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dm raid: don't use 'const' in function return

Message ID 20160616090359.984712-1-arnd@arndb.de
State Accepted
Commit 68c1c4d5eafc65dda05bf7d3d172f10f6982e092
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Commit Message

Arnd Bergmann June 16, 2016, 9:03 a.m. UTC
A newly introduced function has 'const int' as the return type,
but as "make W=1" reports, that has no meaning:

drivers/md/dm-raid.c:510:18: error: type qualifiers ignored on function return type [-Werror=ignored-qualifiers]

This changes the return type to plain 'int'.

Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>

Fixes: 33e53f06850f ("dm raid: introduce extended superblock and new raid types to support takeover/reshaping")
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 drivers/md/dm-raid.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

-- 
2.9.0

Comments

Geert Uytterhoeven Feb. 1, 2018, 9:24 a.m. UTC | #1
On Thu, Jun 16, 2016 at 11:03 AM, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> wrote:
> A newly introduced function has 'const int' as the return type,

> but as "make W=1" reports, that has no meaning:

>

> drivers/md/dm-raid.c:510:18: error: type qualifiers ignored on function return type [-Werror=ignored-qualifiers]

>

> This changes the return type to plain 'int'.

>

> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>

> Fixes: 33e53f06850f ("dm raid: introduce extended superblock and new raid types to support takeover/reshaping")


Acked-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>


The same issue has been reintroduced.
So please reapply commit 68c1c4d5eafc65dd ("dm raid: don't use 'const' in
function return") with

Fixes: 552aa679f2657431 ("dm raid: use rs_is_raid*()")

> index 96bcff7a0b94..55d25ac87bda 100644

> --- a/drivers/md/dm-raid.c

> +++ b/drivers/md/dm-raid.c

> @@ -507,7 +507,7 @@ static const char *raid10_md_layout_to_format(int layout)

>  }

>

>  /* Return md raid10 algorithm for @name */

> -static const int raid10_name_to_format(const char *name)

> +static int raid10_name_to_format(const char *name)

>  {

>         if (!strcasecmp(name, "near"))

>                 return ALGORITHM_RAID10_NEAR;


Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-raid.c b/drivers/md/dm-raid.c
index 96bcff7a0b94..55d25ac87bda 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-raid.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-raid.c
@@ -507,7 +507,7 @@  static const char *raid10_md_layout_to_format(int layout)
 }
 
 /* Return md raid10 algorithm for @name */
-static const int raid10_name_to_format(const char *name)
+static int raid10_name_to_format(const char *name)
 {
 	if (!strcasecmp(name, "near"))
 		return ALGORITHM_RAID10_NEAR;