netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 02/10] af_packet: preserve const qualifier in pkt

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Message-ID: <ZBSWW9eJxGlVODTk@corigine.com>
Date:   Fri, 17 Mar 2023 17:33:31 +0100
From:   Simon Horman <simon.horman@...igine.com>
To:     Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
Cc:     "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        David Ahern <dsahern@...nel.org>,
        Willem de Bruijn <willemb@...gle.com>,
        Matthieu Baerts <matthieu.baerts@...sares.net>,
        eric.dumazet@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 02/10] af_packet: preserve const qualifier in
 pkt_sk()

On Fri, Mar 17, 2023 at 03:55:31PM +0000, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> We can change pkt_sk() to propagate const qualifier of its argument,
> thanks to container_of_const()
> 
> This should avoid some potential errors caused by accidental
> (const -> not_const) promotion.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
> Cc: Willem de Bruijn <willemb@...gle.com>

Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <simon.horman@...igine.com>