netdev - Re: [patch] netns: let net_generic take pointer-to-const args

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Date:	Sun, 21 Nov 2010 09:29:25 +0100
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...ozas.de>
Cc:	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch] netns: let net_generic take pointer-to-const args

Le dimanche 21 novembre 2010 à 05:07 +0100, Jan Engelhardt a écrit :
> parent 2801f1c311f8388ea80d78555747d449b46ea90d (v2.6.37-rc1-225-g2801f1c)
> commit 381a4560f0062f5c1919f8199772d7af7281349e
> Author: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...ozas.de>
> Date:   Sun Nov 21 04:35:16 2010 +0100
> 
> netns: let net_generic take pointer-to-const args
> 
> This commit is same in nature as v2.6.37-rc1-755-g3654654; the network
> namespace itself is not modified when calling net_generic, so the
> parameter can be const.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...ozas.de>
> ---
>  include/net/netns/generic.h |    2 +-
>  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/net/netns/generic.h b/include/net/netns/generic.h
> index 81a31c0..3419bf5 100644
> --- a/include/net/netns/generic.h
> +++ b/include/net/netns/generic.h
> @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ struct net_generic {
>  	void *ptr[0];
>  };
>  
> -static inline void *net_generic(struct net *net, int id)
> +static inline void *net_generic(const struct net *net, int id)
>  {
>  	struct net_generic *ng;
>  	void *ptr;

While you are at it you could also use

const struct net_generic *ng;

Just curious, if we could use __pure attribute as well.



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