linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mm,fs,dax: mark dax_iomap_pmd

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Message-ID: <03239288-0aff-98b7-e176-4954ecc6359c@intel.com>
Date:   Mon, 27 Feb 2017 13:38:55 -0700
From:   Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@...el.com>
To:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        Matthew Wilcox <mawilcox@...rosoft.com>,
        Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Dave Chinner <dchinner@...hat.com>,
        Vishal Verma <vishal.l.verma@...el.com>,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm,fs,dax: mark dax_iomap_pmd_fault as const



On 02/27/2017 01:33 PM, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> The two alternative implementations of dax_iomap_fault have different
> prototypes, and one of them is obviously wrong as seen from this build
> warning:
> 
> fs/dax.c: In function 'dax_iomap_fault':
> fs/dax.c:1462:35: error: passing argument 2 of 'dax_iomap_pmd_fault' discards 'const' qualifier from pointer target type [-Werror=discarded-qualifiers]
> 
> This marks the argument 'const' as in all the related functions.
> 
> Fixes: a2d581675d48 ("mm,fs,dax: change ->pmd_fault to ->huge_fault")
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>

Thanks Arnd. I posted the same fix this morning. :)
http://marc.info/?l=linux-mm&m=148821429608976&w=2

> ---
>  fs/dax.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/dax.c b/fs/dax.c
> index d5712f42a2e6..85479428518f 100644
> --- a/fs/dax.c
> +++ b/fs/dax.c
> @@ -1436,7 +1436,7 @@ static int dax_iomap_pmd_fault(struct vm_fault *vmf,
>  	return result;
>  }
>  #else
> -static int dax_iomap_pmd_fault(struct vm_fault *vmf, struct iomap_ops *ops)
> +static int dax_iomap_pmd_fault(struct vm_fault *vmf, const struct iomap_ops *ops)
>  {
>  	return VM_FAULT_FALLBACK;
>  }
>