Re: [PATCH] pid: change task_struct::pid to read-only

From: Peter Zijlstra
Date: Fri Dec 20 2013 - 16:33:55 EST


On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 08:01:57PM +0100, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
> The only problem is that
>
> #define ASSIGN_CONST(l, r) (*(typeof(r) *)&(l) = (r))
>
> obviously can't work in this case ;) We need something more clever.

Hmm indeed, C++ has both the const_cast<>() thingy and the template
system is powerful enough to actually implement const_cast<>() inside
the language.

But I cannot find anything useful for C. Your attempt to use the rvalue
type to hopefully obtain a const-less lvalue type is clever, but does
indeed fail where the rvalue is const too.


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