linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] pinctrl: qcom: fix 'const' pointer handling

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Date:   Wed, 3 Oct 2018 09:12:58 +0200
From:   Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
To:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:     Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@...aro.org>,
        linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org,
        "open list:GPIO SUBSYSTEM" <linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] pinctrl: qcom: fix 'const' pointer handling

On Tue, Oct 2, 2018 at 11:15 PM Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de> wrote:

> The 'tiles' array is initialized to a constant pointers to constant
> strings, but the declaration is only half as constant:
>
> drivers/pinctrl/qcom/pinctrl-qcs404.c:1660:11: error: initialization discards 'const' qualifier from pointer target type [-Werror=discarded-qualifiers]
> drivers/pinctrl/qcom/pinctrl-sdm660.c:1417:11: error: initialization discards 'const' qualifier from pointer target type [-Werror=discarded-qualifiers]
>
> Let's make it more constant.
>
> Fixes: 22eb8301dbc1 ("pinctrl: qcom: Add qcs404 pinctrl driver")
> Fixes: a46d5e98190d ("pinctrl: qcom: Support dispersed tiles")
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>

Patch applied with Bjorn's ACK.

Yours,
Linus Walleij