netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next-2.6] rps: inet_rps_save

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Message-Id: <20100427.125653.235688835.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Tue, 27 Apr 2010 12:56:53 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	eric.dumazet@...il.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next-2.6] rps: inet_rps_save_rxhash() argument is
 not const

From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2010 14:42:51 +0200

> const qualifier on sock argument is misleading, since we can modify rxhash.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>

Applied.

It's a shame that because of the cast the compiler can't see this.
Instead it would be nice if the compiler only allowed casts from
a const pointer to another const pointer.
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