linux-kernel - [PATCH v4 03/11] net: tls: Avoid assigning 'const' pointer to non-const pointer

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Message-Id: <20200421151537.19241-4-will@kernel.org>
Date:   Tue, 21 Apr 2020 16:15:29 +0100
From:   Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     linux-arch@...r.kernel.org, kernel-team@...roid.com,
        Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Segher Boessenkool <segher@...nel.crashing.org>,
        Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@...ibm.com>,
        Luc Van Oostenryck <luc.vanoostenryck@...il.com>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Peter Oberparleiter <oberpar@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>,
        Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>,
        Boris Pismenny <borisp@...lanox.com>,
        Aviad Yehezkel <aviadye@...lanox.com>,
        John Fastabend <john.fastabend@...il.com>,
        Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>
Subject: [PATCH v4 03/11] net: tls: Avoid assigning 'const' pointer to non-const pointer

tls_build_proto() uses WRITE_ONCE() to assign a 'const' pointer to a
'non-const' pointer. Cleanups to the implementation of WRITE_ONCE() mean
that this will give rise to a compiler warning, just like a plain old
assignment would do:

  | net/tls/tls_main.c: In function ‘tls_build_proto’:
  | ./include/linux/compiler.h:229:30: warning: assignment discards ‘const’ qualifier from pointer target type [-Wdiscarded-qualifiers]
  | net/tls/tls_main.c:640:4: note: in expansion of macro ‘smp_store_release’
  |   640 |    smp_store_release(&saved_tcpv6_prot, prot);
  |       |    ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Drop the const qualifier from the local 'prot' variable, as it isn't
needed.

Cc: Boris Pismenny <borisp@...lanox.com>
Cc: Aviad Yehezkel <aviadye@...lanox.com>
Cc: John Fastabend <john.fastabend@...il.com>
Cc: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>
---
 net/tls/tls_main.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/tls/tls_main.c b/net/tls/tls_main.c
index 0e989005bdc2..ec10041c6b7d 100644
--- a/net/tls/tls_main.c
+++ b/net/tls/tls_main.c
@@ -629,7 +629,7 @@ struct tls_context *tls_ctx_create(struct sock *sk)
 static void tls_build_proto(struct sock *sk)
 {
 	int ip_ver = sk->sk_family == AF_INET6 ? TLSV6 : TLSV4;
-	const struct proto *prot = READ_ONCE(sk->sk_prot);
+	struct proto *prot = READ_ONCE(sk->sk_prot);
 
 	/* Build IPv6 TLS whenever the address of tcpv6 _prot changes */
 	if (ip_ver == TLSV6 &&
-- 
2.26.1.301.g55bc3eb7cb9-goog