linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: phy: fix up const issues in to_mdio_device() and to_phy

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Date: Wed, 28 May 2025 01:20:54 +0000
From: patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@...nel.org
To: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, alobakin@...me,
 andrew@...n.ch, hkallweit1@...il.com, linux@...linux.org.uk
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: phy: fix up const issues in to_mdio_device()
 and to_phy_device()

Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net-next.git (main)
by Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>:

On Thu, 22 May 2025 13:21:47 +0200 you wrote:
> Both to_mdio_device() and to_phy_device() "throw away" the const pointer
> attribute passed to them and return a non-const pointer, which generally
> is not a good thing overall.  Fix this up by using container_of_const()
> which was designed for this very problem.
> 
> Cc: Alexander Lobakin <alobakin@...me>
> Cc: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
> Cc: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>
> Cc: Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>
> Fixes: 7eab14de73a8 ("mdio, phy: fix -Wshadow warnings triggered by nested container_of()")
> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [net-next] net: phy: fix up const issues in to_mdio_device() and to_phy_device()
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/e9cb929670a1

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