linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mtd: spi-nor: cqspi: remove duplicate const

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Message-ID: <8fec019c-0e8f-b9d6-3554-d88f6735460c@gmail.com>
Date:   Tue, 27 Jun 2017 21:51:11 +0200
From:   Marek Vasut <marek.vasut@...il.com>
To:     Cyrille Pitchen <cyrille.pitchen@...ev4u.fr>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
        Brian Norris <computersforpeace@...il.com>,
        Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@...e-electrons.com>,
        Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>
Cc:     linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mtd: spi-nor: cqspi: remove duplicate const

On 06/27/2017 09:48 PM, Cyrille Pitchen wrote:
> Le 27/06/2017 à 18:11, Marek Vasut a écrit :
>> On 06/27/2017 05:34 PM, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
>>> The variable was already marked 'const' before the previous
>>> patch, but the qualifier was in an unusual place, and now the
>>> extra 'const' causes a harmless warning:
>>>
>>> drivers/mtd/spi-nor/cadence-quadspi.c:1286:34: error: duplicate 'const' declaration specifier [-Werror=duplicate-decl-specifier]
>>>
>>> This removes the other 'const' instead.
>>
>> Isn't that const array const elements , thus two consts ?
>> IMO the original code is correct.
> 
> Indeed the 2 'const' don't have the same meaning so the original code
> may be correct but with an array like cqspi_dt_ids[] we can't write
> "cqspi_dt_ids = (const struct of_device_id *)<right value>;" anyway.

Not sure I understand what you're trying to say here.

> So I think the 2nd 'const' is useless here then if this patch removes a
> warning, let's apply it, right?
> 
>>
>>> Fixes: f993c123b461 ("mtd: spi-nor: cqspi: make of_device_ids const")
>>> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
>>> ---
>>>  drivers/mtd/spi-nor/cadence-quadspi.c | 2 +-
>>>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/cadence-quadspi.c b/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/cadence-quadspi.c
>>> index d315c326e72f..53c7d8e0327a 100644
>>> --- a/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/cadence-quadspi.c
>>> +++ b/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/cadence-quadspi.c
>>> @@ -1283,7 +1283,7 @@ static const struct dev_pm_ops cqspi__dev_pm_ops = {
>>>  #define CQSPI_DEV_PM_OPS	NULL
>>>  #endif
>>>  
>>> -static const struct of_device_id const cqspi_dt_ids[] = {
>>> +static const struct of_device_id cqspi_dt_ids[] = {
>>>  	{.compatible = "cdns,qspi-nor",},
>>>  	{ /* end of table */ }
>>>  };
>>>
>>
>>
> 


-- 
Best regards,
Marek Vasut