When I was fixing up const recommendations from checkpatch.pl, I went overboard. This fixes the warning (during a W=1 build):
include/linux/fs.h:2627:74: warning: type qualifiers ignored on function return type [-Wignored-qualifiers] static inline const char * const kernel_read_file_id_str(enum kernel_read_file_id id) Reported-by: Andy Shevchenko <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <[email protected]> --- This is for linux-security next --- include/linux/fs.h | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h index 518716b4834e..82f9a2db3b1a 100644 --- a/include/linux/fs.h +++ b/include/linux/fs.h @@ -2610,7 +2610,7 @@ static const char * const kernel_read_file_str[] = { __kernel_read_file_id(__fid_stringify) }; -static inline const char * const kernel_read_file_id_str(enum kernel_read_file_id id) +static inline const char *kernel_read_file_id_str(enum kernel_read_file_id id) { if (id < 0 || id >= READING_MAX_ID) return kernel_read_file_str[READING_UNKNOWN]; -- 2.6.3 -- Kees Cook Chrome OS & Brillo Security
