linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] printk.c: remove duplicate const

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Message-ID: <20100401220240.2b3c2c3b@debian>
Date:	Thu, 1 Apr 2010 22:02:40 -0400
From:	Andres Salomon <dilinger@...ued.net>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	H Hartley Sweeten <hartleys@...ionengravers.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] printk.c: remove duplicate const

On Thu, 01 Apr 2010 18:20:04 -0700 (PDT)
David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> wrote:

> From: H Hartley Sweeten <hartleys@...ionengravers.com>
> Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2010 20:13:27 -0500
> 
> > Noticed during a sparse build.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: H Hartley Sweeten <hsweeten@...ionengravers.com>
> 
> Isn't it intentional?  The two consts mark different aspects
> of the declaration const, both the pointers as well as the
> contents pointed to.


I believe that'd be -

static const char *const kmsg_reasons[]

rather than what was originally in the code -

static const char const *kmsg_reasons[]

Read right-to-left, the first is a constant pointer to a char constant;
the second is a pointer to a constant character constant.   I suspect
the first is what was intended.

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