Messages in this thread Patch in this message |  | | Date | Sun, 1 Sep 2002 13:28:56 +0200 | From | Tomas Szepe <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] warnkill trivia 2/2 |
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> From: Tomas Szepe <szepe@pinerecords.com> > Date: Sun, 1 Sep 2002 12:56:43 +0200 > > 2.4.20-pre5: prevent sparc32's atomic_read() from possibly discarding > const qualifiers from pointers passed as its argument. > > -static __inline__ int atomic_read(atomic_t *v) > +static __inline__ int atomic_read(const atomic_t *v) > > So the atomic_t is const is it? That's news to me. > > I think you mean something like "atomic_t const * v" which means the > pointer is constant, not the value.
Precisely.
diff -u linux-2.4.20-pre5/include/asm-sparc/atomic.h linux-2.4.20-pre5.n/include/asm-sparc/atomic.h --- linux-2.4.20-pre5/include/asm-sparc/atomic.h 2001-11-08 17:42:19.000000000 +0100 +++ linux-2.4.20-pre5.n/include/asm-sparc/atomic.h 2002-09-01 12:29:36.000000000 +0200 @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ #define ATOMIC_INIT(i) { (i << 8) } -static __inline__ int atomic_read(atomic_t *v) +static __inline__ int atomic_read(atomic_t const *v) { int ret = v->counter; - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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