Re: fs/btrfs/tests/../ctree.h:2166:8: warning: type qualifiers ignored on function return type

From: David Sterba
Date: Mon Jul 27 2020 - 11:36:09 EST


On Mon, Jul 27, 2020 at 11:02:07PM +0800, kernel test robot wrote:
> Hi David,
>
> FYI, the error/warning still remains.
>
> tree: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git master
> head: 92ed301919932f777713b9172e525674157e983d
> commit: f7cea56c0fff95bd5a6cd21b9fa299f66193b604 btrfs: sysfs: export supported checksums
> date: 8 months ago
> config: h8300-randconfig-r021-20200727 (attached as .config)
> compiler: h8300-linux-gcc (GCC) 9.3.0
> reproduce (this is a W=1 build):
> wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/intel/lkp-tests/master/sbin/make.cross -O ~/bin/make.cross
> chmod +x ~/bin/make.cross
> git checkout f7cea56c0fff95bd5a6cd21b9fa299f66193b604
> # save the attached .config to linux build tree
> COMPILER_INSTALL_PATH=$HOME/0day COMPILER=gcc-9.3.0 make.cross ARCH=h8300
>
> If you fix the issue, kindly add following tag as appropriate
> Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> All warnings (new ones prefixed by >>):
>
> In file included from fs/btrfs/tests/extent-map-tests.c:8:
> >> fs/btrfs/tests/../ctree.h:2166:8: warning: type qualifiers ignored on function return type [-Wignored-qualifiers]
> 2166 | size_t __const btrfs_get_num_csums(void);
> | ^~~~~~~

Ah right, the attribute is supposed to be __attribute_const__, thanks
for the report.