ima: use static const char array definitions
A const char pointer allocates memory for a pointer as well as for
a string, This patch replaces a number of the const char pointers
throughout IMA, with a static const char array.
Suggested-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Mimi Zohar <zohar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Acked-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima_api.c b/security/integrity/ima/ima_api.c
index 6d76d4a..393b9d4 100644
--- a/security/integrity/ima/ima_api.c
+++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima_api.c
@@ -92,8 +92,8 @@
int violation, struct inode *inode,
const unsigned char *filename)
{
- const char *op = "add_template_measure";
- const char *audit_cause = "hashing_error";
+ static const char op[] = "add_template_measure";
+ static const char audit_cause[] = "hashing_error";
char *template_name = entry->template_desc->name;
int result;
struct {
@@ -260,8 +260,8 @@
struct evm_ima_xattr_data *xattr_value,
int xattr_len)
{
- const char *op = "add_template_measure";
- const char *audit_cause = "ENOMEM";
+ static const char op[] = "add_template_measure";
+ static const char audit_cause[] = "ENOMEM";
int result = -ENOMEM;
struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
struct ima_template_entry *entry;