linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] hexdump: Make test data really const

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Date:	Mon, 20 Apr 2015 15:28:45 -0700
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
Cc:	Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
	Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] hexdump: Make test data really const

On Thu, 16 Apr 2015 21:32:09 +0200 Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org> wrote:

> lib/test-hexdump.c: In function ___test_hexdump___:
> lib/test-hexdump.c:74: warning: assignment discards qualifiers from pointer target type
> 
> Make all test data "const char * const" and "__initconst", and the
> "result" variable "const char * const" to fix this.

Linus has already fixed the warning with 17974c054db303.

I think what remains of your patch makes sense, but we don't actually
have a changelog which explains why we're doing it.

Please cook up a fresh patch when convenient?
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