Re: [PATCH net-next 2/3] net: hns3: add missing const qualifier to hclge_log_error() reg parameter

[Jijie Shao]

on 2026/8/6 0:52, Simon Horman wrote:
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> --- Patch [2]: [PATCH net-next 2/3] net: hns3: add missing const qualifier to hclge_log_error() reg parameter ---
> commit c77e6cbb6d302d584ade8cd89a76f4750fe00694
> Author: Jijie Shao <shaojijie@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> net: hns3: add missing const qualifier to hclge_log_error() reg parameter
>
> This adds a const qualifier to the reg parameter of hclge_log_error() in
> the hns3 PF error handling code. The parameter is only read inside the
> function, so the change itself is a straightforward const-correctness
> cleanup.
>
> > diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns3/hns3pf/hclge_err.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns3/hns3pf/hclge_err.c
> > index 7e124e2c718da..6093a60d257b1 100644
> > --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns3/hns3pf/hclge_err.c
> > +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns3/hns3pf/hclge_err.c
> > @@ -1762,7 +1762,7 @@ static const struct hclge_hw_type_id hclge_hw_type_id_st[] = {
> >   	},
> >   };
> >   
> > -static void hclge_log_error(struct device *dev, char *reg,
> > +static void hclge_log_error(struct device *dev, const char *reg,
> >   			    const struct hclge_hw_error *err,
> >   			    u32 err_sts, unsigned long *reset_requests)
> >   {
> [Severity: Low]
> [Finding: main-1-0]
> [Sources: opus-5]
> This isn't a bug in the code, but is the justification in the changelog
> accurate?  The commit message says:
>
>      Callers pass const strings, causing a compiler warning about
>      discarding the 'const' qualifier.
>
> hclge_log_error() is static, and every call site is in hclge_err.c.  They
> all pass a bare string literal, for example in hclge_handle_mpf_ras_error():
>
>      hclge_log_error(dev, "IMP_TCM_ECC_INT_STS",
>                      &hclge_imp_tcm_ecc_int[0], status,
>                      &ae_dev->hw_err_reset_req);
>
> and similarly for "SSU_ECC_MULTI_BIT_INT_0" and the remaining register
> names down to "PPU_PF_ABNORMAL_INT_ST" in the MSI-X handlers.
>
> In C a string literal has type char[N] rather than const char[N], so
> passing one to a char *reg parameter does not discard a qualifier, and the
> kernel build does not enable -Wwrite-strings.  None of the call sites pass
> a value held in a const char * lvalue (such as
> struct hclge_mod_reg_info::reg_name), which is the case that would produce
> the described diagnostic.
>
> Could the changelog be reworded to describe this as a const-correctness
> cleanup instead of a build warning fix?  As written it suggests a broken
> build and reads like a stable backport candidate.

The warning is real in our internal build, which enables
-Wwrite-strings. Would it be acceptable to keep the commit message
as-is, or should I reword it to const-correctness cleanup and note
the internal build context in the changelog?

This series is cleanup, not bugfix — no Fixes: tags, not intended for stable.

Thanks,
Jijie Shao