linux-kernel - Re: [Patch] uml: drop const qualifier for kernel

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Date:	Sat, 6 Dec 2008 01:02:16 +0000
From:	"Américo Wang" <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
To:	"Johannes Weiner" <hannes@...xchg.org>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Andrew Morton" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, jdike@...toit.com,
	user-mode-linux-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [Patch] uml: drop const qualifier for kernel_execve()

On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 1:40 PM, Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org> wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 03, 2008 at 12:32:02PM +0000, Américo Wang wrote:
>> On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 1:20 AM, Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org> wrote:
>> > On Tue, Dec 02, 2008 at 10:51:09PM +0000, Américo Wang wrote:
>> >> UML implementation of kernel_execve() should not have const qualifier,
>> >> because it will finally call do_execve() which doesn't have.
>> >
>> > And you made sure that do_execve() is correctly annotated?
>> >
>>
>> Yes, I checked that.
>
> Good.  Then please fix up do_execve() or let the warning stand out as
> a reminder.

??
Confused...

do_execve() is OK, we don't need to fix it.

Thanks.