linux-kernel - Re: void __iomem *addr should be const

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Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.21.1902162016000.1683@nanos.tec.linutronix.de>
Date:   Sat, 16 Feb 2019 20:16:39 +0100 (CET)
From:   Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:     Hugo Lefeuvre <hle@....eu.com>
cc:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, linux-arch@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: void __iomem *addr should be const

On Sun, 10 Feb 2019, Hugo Lefeuvre wrote:
> __iomem *addr seems to lack a const qualifier in the ioread* definitions
> from include/asm-generic/iomap.h (other definitions such as
> asm-generic/io.h do have the const).
> 
> This issue was briefly discussed a while ago[0] but the outcome is not
> quite clear to me. Should I submit a patch addressing this issue or is it
> a definitive wontfix?
> 
> This issue triggers warnings in my current work but I would like to avoid
> dropping the const if possible.

The const makes perfectly sense and we should have consistent state all
over the place.

Thanks,

	tglx