container_of: add container_of_const() that preserves const-ness of the pointer

container_of does not preserve the const-ness of a pointer that is
passed into it, which can cause C code that passes in a const pointer to
get a pointer back that is not const and then scribble all over the data
in it.  To prevent this, container_of_const() will preserve the const
status of the pointer passed into it using the newly available _Generic()
method.

Suggested-by: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@ziepe.ca>
Suggested-by: Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@linux.intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@infradead.org>
Reviewed-by: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@nvidia.com>
Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@linux.intel.com>
Acked-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20221205121206.166576-1-gregkh@linuxfoundation.org
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>

diff --git a/include/linux/container_of.h b/include/linux/container_of.h
index 2008e9f..1d898f9 100644 (file)
--- a/include/linux/container_of.h
+++ b/include/linux/container_of.h
@@ -22,4 +22,17 @@
                      "pointer type mismatch in container_of()");       \
        ((type *)(__mptr - offsetof(type, member))); })
 
+/**
+ * container_of_const - cast a member of a structure out to the containing
+ *                     structure and preserve the const-ness of the pointer
+ * @ptr:               the pointer to the member
+ * @type:              the type of the container struct this is embedded in.
+ * @member:            the name of the member within the struct.
+ */
+#define container_of_const(ptr, type, member)                          \
+       _Generic(ptr,                                                   \
+               const typeof(*(ptr)) *: ((const type *)container_of(ptr, type, member)),\
+               default: ((type *)container_of(ptr, type, member))      \
+       )
+
 #endif /* _LINUX_CONTAINER_OF_H */