From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail190.messagelabs.com (mail190.messagelabs.com [216.82.249.51]) by kanga.kvack.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 75A43900086 for ; Fri, 15 Apr 2011 06:01:14 -0400 (EDT) From: Phil Carmody Subject: [PATCH 0/1] mm: make read-only accessors take const pointer parameters Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2011 12:56:16 +0300 Message-Id: <1302861377-8048-1-git-send-email-ext-phil.2.carmody@nokia.com> Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org List-ID: To: akpm@linux-foundation.org Cc: aarcange@redhat.com, cl@linux-foundation.org, linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Sending this one its own as it either becomes an enabler for further related patches, or if nacked, shuts the door on them. Better to test the water before investing too much time on such things. Whilst following a few static code analysis warnings, it became clear that either the tool (which I believe is considered practically state of the art) was very dumb when sniffing into called functions, or that a simple const flag would either help it not make the incorrect paranoid assumptions that it did, or help me dismiss the report as a false positive more quickly. Of course, this is core core code, and shouldn't be diddled with lightly, but it's because it's core code that it's an enabler. Awaiting the judgement of the Solomons, Cheers, Phil -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@kvack.org. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Fight unfair telecom internet charges in Canada: sign http://stopthemeter.ca/ Don't email: email@kvack.org