linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/3] tpm: Get rid of devname

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Date:	Fri, 12 Feb 2016 18:13:23 -0700
From:	Jason Gunthorpe <jgunthorpe@...idianresearch.com>
To:	kbuild test robot <lkp@...el.com>
Cc:	kbuild-all@...org,
	Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@...ux.intel.com>,
	tpmdd-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Stefan Berger <stefanb@...ibm.com>,
	Peter Huewe <peterhuewe@....de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] tpm: Get rid of devname

On Sat, Feb 13, 2016 at 09:01:06AM +0800, kbuild test robot wrote:

> url:    https://github.com/0day-ci/linux/commits/Jason-Gunthorpe/tpm-Hold-the-kref-during-tpm_chip_find_get/20160213-080824
> config: xtensa-allyesconfig (attached as .config)
> reproduce:
>         wget https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/wfg/lkp-tests.git/plain/sbin/make.cross -O ~/bin/make.cross
>         chmod +x ~/bin/make.cross
>         # save the attached .config to linux build tree
>         make.cross ARCH=xtensa 
> 
> All warnings (new ones prefixed by >>):
>
>    drivers/char/tpm/tpm-chip.c: In function 'tpm1_chip_register':
> >> drivers/char/tpm/tpm-chip.c:193:19: warning: passing argument 1 of 'tpm_bios_log_setup' discards 'const' qualifier from pointer target type
>      chip->bios_dir = tpm_bios_log_setup(dev_name(&chip->dev));
>                       ^
>    In file included from drivers/char/tpm/tpm-chip.c:30:0:
>    drivers/char/tpm/tpm_eventlog.h:83:31: note: expected 'char *' but argument is of type 'const char *'
>     static inline struct dentry **tpm_bios_log_setup(char *name)

Got it, thanks, didn't notice that kconfig variation.

Jason