From e3b2cf6e5dba416a03152f299d99982dfe1e861d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Christian Brauner Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2026 12:15:58 +0200 Subject: kernfs: pass struct ns_common instead of const void * for namespace tags kernfs has historically used const void * to pass around namespace tags used for directory-level namespace filtering. The only current user of this is sysfs network namespace tagging where struct net pointers are cast to void *. Replace all const void * namespace parameters with const struct ns_common * throughout the kernfs, sysfs, and kobject namespace layers. This includes the kobj_ns_type_operations callbacks, kobject_namespace(), and all sysfs/kernfs APIs that accept or return namespace tags. Passing struct ns_common is needed because various codepaths require access to the underlying namespace. A struct ns_common can always be converted back to the concrete namespace type (e.g., struct net) via container_of() or to_ns_common() in the reverse direction. This is a preparatory change for switching to ns_id-based directory iteration to prevent a KASLR pointer leak through the current use of raw namespace pointers as hash seeds and comparison keys. Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner --- include/linux/device/class.h | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'include/linux/device') diff --git a/include/linux/device/class.h b/include/linux/device/class.h index 65880e60c720..021da0d61796 100644 --- a/include/linux/device/class.h +++ b/include/linux/device/class.h @@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ struct class { int (*shutdown_pre)(struct device *dev); const struct kobj_ns_type_operations *ns_type; - const void *(*namespace)(const struct device *dev); + const struct ns_common *(*namespace)(const struct device *dev); void (*get_ownership)(const struct device *dev, kuid_t *uid, kgid_t *gid); @@ -180,9 +180,9 @@ struct class_attribute { struct class_attribute class_attr_##_name = __ATTR_WO(_name) int __must_check class_create_file_ns(const struct class *class, const struct class_attribute *attr, - const void *ns); + const struct ns_common *ns); void class_remove_file_ns(const struct class *class, const struct class_attribute *attr, - const void *ns); + const struct ns_common *ns); static inline int __must_check class_create_file(const struct class *class, const struct class_attribute *attr) -- cgit v1.2.3