linux-kernel - Re: drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/ag71xx.c:994:38: warning: passing argument 2 of 'ag71xx_hw_set_macaddr' discards 'const' qualifier from pointer target type

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Date:   Mon, 1 Aug 2022 08:47:36 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     kernel test robot <lkp@...el.com>
Cc:     kbuild-all@...ts.01.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/ag71xx.c:994:38: warning: passing
 argument 2 of 'ag71xx_hw_set_macaddr' discards 'const' qualifier from
 pointer target type

On Mon, 1 Aug 2022 07:20:16 +0800 kernel test robot wrote:
> Hi Jakub,
> 
> FYI, the error/warning still remains.
> 
> tree:   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git master
> head:   3d7cb6b04c3f3115719235cc6866b10326de34cd
> commit: adeef3e32146a8d2a73c399dc6f5d76a449131b1 net: constify netdev->dev_addr
> date:   8 months ago
> config: mips-randconfig-r033-20220801 (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20220801/202208010713.jcG50gwa-lkp@intel.com/config)
> compiler: mips-linux-gcc (GCC) 12.1.0
> reproduce (this is a W=1 build):
>         wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/intel/lkp-tests/master/sbin/make.cross -O ~/bin/make.cross
>         chmod +x ~/bin/make.cross
>         # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=adeef3e32146a8d2a73c399dc6f5d76a449131b1
>         git remote add linus https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git
>         git fetch --no-tags linus master
>         git checkout adeef3e32146a8d2a73c399dc6f5d76a449131b1
>         # save the config file
>         mkdir build_dir && cp config build_dir/.config
>         COMPILER_INSTALL_PATH=$HOME/0day COMPILER=gcc-12.1.0 make.cross W=1 O=build_dir ARCH=mips SHELL=/bin/bash drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/

That's fixed by 225b0ed27e6 FWIW but the fix went into the wrong tree.
Luckily the merge window is upon us.