (ELFNOTE_NAME(_n_) + ELFNOTE_ALIGN((_n_)->namesz))
-#define ELFNOTE_NEXT(_n_) ((Elf_Note *)(ELFNOTE_DESC(_n_) + 
ELFNOTE_ALIGN((_n_)->descsz)))
+#define ELFNOTE_NEXT(_n_) ((typeof(_n_))(ELFNOTE_DESC(_n_) + \
+                                         ELFNOTE_ALIGN((_n_)->descsz)))
 
 #endif /* __XEN_ELF_H__ */




 


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