Re: [PATCH] tpm: fix tpm_bios_log_setup stub prototype

From: Stefan Berger
Date: Wed Mar 16 2016 - 15:18:31 EST


On 03/16/2016 01:57 PM, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
On Wed, Mar 16, 2016 at 12:13:41PM +0200, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
On Wed, Mar 16, 2016 at 09:19:48AM +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
A cleanup patch changed the prototype of the regular tpm_bios_log_setup
function, but not that of the stub that is used when the TPM is disabled,
causing a harmless build warning:

drivers/char/tpm/tpm-chip.c: In function 'tpm1_chip_register':
drivers/char/tpm/tpm-chip.c:287:38: error: passing argument 1 of 'tpm_bios_log_setup' discards 'const' qualifier from pointer target type [-Werror=discarded-qualifiers]
chip->bios_dir = tpm_bios_log_setup(dev_name(&chip->dev));
In file included from ../drivers/char/tpm/tpm-chip.c:30:0:
../drivers/char/tpm/tpm_eventlog.h:83:31: note: expected 'char *' but argument is of type 'const char *'
static inline struct dentry **tpm_bios_log_setup(char *name)

This changes the stub function to match the normal prototype,
avoiding that warning.
Good catch. Thank you.
The weird thing is I already applied this hunk to the patch, an
autobuilder found it, it is right in my personal tree..

Unclear where it got dropped? Are we missing anything else in that
series? Stephen?

If I lost it, I certainly did not drop it intentionately.

Stefan