[PATCH v2 6/6] ARM: uaccess: remove const to avoid duplicate specifier

From: Stefan Agner
Date: Sun Mar 25 2018 - 14:10:18 EST


Some users of get_user use the macro with an argument p which
is already specified as static. When using clang this leads to
a duplicate specifier:
CC arch/arm/kernel/process.o
In file included from init/do_mounts.c:15:
In file included from ./include/linux/tty.h:7:
In file included from ./include/uapi/linux/termios.h:6:
In file included from ./arch/arm/include/generated/uapi/asm/termios.h:1:
./include/asm-generic/termios.h:25:6: warning: duplicate 'const' declaration
specifier [-Wduplicate-decl-specifier]
if (get_user(tmp, &termio->c_iflag) < 0)
^
./arch/arm/include/asm/uaccess.h:195:3: note: expanded from macro 'get_user'
__get_user_check(x, p); \
^
./arch/arm/include/asm/uaccess.h:155:12: note: expanded from macro
'__get_user_check'
register const typeof(*(p)) __user *__p asm("r0") = (p);\

Remove the const attribute from the register declaration
to avoid the duplicate const specifier. In a test with ptrace.c
and traps.c (both using get_user with non-const arguments for p)
the generated code was exactly the same.

Signed-off-by: Stefan Agner <stefan@xxxxxxxx>
---
Similar issue has already been discussed here:
https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9693821/

arch/arm/include/asm/uaccess.h | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/uaccess.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/uaccess.h
index 0bf2347495f1..3d614e90c19f 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/uaccess.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/uaccess.h
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ extern int __get_user_64t_4(void *);
#define __get_user_check(x, p) \
({ \
unsigned long __limit = current_thread_info()->addr_limit - 1; \
- register const typeof(*(p)) __user *__p asm("r0") = (p);\
+ register typeof(*(p)) __user *__p asm("r0") = (p); \
register typeof(x) __r2 asm("r2"); \
register unsigned long __l asm("r1") = __limit; \
register int __e asm("r0"); \
--
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