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* [PATCH] dm raid: Remove bogus const from decipher_sync_action() return type
@ 2018-09-17  8:02 Geert Uytterhoeven
  2018-09-17 11:58 ` [dm-devel] " Heinz Mauelshagen
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Geert Uytterhoeven @ 2018-09-17  8:02 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Heinz Mauelshagen, Mike Snitzer, Alasdair Kergon
  Cc: Arnd Bergmann, dm-devel, linux-kernel, Geert Uytterhoeven

With gcc-4.1.2:

    drivers/md/dm-raid.c:3357: warning: type qualifiers ignored on function return type

Remove the "const" keyword to fix this.

Fixes: 36a240a706d43383 ("dm raid: fix RAID leg rebuild errors")
Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
---
 drivers/md/dm-raid.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-raid.c b/drivers/md/dm-raid.c
index 5ba067fa0c729bc8..c44925e4e4813d24 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-raid.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-raid.c
@@ -3353,7 +3353,7 @@ static const char *sync_str(enum sync_state state)
 };
 
 /* Return enum sync_state for @mddev derived from @recovery flags */
-static const enum sync_state decipher_sync_action(struct mddev *mddev, unsigned long recovery)
+static enum sync_state decipher_sync_action(struct mddev *mddev, unsigned long recovery)
 {
 	if (test_bit(MD_RECOVERY_FROZEN, &recovery))
 		return st_frozen;
-- 
2.17.1


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* Re: [dm-devel] [PATCH] dm raid: Remove bogus const from decipher_sync_action() return type
  2018-09-17  8:02 [PATCH] dm raid: Remove bogus const from decipher_sync_action() return type Geert Uytterhoeven
@ 2018-09-17 11:58 ` Heinz Mauelshagen
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Heinz Mauelshagen @ 2018-09-17 11:58 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Geert Uytterhoeven, Mike Snitzer, Alasdair Kergon
  Cc: dm-devel, linux-kernel, Arnd Bergmann

Yes, the compiler is right to warn about a meaningless 'const' return by 
value.

Acked-by: Heinz Mauelshagen <heinzm@redhat.com>


On 09/17/2018 10:02 AM, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> With gcc-4.1.2:
>
>      drivers/md/dm-raid.c:3357: warning: type qualifiers ignored on function return type
>
> Remove the "const" keyword to fix this.
>
> Fixes: 36a240a706d43383 ("dm raid: fix RAID leg rebuild errors")
> Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
> ---
>   drivers/md/dm-raid.c | 2 +-
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-raid.c b/drivers/md/dm-raid.c
> index 5ba067fa0c729bc8..c44925e4e4813d24 100644
> --- a/drivers/md/dm-raid.c
> +++ b/drivers/md/dm-raid.c
> @@ -3353,7 +3353,7 @@ static const char *sync_str(enum sync_state state)
>   };
>   
>   /* Return enum sync_state for @mddev derived from @recovery flags */
> -static const enum sync_state decipher_sync_action(struct mddev *mddev, unsigned long recovery)
> +static enum sync_state decipher_sync_action(struct mddev *mddev, unsigned long recovery)
>   {
>   	if (test_bit(MD_RECOVERY_FROZEN, &recovery))
>   		return st_frozen;

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