[PATCH v4 05/12] mm/oom_kill: add const to pointer parameter for improved const-correctness

[Max Kellermann <max.kellermann@ionos.com>]

The memory management (mm) subsystem is a fundamental low-level component
of the Linux kernel. Establishing const-correctness at this foundational
level enables higher-level subsystems, such as filesystems and drivers,
to also adopt const-correctness in their interfaces. This patch lays
the groundwork for broader const-correctness throughout the kernel
by starting with the core mm subsystem.

This patch adds const qualifiers to task_struct and mm_struct pointer
parameters in the OOM killer code that do not modify the referenced
memory, improving type safety and enabling compiler optimizations.

Functions improved:
- process_shares_mm()

Signed-off-by: Max Kellermann <max.kellermann@ionos.com>
---
 include/linux/mm.h | 2 +-
 mm/oom_kill.c      | 3 ++-
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index 18deb14cb1f5..f70c6b4d5f80 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -3840,7 +3840,7 @@ static inline int in_gate_area(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr)
 }
 #endif	/* __HAVE_ARCH_GATE_AREA */
 
-extern bool process_shares_mm(struct task_struct *p, struct mm_struct *mm);
+bool process_shares_mm(const struct task_struct *p, const struct mm_struct *mm);
 
 void drop_slab(void);
 
diff --git a/mm/oom_kill.c b/mm/oom_kill.c
index 17650f0b516e..2620b32a8eba 100644
--- a/mm/oom_kill.c
+++ b/mm/oom_kill.c
@@ -490,7 +490,8 @@ static bool oom_killer_disabled __read_mostly;
  * task's threads: if one of those is using this mm then this task was also
  * using it.
  */
-bool process_shares_mm(struct task_struct *p, struct mm_struct *mm)
+bool process_shares_mm(const struct task_struct *const p,
+		       const struct mm_struct *const mm)
 {
 	struct task_struct *t;
 
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