linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] selftests/futex: don't pass a const char* to asprintf(3)

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Message-ID: <94fe2649-8def-4f2a-ba5f-19ae8a4226bf@linuxfoundation.org>
Date: Thu, 30 May 2024 13:04:11 -0600
From: Shuah Khan <skhan@...uxfoundation.org>
To: John Hubbard <jhubbard@...dia.com>, Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
 Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>, Darren Hart <dvhart@...radead.org>,
 Davidlohr Bueso <dave@...olabs.net>, Edward Liaw <edliaw@...gle.com>,
 André Almeida <andrealmeid@...lia.com>,
 "Nysal Jan K . A" <nysal@...ux.ibm.com>, Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>,
 Valentin Obst <kernel@...entinobst.de>, linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org,
 LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, llvm@...ts.linux.dev,
 Shuah Khan <skhan@...uxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] selftests/futex: don't pass a const char* to
 asprintf(3)

On 5/28/24 20:29, John Hubbard wrote:
> When building with clang, via:
> 
>      make LLVM=1 -C tools/testing/selftests
> 
> ...clang issues a warning, because test_name is passed into asprintf(3),
> which then changes it.

Please include the warning in the commit log.

> 
> Fix this by simply removing the const qualifier. This is a local
> automatic variable in a very short function, so there is not much need
> to use the compiler to enforce const-ness at this scope.
> 
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240329-selftests-libmk-llvm-rfc-v1-1-2f9ed7d1c49f@valentinobst.de/
> 
> Fixes: f17d8a87ecb5 ("selftests: fuxex: Report a unique test name per run of futex_requeue_pi")
> Reviewed-by: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@...olabs.net>
> Signed-off-by: John Hubbard <jhubbard@...dia.com>
> ---
>   tools/testing/selftests/futex/functional/futex_requeue_pi.c | 2 +-
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/futex/functional/futex_requeue_pi.c b/tools/testing/selftests/futex/functional/futex_requeue_pi.c
> index 7f3ca5c78df1..215c6cb539b4 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/futex/functional/futex_requeue_pi.c
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/futex/functional/futex_requeue_pi.c
> @@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ int unit_test(int broadcast, long lock, int third_party_owner, long timeout_ns)
>   
>   int main(int argc, char *argv[])
>   {
> -	const char *test_name;
> +	char *test_name;
>   	int c, ret;
>   
>   	while ((c = getopt(argc, argv, "bchlot:v:")) != -1) {

thanks,
-- Shuah