linux-kernel - Re: linux-next: ext3 tree build warning

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Date:	Tue, 15 Dec 2009 13:35:31 +0100
From:	Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
To:	Dmitry Monakhov <rjevskiy@...il.com>
Cc:	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>, Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>,
	linux-next@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: linux-next: ext3 tree build warning

On Tue 15-12-09 12:58:36, Dmitry Monakhov wrote:
> 2009/12/15 Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>:
> > Hi Jan,
> >
> > Today's linux-next build (x86_64 allmodconfig) produced this warning:
> >
> > fs/quota/dquot.c: In function 'dquot_alloc_inode':
> > fs/quota/dquot.c:1521: warning: passing argument 1 of 'mark_all_dquot_dirty' discards qualifiers from pointer target type
> > fs/quota/dquot.c:327: note: expected 'struct dquot **' but argument is of type 'struct dquot * const*'
> > fs/quota/dquot.c: In function 'dquot_free_inode':
> > fs/quota/dquot.c:1649: warning: passing argument 1 of 'mark_all_dquot_dirty' discards qualifiers from pointer target type
> > fs/quota/dquot.c:327: note: expected 'struct dquot **' but argument is of type 'struct dquot * const*'
> What's why my original patch contained type casts.
> In fact i dont understand why {alloc,free}_inode accept pointer to
> const struct inode, it's contradicts to normal logic
  Does it? The 'const' keyword just promises we won't change struct inode.
And that is true. We only change structures that are pointed to from the
inode.  So the code is correct as is. 

								Honza
-- 
Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
SUSE Labs, CR
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