linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] CRED: fix compilation warning in function 'get

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Message-ID: <11321.1227219571@redhat.com>
Date:	Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:19:31 +0000
From:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
To:	"Hannes Eder" <hannes@...neseder.net>
Cc:	dhowells@...hat.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] CRED: fix compilation warning in function 'get_cred'

Hannes Eder <hannes@...neseder.net> wrote:

> Fix to following warning by introducing a temporary variable:
> 
> include/linux/cred.h: In function 'get_cred':
> include/linux/cred.h:187: warning: passing argument 1 of
> 'get_new_cred' discards qualifiers from pointer target type

Interesting.  I believe that's a compiler bug.  Explicitly casting away the
const should avoid this warning.

David
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