Re: [PATCH] tpm: constify transmit data pointers

[Jarkko Sakkinen]

On Thu, Sep 07, 2017 at 02:01:53PM -0600, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 07, 2017 at 03:30:45PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> > Making cmd_getticks 'const' introduced a couple of harmless warnings:
> > 
> > drivers/char/tpm/tpm_tis_core.c: In function 'probe_itpm':
> > drivers/char/tpm/tpm_tis_core.c:469:31: error: passing argument 2 of 'tpm_tis_send_data' discards 'const' qualifier from pointer target type [-Werror=discarded-qualifiers]
> >   rc = tpm_tis_send_data(chip, cmd_getticks, len);
> > drivers/char/tpm/tpm_tis_core.c:477:31: error: passing argument 2 of 'tpm_tis_send_data' discards 'const' qualifier from pointer target type [-Werror=discarded-qualifiers]
> >   rc = tpm_tis_send_data(chip, cmd_getticks, len);
> > drivers/char/tpm/tpm_tis_core.c:255:12: note: expected 'u8 * {aka unsigned char *}' but argument is of type 'const u8 * {aka const unsigned char *}'
> >  static int tpm_tis_send_data(struct tpm_chip *chip, u8 *buf, size_t len)
> > 
> > This changes the related functions to all take 'const' pointers
> > so that gcc can see this as being correct. I had to slightly
> > modify the logic around tpm_tis_spi_transfer() for this to work
> > without introducing ugly casts.
> > 
> > Fixes: 5e35bd8e06b9 ("tpm_tis: make array cmd_getticks static const to shink object code size")
> > Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
> 
> Reviewed-by: Jason Gunthorpe <jgunthorpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Bit confused how the compile warnings introduced by the original patch
> were missed?? Jarkko do you run compile tests and sparse before
> sending pull requests?
> 
> Cheers,
> Jason

Yes, I do. This has not been part of any pull request so I fail to
understand why you bring them up?

I did run compile tests but managed somehow miss the warning. Sorry
about that but something like this has happened rarely. I can only
blame ridiculous amount of multitasking in last couple of weeks.

/Jarkko