Re: [PATCH v4 2/2] hv_utils: implement Hyper-V PTP source
From: Vitaly Kuznetsov
Date: Fri Jan 20 2017 - 06:06:39 EST
kbuild test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
> Hi Vitaly,
>
> [auto build test WARNING on linus/master]
> [also build test WARNING on v4.10-rc4 next-20170119]
> [if your patch is applied to the wrong git tree, please drop us a note to help improve the system]
>
> url: https://github.com/0day-ci/linux/commits/Vitaly-Kuznetsov/hv_util-adjust-system-time-smoothly/20170120-011342
> config: x86_64-rhel (attached as .config)
> compiler: gcc-6 (Debian 6.2.0-3) 6.2.0 20160901
> reproduce:
> # save the attached .config to linux build tree
> make ARCH=x86_64
>
> All warnings (new ones prefixed by >>):
>
> drivers/hv/hv_util.c: In function 'hv_timesync_init':
>>> drivers/hv/hv_util.c:561:36: warning: passing argument 1 of 'ptp_clock_register' discards 'const' qualifier from pointer target type [-Wdiscarded-qualifiers]
> hv_ptp_clock = ptp_clock_register(&ptp_hyperv_info, NULL);
> ^
> In file included from drivers/hv/hv_util.c:30:0:
> include/linux/ptp_clock_kernel.h:172:26: note: expected 'struct ptp_clock_info *' but argument is of type 'const struct ptp_clock_info *'
> extern struct ptp_clock *ptp_clock_register(struct ptp_clock_info *info,
> ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
It seems ptp_clock_register() could've been changed to take 'const
struct ptp_clock_info *' such a change doesn't belong this series, I'll
drop the 'const' qualifier in the next submission.
--
Vitaly