linux-kernel - Re: linux-next: cifs tree build warning

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Date:	Tue, 16 Jun 2009 06:38:23 -0400
From:	Jeff Layton <jlayton@...hat.com>
To:	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
Cc:	Steve French <sfrench@...ibm.com>, linux-next@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: linux-next: cifs tree build warning

On Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:07:51 +1000
Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au> wrote:

> Hi Steve,
> 
> Today's linux-next build (x86_64 allmodconfig) produced this warning:
> 
> fs/cifs/dns_resolve.c: In function 'is_ip':
> fs/cifs/dns_resolve.c:42: warning: passing argument 1 of 'cifs_convert_address' discards qualifiers from pointer target type
> fs/cifs/cifsproto.h:77: note: expected 'char *' but argument is of type 'const char *'
> 
> Introduced by commit 1e68b2b2756fc3488ecbade5ad5f13302b3aaafc ("cifs: add
> new routine for converting AF_INET and AF_INET6 addrs").
> 

Known problem. The warning is pretty harmless (that variable doesn't
ever get changed). Once Steve commits the last patch in that series
the warning will go away.

-- 
Jeff Layton <jlayton@...hat.com>
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