[PATCH 2/7] compiler: CONST_CAST makes writing const vars easier and obvious

There are vars that would benefit from making it more difficult or obvious to overwrite by setting them to const. This macro makes it easier to do so avoiding typos while making it easier to find such instances. Oleg Nesterov deserves full credit for this patch. Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg(a)redhat.com&gt; Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz(a)infradead.org&gt; Signed-off-by: Richard Guy Briggs <rgb(a)redhat.com&gt; --- include/linux/compiler.h | 8 ++++++++ 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/include/linux/compiler.h b/include/linux/compiler.h index 92669cd..eaaf273 100644 --- a/include/linux/compiler.h +++ b/include/linux/compiler.h @@ -357,4 +357,12 @@ void ftrace_likely_update(struct ftrace_branch_data *f, int val, int expect); #else # define __kprobes #endif + +/* Make it easier to find and get right making a const writable */ +#define CONST_CAST(type, lval) \ + (*({ \ + (void)((type *)0 == &(lval)); \ + (type *)&(lval); \ + })) + #endif /* __LINUX_COMPILER_H */ -- 1.7.1