netdev - Re: [PATCH v2] powerpc: Add const qual to local

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Date:   Wed, 20 Nov 2019 13:05:32 +1100
From:   Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
To:     Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>
Cc:     <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        <davem@...emloft.net>, <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        <linuxppc-dev@...abs.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] powerpc: Add const qual to local_read() parameter

Hi all,

On Wed, 20 Nov 2019 12:14:51 +1100 Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au> wrote:
>
> From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
> 
> A patch in net-next triggered a compile error on powerpc:
> 
>   include/linux/u64_stats_sync.h: In function 'u64_stats_read':
>   include/asm-generic/local64.h:30:37: warning: passing argument 1 of 'local_read' discards 'const' qualifier from pointer target type
> 
> This seems reasonable to relax powerpc local_read() requirements.
> 
> Fixes: 316580b69d0a ("u64_stats: provide u64_stats_t type")
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
> Reported-by: kbuild test robot <lkp@...el.com>
> Acked-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>

Tested-by: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au> # build only

-- 
Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell

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