On Thu, 17 Sep 2026 14:12:54 -0700, Kees Cook wrote:
> In preparation for making the devm_kmalloc family of allocators type
> aware, we need to make sure that the returned type from the allocation
> matches the type of the variable being assigned. (Before, the allocator
> would always return "void *", which can be implicitly cast to any
> pointer type.)
>
> The size was taken from "*pd->min_tck", so the converted allocation type
> would be "const struct lpddr2_min_tck *", as "pd->min_tck" points to
> const. The allocation is a writable copy assigned to a "void *" and then
> memcpy()ed into, so name the unqualified type directly, for a converted
> allocation type of "struct lpddr2_min_tck *". As there is no general way
> to remove const qualifiers, this keeps the allocation type matching how
> the memory is used. No change in allocation size results.
>
> [...]
Applied, thanks!
[1/1] memory: emif: Remove const from min_tck allocation type
https://git.kernel.org/krzk/linux-mem-ctrl/c/e3049c9edd4181e5ce4f83bbac4b611d921f45ff
Best regards,
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Krzysztof Kozlowski <[email protected]>
