netdev - Re: [PATCH] netfilter: Fix compiler warning.

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Date:	Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:26:38 +0100
From:	Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>
To:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
CC:	chavey@...gle.com, davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	Netfilter Developers <netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] netfilter: Fix compiler warning.

Eric Dumazet wrote:
> Le 10/12/2009 02:25, chavey@...gle.com a écrit :
>> Fix compiler warning "discards qualifiers from pointer target type".
>> The function prototype defines parameters as pointer to a constant.
>> Such parameters should not have their content modified in the
>> function.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Laurent Chavey <chavey@...gle.com>
> 
> This is not the right fix IMHO.
> 
> We want an unique timestamp for the whole netfilter matches, because several 'time' rules
> could get 'interesting' effects.
> 
> The 'const' attribute is a debugging aid, and the skb->tstamp 'write-once' is a valid exception.

I agree, the timestamps should be consistent among multiple
matches. The cast should also surpress the warning, but some
gcc versions ignore it.
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