Re: [PATCH] tracing/hist: make err_text array fully const
From: kernel test robot
Date: Wed Nov 05 2025 - 05:06:03 EST
Hi Huiwen,
kernel test robot noticed the following build warnings:
[auto build test WARNING on trace/for-next]
[also build test WARNING on linus/master v6.18-rc4 next-20251105]
[If your patch is applied to the wrong git tree, kindly drop us a note.
And when submitting patch, we suggest to use '--base' as documented in
https://git-scm.com/docs/git-format-patch#_base_tree_information]
url: https://github.com/intel-lab-lkp/linux/commits/Huiwen-He/tracing-hist-make-err_text-array-fully-const/20251104-125932
base: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/trace/linux-trace for-next
patch link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20251104045558.1644671-1-hehuiwen%40kylinos.cn
patch subject: [PATCH] tracing/hist: make err_text array fully const
config: sh-randconfig-r121-20251105 (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20251105/202511051755.CU1HPYCx-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/config)
compiler: sh4-linux-gcc (GCC) 15.1.0
reproduce (this is a W=1 build): (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20251105/202511051755.CU1HPYCx-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/reproduce)
If you fix the issue in a separate patch/commit (i.e. not just a new version of
the same patch/commit), kindly add following tags
| Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx>
| Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202511051755.CU1HPYCx-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/
sparse warnings: (new ones prefixed by >>)
>> kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c:808:53: sparse: sparse: incorrect type in argument 4 (different modifiers) @@ expected char const **errs @@ got char const *const * @@
kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c:808:53: sparse: expected char const **errs
kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c:808:53: sparse: got char const *const *
vim +808 kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c
4b147936fa5096 Tom Zanussi 2018-01-15 802
edfeed318d59ff Tom Zanussi 2022-01-28 803 static void hist_err(struct trace_array *tr, u8 err_type, u16 err_pos)
7bbab38d07f318 Masami Hiramatsu 2018-11-05 804 {
edfeed318d59ff Tom Zanussi 2022-01-28 805 if (!last_cmd)
edfeed318d59ff Tom Zanussi 2022-01-28 806 return;
edfeed318d59ff Tom Zanussi 2022-01-28 807
726721a51838e3 Tom Zanussi 2020-05-28 @808 tracing_log_err(tr, last_cmd_loc, last_cmd, err_text,
726721a51838e3 Tom Zanussi 2020-05-28 809 err_type, err_pos);
7bbab38d07f318 Masami Hiramatsu 2018-11-05 810 }
7bbab38d07f318 Masami Hiramatsu 2018-11-05 811
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