diff --git a/fs/9p/xattr.c b/fs/9p/xattr.c
index e00cf8109b3f..053d1cef6e13 100644
--- a/fs/9p/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/9p/xattr.c
@@ -162,27 +162,27 @@ static int v9fs_xattr_handler_set(const struct xattr_handler *handler,
 	return v9fs_xattr_set(dentry, full_name, value, size, flags);
 }
 
-static struct xattr_handler v9fs_xattr_user_handler = {
+static const struct xattr_handler v9fs_xattr_user_handler = {
 	.prefix	= XATTR_USER_PREFIX,
 	.get	= v9fs_xattr_handler_get,
 	.set	= v9fs_xattr_handler_set,
 };
 
-static struct xattr_handler v9fs_xattr_trusted_handler = {
+static const struct xattr_handler v9fs_xattr_trusted_handler = {
 	.prefix	= XATTR_TRUSTED_PREFIX,
 	.get	= v9fs_xattr_handler_get,
 	.set	= v9fs_xattr_handler_set,
 };
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_9P_FS_SECURITY
-static struct xattr_handler v9fs_xattr_security_handler = {
+static const struct xattr_handler v9fs_xattr_security_handler = {
 	.prefix	= XATTR_SECURITY_PREFIX,
 	.get	= v9fs_xattr_handler_get,
 	.set	= v9fs_xattr_handler_set,
 };
 #endif
 
-const struct xattr_handler *v9fs_xattr_handlers[] = {
+const struct xattr_handler * const v9fs_xattr_handlers[] = {
 	&v9fs_xattr_user_handler,
 	&v9fs_xattr_trusted_handler,
 #ifdef CONFIG_9P_FS_SECURITY
diff --git a/fs/9p/xattr.h b/fs/9p/xattr.h
index b5636e544c8a..3ad5a802352a 100644
--- a/fs/9p/xattr.h
+++ b/fs/9p/xattr.h
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #include <net/9p/9p.h>
 #include <net/9p/client.h>
 
-extern const struct xattr_handler *v9fs_xattr_handlers[];
+extern const struct xattr_handler * const v9fs_xattr_handlers[];
 
 ssize_t v9fs_fid_xattr_get(struct p9_fid *fid, const char *name,
 			   void *buffer, size_t buffer_size);
diff --git a/fs/afs/internal.h b/fs/afs/internal.h
index da73b97e19a9..23e2cc4efe41 100644
--- a/fs/afs/internal.h
+++ b/fs/afs/internal.h
@@ -1541,7 +1541,7 @@ int afs_launder_folio(struct folio *);
 /*
  * xattr.c
  */
-extern const struct xattr_handler *afs_xattr_handlers[];
+extern const struct xattr_handler * const afs_xattr_handlers[];
 
 /*
  * yfsclient.c
diff --git a/fs/afs/xattr.c b/fs/afs/xattr.c
index 9048d8ccc715..64b2c0224f62 100644
--- a/fs/afs/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/afs/xattr.c
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ static const struct xattr_handler afs_xattr_afs_volume_handler = {
 	.get	= afs_xattr_get_volume,
 };
 
-const struct xattr_handler *afs_xattr_handlers[] = {
+const struct xattr_handler * const afs_xattr_handlers[] = {
 	&afs_xattr_afs_acl_handler,
 	&afs_xattr_afs_cell_handler,
 	&afs_xattr_afs_fid_handler,
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/xattr.c b/fs/btrfs/xattr.c
index 96828a13dd43..a9f8b173a99f 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/xattr.c
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ static const struct xattr_handler btrfs_btrfs_xattr_handler = {
 	.set = btrfs_xattr_handler_set_prop,
 };
 
-const struct xattr_handler *btrfs_xattr_handlers[] = {
+const struct xattr_handler * const btrfs_xattr_handlers[] = {
 	&btrfs_security_xattr_handler,
 	&btrfs_trusted_xattr_handler,
 	&btrfs_user_xattr_handler,
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/xattr.h b/fs/btrfs/xattr.h
index 1cd3fc0a8f17..118118ca3e1d 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/xattr.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/xattr.h
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 #include <linux/xattr.h>
 
-extern const struct xattr_handler *btrfs_xattr_handlers[];
+extern const struct xattr_handler * const btrfs_xattr_handlers[];
 
 int btrfs_getxattr(struct inode *inode, const char *name,
 		void *buffer, size_t size);
diff --git a/fs/ceph/super.h b/fs/ceph/super.h
index 51c7f2b14f6f..98844fc8a2f7 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/super.h
+++ b/fs/ceph/super.h
@@ -1119,7 +1119,7 @@ ssize_t __ceph_getxattr(struct inode *, const char *, void *, size_t);
 extern ssize_t ceph_listxattr(struct dentry *, char *, size_t);
 extern struct ceph_buffer *__ceph_build_xattrs_blob(struct ceph_inode_info *ci);
 extern void __ceph_destroy_xattrs(struct ceph_inode_info *ci);
-extern const struct xattr_handler *ceph_xattr_handlers[];
+extern const struct xattr_handler * const ceph_xattr_handlers[];
 
 struct ceph_acl_sec_ctx {
 #ifdef CONFIG_CEPH_FS_POSIX_ACL
diff --git a/fs/ceph/xattr.c b/fs/ceph/xattr.c
index 0deae4a0f5f1..097ce7f74073 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/xattr.c
@@ -1446,7 +1446,7 @@ void ceph_release_acl_sec_ctx(struct ceph_acl_sec_ctx *as_ctx)
  * List of handlers for synthetic system.* attributes. Other
  * attributes are handled directly.
  */
-const struct xattr_handler *ceph_xattr_handlers[] = {
+const struct xattr_handler * const ceph_xattr_handlers[] = {
 	&ceph_other_xattr_handler,
 	NULL,
 };
diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/ecryptfs_kernel.h b/fs/ecryptfs/ecryptfs_kernel.h
index f2ed0c0266cb..c586c5db18b5 100644
--- a/fs/ecryptfs/ecryptfs_kernel.h
+++ b/fs/ecryptfs/ecryptfs_kernel.h
@@ -702,6 +702,6 @@ int ecryptfs_set_f_namelen(long *namelen, long lower_namelen,
 int ecryptfs_derive_iv(char *iv, struct ecryptfs_crypt_stat *crypt_stat,
 		       loff_t offset);
 
-extern const struct xattr_handler *ecryptfs_xattr_handlers[];
+extern const struct xattr_handler * const ecryptfs_xattr_handlers[];
 
 #endif /* #ifndef ECRYPTFS_KERNEL_H */
diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c b/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
index 992d9c7e64ae..a25dd3d20008 100644
--- a/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
@@ -1210,7 +1210,7 @@ static const struct xattr_handler ecryptfs_xattr_handler = {
 	.set = ecryptfs_xattr_set,
 };
 
-const struct xattr_handler *ecryptfs_xattr_handlers[] = {
+const struct xattr_handler * const ecryptfs_xattr_handlers[] = {
 	&ecryptfs_xattr_handler,
 	NULL
 };
diff --git a/fs/erofs/xattr.c b/fs/erofs/xattr.c
index 09d341675e89..b58316b49a43 100644
--- a/fs/erofs/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/erofs/xattr.c
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ const struct xattr_handler __maybe_unused erofs_xattr_security_handler = {
 };
 #endif
 
-const struct xattr_handler *erofs_xattr_handlers[] = {
+const struct xattr_handler * const erofs_xattr_handlers[] = {
 	&erofs_xattr_user_handler,
 	&erofs_xattr_trusted_handler,
 #ifdef CONFIG_EROFS_FS_SECURITY
diff --git a/fs/erofs/xattr.h b/fs/erofs/xattr.h
index f16283cb8c93..b246cd0e135e 100644
--- a/fs/erofs/xattr.h
+++ b/fs/erofs/xattr.h
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ static inline const char *erofs_xattr_prefix(unsigned int idx,
 {
 	const struct xattr_handler *handler = NULL;
 
-	static const struct xattr_handler *xattr_handler_map[] = {
+	static const struct xattr_handler * const xattr_handler_map[] = {
 		[EROFS_XATTR_INDEX_USER] = &erofs_xattr_user_handler,
 #ifdef CONFIG_EROFS_FS_POSIX_ACL
 		[EROFS_XATTR_INDEX_POSIX_ACL_ACCESS] = &nop_posix_acl_access,
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ static inline const char *erofs_xattr_prefix(unsigned int idx,
 	return xattr_prefix(handler);
 }
 
-extern const struct xattr_handler *erofs_xattr_handlers[];
+extern const struct xattr_handler * const erofs_xattr_handlers[];
 
 int erofs_xattr_prefixes_init(struct super_block *sb);
 void erofs_xattr_prefixes_cleanup(struct super_block *sb);
diff --git a/fs/ext2/xattr.c b/fs/ext2/xattr.c
index 20f741184673..e849241ebb8f 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/xattr.c
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ static struct buffer_head *ext2_xattr_cache_find(struct inode *,
 static void ext2_xattr_rehash(struct ext2_xattr_header *,
 			      struct ext2_xattr_entry *);
 
-static const struct xattr_handler *ext2_xattr_handler_map[] = {
+static const struct xattr_handler * const ext2_xattr_handler_map[] = {
 	[EXT2_XATTR_INDEX_USER]		     = &ext2_xattr_user_handler,
 #ifdef CONFIG_EXT2_FS_POSIX_ACL
 	[EXT2_XATTR_INDEX_POSIX_ACL_ACCESS]  = &nop_posix_acl_access,
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ static const struct xattr_handler *ext2_xattr_handler_map[] = {
 #endif
 };
 
-const struct xattr_handler *ext2_xattr_handlers[] = {
+const struct xattr_handler * const ext2_xattr_handlers[] = {
 	&ext2_xattr_user_handler,
 	&ext2_xattr_trusted_handler,
 #ifdef CONFIG_EXT2_FS_SECURITY
diff --git a/fs/ext2/xattr.h b/fs/ext2/xattr.h
index 7925f596e8e2..6a4966949047 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/xattr.h
+++ b/fs/ext2/xattr.h
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ extern void ext2_xattr_delete_inode(struct inode *);
 extern struct mb_cache *ext2_xattr_create_cache(void);
 extern void ext2_xattr_destroy_cache(struct mb_cache *cache);
 
-extern const struct xattr_handler *ext2_xattr_handlers[];
+extern const struct xattr_handler * const ext2_xattr_handlers[];
 
 # else  /* CONFIG_EXT2_FS_XATTR */
 
diff --git a/fs/ext4/xattr.c b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
index 92ba28cebac6..a3b68eb4f6f7 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ static const struct xattr_handler * const ext4_xattr_handler_map[] = {
 	[EXT4_XATTR_INDEX_HURD]		     = &ext4_xattr_hurd_handler,
 };
 
-const struct xattr_handler *ext4_xattr_handlers[] = {
+const struct xattr_handler * const ext4_xattr_handlers[] = {
 	&ext4_xattr_user_handler,
 	&ext4_xattr_trusted_handler,
 #ifdef CONFIG_EXT4_FS_SECURITY
diff --git a/fs/ext4/xattr.h b/fs/ext4/xattr.h
index 824faf0b15a8..bd97c4aa8177 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/xattr.h
+++ b/fs/ext4/xattr.h
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ extern int ext4_expand_extra_isize_ea(struct inode *inode, int new_extra_isize,
 			    struct ext4_inode *raw_inode, handle_t *handle);
 extern void ext4_evict_ea_inode(struct inode *inode);
 
-extern const struct xattr_handler *ext4_xattr_handlers[];
+extern const struct xattr_handler * const ext4_xattr_handlers[];
 
 extern int ext4_xattr_ibody_find(struct inode *inode, struct ext4_xattr_info *i,
 				 struct ext4_xattr_ibody_find *is);
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/xattr.c b/fs/f2fs/xattr.c
index a657284faee3..4314456854f6 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/xattr.c
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ const struct xattr_handler f2fs_xattr_security_handler = {
 	.set	= f2fs_xattr_generic_set,
 };
 
-static const struct xattr_handler *f2fs_xattr_handler_map[] = {
+static const struct xattr_handler * const f2fs_xattr_handler_map[] = {
 	[F2FS_XATTR_INDEX_USER] = &f2fs_xattr_user_handler,
 #ifdef CONFIG_F2FS_FS_POSIX_ACL
 	[F2FS_XATTR_INDEX_POSIX_ACL_ACCESS] = &nop_posix_acl_access,
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ static const struct xattr_handler *f2fs_xattr_handler_map[] = {
 	[F2FS_XATTR_INDEX_ADVISE] = &f2fs_xattr_advise_handler,
 };
 
-const struct xattr_handler *f2fs_xattr_handlers[] = {
+const struct xattr_handler * const f2fs_xattr_handlers[] = {
 	&f2fs_xattr_user_handler,
 	&f2fs_xattr_trusted_handler,
 #ifdef CONFIG_F2FS_FS_SECURITY
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/xattr.h b/fs/f2fs/xattr.h
index b1811c392e6f..a005ffdcf717 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/xattr.h
+++ b/fs/f2fs/xattr.h
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ extern const struct xattr_handler f2fs_xattr_trusted_handler;
 extern const struct xattr_handler f2fs_xattr_advise_handler;
 extern const struct xattr_handler f2fs_xattr_security_handler;
 
-extern const struct xattr_handler *f2fs_xattr_handlers[];
+extern const struct xattr_handler * const f2fs_xattr_handlers[];
 
 extern int f2fs_setxattr(struct inode *, int, const char *,
 				const void *, size_t, struct page *, int);
diff --git a/fs/fuse/fuse_i.h b/fs/fuse/fuse_i.h
index bf0b85d0b95c..6e6e721f421b 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/fuse_i.h
+++ b/fs/fuse/fuse_i.h
@@ -1284,7 +1284,7 @@ ssize_t fuse_getxattr(struct inode *inode, const char *name, void *value,
 		      size_t size);
 ssize_t fuse_listxattr(struct dentry *entry, char *list, size_t size);
 int fuse_removexattr(struct inode *inode, const char *name);
-extern const struct xattr_handler *fuse_xattr_handlers[];
+extern const struct xattr_handler * const fuse_xattr_handlers[];
 
 struct posix_acl;
 struct posix_acl *fuse_get_inode_acl(struct inode *inode, int type, bool rcu);
diff --git a/fs/fuse/xattr.c b/fs/fuse/xattr.c
index 49c01559580f..5b423fdbb13f 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/xattr.c
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ static const struct xattr_handler fuse_xattr_handler = {
 	.set    = fuse_xattr_set,
 };
 
-const struct xattr_handler *fuse_xattr_handlers[] = {
+const struct xattr_handler * const fuse_xattr_handlers[] = {
 	&fuse_xattr_handler,
 	NULL
 };
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/super.h b/fs/gfs2/super.h
index ab9c83106932..b4ddf6244586 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/super.h
+++ b/fs/gfs2/super.h
@@ -60,8 +60,8 @@ extern const struct export_operations gfs2_export_ops;
 extern const struct super_operations gfs2_super_ops;
 extern const struct dentry_operations gfs2_dops;
 
-extern const struct xattr_handler *gfs2_xattr_handlers_max[];
-extern const struct xattr_handler **gfs2_xattr_handlers_min;
+extern const struct xattr_handler * const gfs2_xattr_handlers_max[];
+extern const struct xattr_handler * const *gfs2_xattr_handlers_min;
 
 #endif /* __SUPER_DOT_H__ */
 
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/xattr.c b/fs/gfs2/xattr.c
index 4fea70c0fe3d..79d5c5559512 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/xattr.c
@@ -1494,7 +1494,7 @@ static const struct xattr_handler gfs2_xattr_trusted_handler = {
 	.set    = gfs2_xattr_set,
 };
 
-const struct xattr_handler *gfs2_xattr_handlers_max[] = {
+const struct xattr_handler * const gfs2_xattr_handlers_max[] = {
 	/* GFS2_FS_FORMAT_MAX */
 	&gfs2_xattr_trusted_handler,
 
@@ -1504,4 +1504,4 @@ const struct xattr_handler *gfs2_xattr_handlers_max[] = {
 	NULL,
 };
 
-const struct xattr_handler **gfs2_xattr_handlers_min = gfs2_xattr_handlers_max + 1;
+const struct xattr_handler * const *gfs2_xattr_handlers_min = gfs2_xattr_handlers_max + 1;
diff --git a/fs/hfs/attr.c b/fs/hfs/attr.c
index 6341bb248247..f8395cdd1adf 100644
--- a/fs/hfs/attr.c
+++ b/fs/hfs/attr.c
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ static const struct xattr_handler hfs_type_handler = {
 	.set = hfs_xattr_set,
 };
 
-const struct xattr_handler *hfs_xattr_handlers[] = {
+const struct xattr_handler * const hfs_xattr_handlers[] = {
 	&hfs_creator_handler,
 	&hfs_type_handler,
 	NULL
diff --git a/fs/hfs/hfs_fs.h b/fs/hfs/hfs_fs.h
index 49d02524e667..b5a6ad5df357 100644
--- a/fs/hfs/hfs_fs.h
+++ b/fs/hfs/hfs_fs.h
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ extern void hfs_evict_inode(struct inode *);
 extern void hfs_delete_inode(struct inode *);
 
 /* attr.c */
-extern const struct xattr_handler *hfs_xattr_handlers[];
+extern const struct xattr_handler * const hfs_xattr_handlers[];
 
 /* mdb.c */
 extern int hfs_mdb_get(struct super_block *);
diff --git a/fs/hfsplus/xattr.c b/fs/hfsplus/xattr.c
index 58021e73c00b..9c9ff6b8c6f7 100644
--- a/fs/hfsplus/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/hfsplus/xattr.c
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 static int hfsplus_removexattr(struct inode *inode, const char *name);
 
-const struct xattr_handler *hfsplus_xattr_handlers[] = {
+const struct xattr_handler * const hfsplus_xattr_handlers[] = {
 	&hfsplus_xattr_osx_handler,
 	&hfsplus_xattr_user_handler,
 	&hfsplus_xattr_trusted_handler,
diff --git a/fs/hfsplus/xattr.h b/fs/hfsplus/xattr.h
index d14e362b3eba..15cc55e41410 100644
--- a/fs/hfsplus/xattr.h
+++ b/fs/hfsplus/xattr.h
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ extern const struct xattr_handler hfsplus_xattr_user_handler;
 extern const struct xattr_handler hfsplus_xattr_trusted_handler;
 extern const struct xattr_handler hfsplus_xattr_security_handler;
 
-extern const struct xattr_handler *hfsplus_xattr_handlers[];
+extern const struct xattr_handler * const hfsplus_xattr_handlers[];
 
 int __hfsplus_setxattr(struct inode *inode, const char *name,
 			const void *value, size_t size, int flags);
diff --git a/fs/jffs2/xattr.c b/fs/jffs2/xattr.c
index 3b6bdc9a49e1..00224f3a8d6e 100644
--- a/fs/jffs2/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/jffs2/xattr.c
@@ -920,7 +920,7 @@ struct jffs2_xattr_datum *jffs2_setup_xattr_datum(struct jffs2_sb_info *c,
  * do_jffs2_setxattr(inode, xprefix, xname, buffer, size, flags)
  *   is an implementation of setxattr handler on jffs2.
  * -------------------------------------------------- */
-const struct xattr_handler *jffs2_xattr_handlers[] = {
+const struct xattr_handler * const jffs2_xattr_handlers[] = {
 	&jffs2_user_xattr_handler,
 #ifdef CONFIG_JFFS2_FS_SECURITY
 	&jffs2_security_xattr_handler,
diff --git a/fs/jffs2/xattr.h b/fs/jffs2/xattr.h
index 1b5030a3349d..7e7de093ec0a 100644
--- a/fs/jffs2/xattr.h
+++ b/fs/jffs2/xattr.h
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ extern int do_jffs2_getxattr(struct inode *inode, int xprefix, const char *xname
 extern int do_jffs2_setxattr(struct inode *inode, int xprefix, const char *xname,
 			     const char *buffer, size_t size, int flags);
 
-extern const struct xattr_handler *jffs2_xattr_handlers[];
+extern const struct xattr_handler * const jffs2_xattr_handlers[];
 extern const struct xattr_handler jffs2_user_xattr_handler;
 extern const struct xattr_handler jffs2_trusted_xattr_handler;
 
diff --git a/fs/jfs/jfs_xattr.h b/fs/jfs/jfs_xattr.h
index 0d33816d251d..ec67d8554d2c 100644
--- a/fs/jfs/jfs_xattr.h
+++ b/fs/jfs/jfs_xattr.h
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ extern int __jfs_setxattr(tid_t, struct inode *, const char *, const void *,
 extern ssize_t __jfs_getxattr(struct inode *, const char *, void *, size_t);
 extern ssize_t jfs_listxattr(struct dentry *, char *, size_t);
 
-extern const struct xattr_handler *jfs_xattr_handlers[];
+extern const struct xattr_handler * const jfs_xattr_handlers[];
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_JFS_SECURITY
 extern int jfs_init_security(tid_t, struct inode *, struct inode *,
diff --git a/fs/jfs/xattr.c b/fs/jfs/xattr.c
index 8577ad494e05..0fb7afac298e 100644
--- a/fs/jfs/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/jfs/xattr.c
@@ -985,7 +985,7 @@ static const struct xattr_handler jfs_trusted_xattr_handler = {
 	.set = jfs_xattr_set,
 };
 
-const struct xattr_handler *jfs_xattr_handlers[] = {
+const struct xattr_handler * const jfs_xattr_handlers[] = {
 	&jfs_os2_xattr_handler,
 	&jfs_user_xattr_handler,
 	&jfs_security_xattr_handler,
diff --git a/fs/kernfs/inode.c b/fs/kernfs/inode.c
index 922719a343a7..f258ce9c0d1b 100644
--- a/fs/kernfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/kernfs/inode.c
@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ static const struct xattr_handler kernfs_user_xattr_handler = {
 	.set = kernfs_vfs_user_xattr_set,
 };
 
-const struct xattr_handler *kernfs_xattr_handlers[] = {
+const struct xattr_handler * const kernfs_xattr_handlers[] = {
 	&kernfs_trusted_xattr_handler,
 	&kernfs_security_xattr_handler,
 	&kernfs_user_xattr_handler,
diff --git a/fs/kernfs/kernfs-internal.h b/fs/kernfs/kernfs-internal.h
index a9b854cdfdb5..237f2764b941 100644
--- a/fs/kernfs/kernfs-internal.h
+++ b/fs/kernfs/kernfs-internal.h
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ extern struct kmem_cache *kernfs_node_cache, *kernfs_iattrs_cache;
 /*
  * inode.c
  */
-extern const struct xattr_handler *kernfs_xattr_handlers[];
+extern const struct xattr_handler * const kernfs_xattr_handlers[];
 void kernfs_evict_inode(struct inode *inode);
 int kernfs_iop_permission(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
 			  struct inode *inode, int mask);
diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs.h b/fs/nfs/nfs.h
index 5ba00610aede..0d3ce0460e35 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs.h
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs.h
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ struct nfs_subversion {
 	const struct rpc_version *rpc_vers;	/* NFS version information */
 	const struct nfs_rpc_ops *rpc_ops;	/* NFS operations */
 	const struct super_operations *sops;	/* NFS Super operations */
-	const struct xattr_handler **xattr;	/* NFS xattr handlers */
+	const struct xattr_handler * const *xattr;	/* NFS xattr handlers */
 	struct list_head list;		/* List of NFS versions */
 };
 
diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4_fs.h b/fs/nfs/nfs4_fs.h
index 47c5c1f86d66..827d00e2f094 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4_fs.h
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4_fs.h
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ extern struct rpc_clnt *nfs4_proc_lookup_mountpoint(struct inode *,
 						    struct nfs_fh *,
 						    struct nfs_fattr *);
 extern int nfs4_proc_secinfo(struct inode *, const struct qstr *, struct nfs4_secinfo_flavors *);
-extern const struct xattr_handler *nfs4_xattr_handlers[];
+extern const struct xattr_handler * const nfs4_xattr_handlers[];
 extern int nfs4_set_rw_stateid(nfs4_stateid *stateid,
 		const struct nfs_open_context *ctx,
 		const struct nfs_lock_context *l_ctx,
diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
index 5ee283eb9660..a654d7234f51 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
@@ -10737,7 +10737,7 @@ static const struct xattr_handler nfs4_xattr_nfs4_user_handler = {
 };
 #endif
 
-const struct xattr_handler *nfs4_xattr_handlers[] = {
+const struct xattr_handler * const nfs4_xattr_handlers[] = {
 	&nfs4_xattr_nfs4_acl_handler,
 #if defined(CONFIG_NFS_V4_1)
 	&nfs4_xattr_nfs4_dacl_handler,
diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/ntfs_fs.h b/fs/ntfs3/ntfs_fs.h
index 0e6a2777870c..f6706143d14b 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs3/ntfs_fs.h
+++ b/fs/ntfs3/ntfs_fs.h
@@ -872,7 +872,7 @@ int ntfs_init_acl(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *inode,
 
 int ntfs_acl_chmod(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct dentry *dentry);
 ssize_t ntfs_listxattr(struct dentry *dentry, char *buffer, size_t size);
-extern const struct xattr_handler *ntfs_xattr_handlers[];
+extern const struct xattr_handler * const ntfs_xattr_handlers[];
 
 int ntfs_save_wsl_perm(struct inode *inode, __le16 *ea_size);
 void ntfs_get_wsl_perm(struct inode *inode);
diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/xattr.c b/fs/ntfs3/xattr.c
index 4920548192a0..4274b6f31cfa 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs3/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs3/xattr.c
@@ -1021,7 +1021,7 @@ static const struct xattr_handler ntfs_other_xattr_handler = {
 	.list	= ntfs_xattr_user_list,
 };
 
-const struct xattr_handler *ntfs_xattr_handlers[] = {
+const struct xattr_handler * const ntfs_xattr_handlers[] = {
 	&ntfs_other_xattr_handler,
 	NULL,
 };
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/xattr.c b/fs/ocfs2/xattr.c
index 6510ad783c91..2e9628f698be 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/xattr.c
@@ -87,14 +87,14 @@ static struct ocfs2_xattr_def_value_root def_xv = {
 	.xv.xr_list.l_count = cpu_to_le16(1),
 };
 
-const struct xattr_handler *ocfs2_xattr_handlers[] = {
+const struct xattr_handler * const ocfs2_xattr_handlers[] = {
 	&ocfs2_xattr_user_handler,
 	&ocfs2_xattr_trusted_handler,
 	&ocfs2_xattr_security_handler,
 	NULL
 };
 
-static const struct xattr_handler *ocfs2_xattr_handler_map[OCFS2_XATTR_MAX] = {
+static const struct xattr_handler * const ocfs2_xattr_handler_map[OCFS2_XATTR_MAX] = {
 	[OCFS2_XATTR_INDEX_USER]		= &ocfs2_xattr_user_handler,
 	[OCFS2_XATTR_INDEX_POSIX_ACL_ACCESS]	= &nop_posix_acl_access,
 	[OCFS2_XATTR_INDEX_POSIX_ACL_DEFAULT]	= &nop_posix_acl_default,
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/xattr.h b/fs/ocfs2/xattr.h
index 00308b57f64f..65e9aa743919 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/xattr.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/xattr.h
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ struct ocfs2_security_xattr_info {
 extern const struct xattr_handler ocfs2_xattr_user_handler;
 extern const struct xattr_handler ocfs2_xattr_trusted_handler;
 extern const struct xattr_handler ocfs2_xattr_security_handler;
-extern const struct xattr_handler *ocfs2_xattr_handlers[];
+extern const struct xattr_handler * const ocfs2_xattr_handlers[];
 
 ssize_t ocfs2_listxattr(struct dentry *, char *, size_t);
 int ocfs2_xattr_get_nolock(struct inode *, struct buffer_head *, int,
diff --git a/fs/orangefs/orangefs-kernel.h b/fs/orangefs/orangefs-kernel.h
index b711654ca18a..926d9c0a428a 100644
--- a/fs/orangefs/orangefs-kernel.h
+++ b/fs/orangefs/orangefs-kernel.h
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ enum orangefs_vfs_op_states {
 #define ORANGEFS_CACHE_CREATE_FLAGS 0
 #endif
 
-extern const struct xattr_handler *orangefs_xattr_handlers[];
+extern const struct xattr_handler * const orangefs_xattr_handlers[];
 
 extern struct posix_acl *orangefs_get_acl(struct inode *inode, int type, bool rcu);
 extern int orangefs_set_acl(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
diff --git a/fs/orangefs/xattr.c b/fs/orangefs/xattr.c
index 68b62689a63e..74ef75586f38 100644
--- a/fs/orangefs/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/orangefs/xattr.c
@@ -554,7 +554,7 @@ static const struct xattr_handler orangefs_xattr_default_handler = {
 	.set = orangefs_xattr_set_default,
 };
 
-const struct xattr_handler *orangefs_xattr_handlers[] = {
+const struct xattr_handler * const orangefs_xattr_handlers[] = {
 	&orangefs_xattr_default_handler,
 	NULL
 };
diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/super.c b/fs/overlayfs/super.c
index c6c39ea267c5..6cd949c59fed 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/super.c
@@ -495,13 +495,13 @@ static const struct xattr_handler ovl_other_xattr_handler = {
 	.set = ovl_other_xattr_set,
 };
 
-static const struct xattr_handler *ovl_trusted_xattr_handlers[] = {
+static const struct xattr_handler * const ovl_trusted_xattr_handlers[] = {
 	&ovl_own_trusted_xattr_handler,
 	&ovl_other_xattr_handler,
 	NULL
 };
 
-static const struct xattr_handler *ovl_user_xattr_handlers[] = {
+static const struct xattr_handler * const ovl_user_xattr_handlers[] = {
 	&ovl_own_user_xattr_handler,
 	&ovl_other_xattr_handler,
 	NULL
diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/reiserfs.h b/fs/reiserfs/reiserfs.h
index 8ad41271c256..725667880e62 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/reiserfs.h
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/reiserfs.h
@@ -1165,7 +1165,7 @@ static inline int bmap_would_wrap(unsigned bmap_nr)
 	return bmap_nr > ((1LL << 16) - 1);
 }
 
-extern const struct xattr_handler *reiserfs_xattr_handlers[];
+extern const struct xattr_handler * const reiserfs_xattr_handlers[];
 
 /*
  * this says about version of key of all items (but stat data) the
diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/xattr.c b/fs/reiserfs/xattr.c
index 6000964c2b80..998035a6388e 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/xattr.c
@@ -780,7 +780,7 @@ static inline bool reiserfs_posix_acl_list(const char *name,
 }
 
 /* This is the implementation for the xattr plugin infrastructure */
-static inline bool reiserfs_xattr_list(const struct xattr_handler **handlers,
+static inline bool reiserfs_xattr_list(const struct xattr_handler * const *handlers,
 				       const char *name, struct dentry *dentry)
 {
 	if (handlers) {
@@ -911,7 +911,7 @@ static int create_privroot(struct dentry *dentry) { return 0; }
 #endif
 
 /* Actual operations that are exported to VFS-land */
-const struct xattr_handler *reiserfs_xattr_handlers[] = {
+const struct xattr_handler * const reiserfs_xattr_handlers[] = {
 #ifdef CONFIG_REISERFS_FS_XATTR
 	&reiserfs_xattr_user_handler,
 	&reiserfs_xattr_trusted_handler,
diff --git a/fs/smb/client/cifsfs.h b/fs/smb/client/cifsfs.h
index 41daebd220ff..8ca3d7606bb4 100644
--- a/fs/smb/client/cifsfs.h
+++ b/fs/smb/client/cifsfs.h
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ extern int cifs_symlink(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *inode,
 			struct dentry *direntry, const char *symname);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_CIFS_XATTR
-extern const struct xattr_handler *cifs_xattr_handlers[];
+extern const struct xattr_handler * const cifs_xattr_handlers[];
 extern ssize_t	cifs_listxattr(struct dentry *, char *, size_t);
 #else
 # define cifs_xattr_handlers NULL
diff --git a/fs/smb/client/xattr.c b/fs/smb/client/xattr.c
index 4ad5531686d8..ac199160bce6 100644
--- a/fs/smb/client/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/smb/client/xattr.c
@@ -478,7 +478,7 @@ static const struct xattr_handler smb3_ntsd_full_xattr_handler = {
 	.set = cifs_xattr_set,
 };
 
-const struct xattr_handler *cifs_xattr_handlers[] = {
+const struct xattr_handler * const cifs_xattr_handlers[] = {
 	&cifs_user_xattr_handler,
 	&cifs_os2_xattr_handler,
 	&cifs_cifs_acl_xattr_handler,
diff --git a/fs/squashfs/squashfs.h b/fs/squashfs/squashfs.h
index a6164fdf9435..5a756e6790b5 100644
--- a/fs/squashfs/squashfs.h
+++ b/fs/squashfs/squashfs.h
@@ -111,4 +111,4 @@ extern const struct address_space_operations squashfs_symlink_aops;
 extern const struct inode_operations squashfs_symlink_inode_ops;
 
 /* xattr.c */
-extern const struct xattr_handler *squashfs_xattr_handlers[];
+extern const struct xattr_handler * const squashfs_xattr_handlers[];
diff --git a/fs/squashfs/xattr.c b/fs/squashfs/xattr.c
index e1e3f3dd5a06..ce6608cabd49 100644
--- a/fs/squashfs/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/squashfs/xattr.c
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ static const struct xattr_handler *squashfs_xattr_handler(int type)
 	}
 }
 
-const struct xattr_handler *squashfs_xattr_handlers[] = {
+const struct xattr_handler * const squashfs_xattr_handlers[] = {
 	&squashfs_xattr_user_handler,
 	&squashfs_xattr_trusted_handler,
 	&squashfs_xattr_security_handler,
diff --git a/fs/ubifs/ubifs.h b/fs/ubifs/ubifs.h
index ebb3ad6b5e7e..62633816d7d0 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/ubifs.h
+++ b/fs/ubifs/ubifs.h
@@ -2043,7 +2043,7 @@ ssize_t ubifs_xattr_get(struct inode *host, const char *name, void *buf,
 			size_t size);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_UBIFS_FS_XATTR
-extern const struct xattr_handler *ubifs_xattr_handlers[];
+extern const struct xattr_handler * const ubifs_xattr_handlers[];
 ssize_t ubifs_listxattr(struct dentry *dentry, char *buffer, size_t size);
 void ubifs_evict_xattr_inode(struct ubifs_info *c, ino_t xattr_inum);
 int ubifs_purge_xattrs(struct inode *host);
diff --git a/fs/ubifs/xattr.c b/fs/ubifs/xattr.c
index 406c82eab513..0847db521984 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/xattr.c
@@ -735,7 +735,7 @@ static const struct xattr_handler ubifs_security_xattr_handler = {
 };
 #endif
 
-const struct xattr_handler *ubifs_xattr_handlers[] = {
+const struct xattr_handler * const ubifs_xattr_handlers[] = {
 	&ubifs_user_xattr_handler,
 	&ubifs_trusted_xattr_handler,
 #ifdef CONFIG_UBIFS_FS_SECURITY
diff --git a/fs/xattr.c b/fs/xattr.c
index efd4736bc94b..09d927603433 100644
--- a/fs/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/xattr.c
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ strcmp_prefix(const char *a, const char *a_prefix)
 static const struct xattr_handler *
 xattr_resolve_name(struct inode *inode, const char **name)
 {
-	const struct xattr_handler **handlers = inode->i_sb->s_xattr;
+	const struct xattr_handler * const *handlers = inode->i_sb->s_xattr;
 	const struct xattr_handler *handler;
 
 	if (!(inode->i_opflags & IOP_XATTR)) {
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ xattr_permission(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *inode,
 int
 xattr_supports_user_prefix(struct inode *inode)
 {
-	const struct xattr_handler **handlers = inode->i_sb->s_xattr;
+	const struct xattr_handler * const *handlers = inode->i_sb->s_xattr;
 	const struct xattr_handler *handler;
 
 	if (!(inode->i_opflags & IOP_XATTR)) {
@@ -999,7 +999,7 @@ int xattr_list_one(char **buffer, ssize_t *remaining_size, const char *name)
 ssize_t
 generic_listxattr(struct dentry *dentry, char *buffer, size_t buffer_size)
 {
-	const struct xattr_handler *handler, **handlers = dentry->d_sb->s_xattr;
+	const struct xattr_handler *handler, * const *handlers = dentry->d_sb->s_xattr;
 	ssize_t remaining_size = buffer_size;
 	int err = 0;
 
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_xattr.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_xattr.c
index a3975f325f4e..987843f84d03 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_xattr.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_xattr.c
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ static const struct xattr_handler xfs_xattr_security_handler = {
 	.set	= xfs_xattr_set,
 };
 
-const struct xattr_handler *xfs_xattr_handlers[] = {
+const struct xattr_handler * const xfs_xattr_handlers[] = {
 	&xfs_xattr_user_handler,
 	&xfs_xattr_trusted_handler,
 	&xfs_xattr_security_handler,
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_xattr.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_xattr.h
index 2b09133b1b9b..cec766cad26c 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_xattr.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_xattr.h
@@ -8,6 +8,6 @@
 
 int xfs_attr_change(struct xfs_da_args *args);
 
-extern const struct xattr_handler *xfs_xattr_handlers[];
+extern const struct xattr_handler * const xfs_xattr_handlers[];
 
 #endif /* __XFS_XATTR_H__ */
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 4ba1833854c6..5e7772c8b7cb 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -1210,7 +1210,7 @@ struct super_block {
 #ifdef CONFIG_SECURITY
 	void                    *s_security;
 #endif
-	const struct xattr_handler **s_xattr;
+	const struct xattr_handler * const *s_xattr;
 #ifdef CONFIG_FS_ENCRYPTION
 	const struct fscrypt_operations	*s_cop;
 	struct fscrypt_keyring	*s_master_keys; /* master crypto keys in use */
diff --git a/include/linux/pseudo_fs.h b/include/linux/pseudo_fs.h
index eceda1d1407a..730f77381d55 100644
--- a/include/linux/pseudo_fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/pseudo_fs.h
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 struct pseudo_fs_context {
 	const struct super_operations *ops;
-	const struct xattr_handler **xattr;
+	const struct xattr_handler * const *xattr;
 	const struct dentry_operations *dops;
 	unsigned long magic;
 };
diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
index 69595d341882..ae20f9f7d636 100644
--- a/mm/shmem.c
+++ b/mm/shmem.c
@@ -3714,7 +3714,7 @@ static const struct xattr_handler shmem_user_xattr_handler = {
 	.set = shmem_xattr_handler_set,
 };
 
-static const struct xattr_handler *shmem_xattr_handlers[] = {
+static const struct xattr_handler * const shmem_xattr_handlers[] = {
 	&shmem_security_xattr_handler,
 	&shmem_trusted_xattr_handler,
 	&shmem_user_xattr_handler,
diff --git a/net/socket.c b/net/socket.c
index c4a6f5532955..5740475e084c 100644
--- a/net/socket.c
+++ b/net/socket.c
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ static const struct xattr_handler sockfs_security_xattr_handler = {
 	.set = sockfs_security_xattr_set,
 };
 
-static const struct xattr_handler *sockfs_xattr_handlers[] = {
+static const struct xattr_handler * const sockfs_xattr_handlers[] = {
 	&sockfs_xattr_handler,
 	&sockfs_security_xattr_handler,
 	NULL
diff --git a/scripts/const_structs.checkpatch b/scripts/const_structs.checkpatch
index dc39d938ea77..188412aa2757 100644
--- a/scripts/const_structs.checkpatch
+++ b/scripts/const_structs.checkpatch
@@ -94,3 +94,4 @@ vm_operations_struct
 wacom_features
 watchdog_ops
 wd_ops
+xattr_handler