linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] perf/x86/uncore: clean up const mismatch

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Message-ID: <20251218085551.GK3707891@noisy.programming.kicks-ass.net>
Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2025 09:55:51 +0100
From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc: mingo@...hat.com, acme@...nel.org, namhyung@...nel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
	Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>,
	Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>, Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>,
	Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>,
	James Clark <james.clark@...aro.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
	Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>, x86@...nel.org,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, linux-perf-users@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] perf/x86/uncore: clean up const mismatch

On Wed, Dec 17, 2025 at 01:42:41PM +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> In some cmp functions, a const pointer is cast out to a non-const
> pointer by using container_of() which is not correct.  Fix this up by
> properly marking the pointers as const, which preserves the correct
> type of the pointer passed into the functions.

How did you find this? My builds do not complain and all that.