[PATCH v3 03/12] net: tls: Avoid assigning 'const' pointer to non-const pointer

From: Will Deacon
Date: Wed Apr 15 2020 - 12:53:17 EST


tls_build_proto() uses WRITE_ONCE() to assign a 'const' pointer to a
'non-const' pointer. Cleanups to the implementation of WRITE_ONCE() mean
that this will give rise to a compiler warning, just like a plain old
assignment would do:

| net/tls/tls_main.c: In function âtls_build_protoâ:
| ./include/linux/compiler.h:229:30: warning: assignment discards âconstâ qualifier from pointer target type [-Wdiscarded-qualifiers]
| net/tls/tls_main.c:640:4: note: in expansion of macro âsmp_store_releaseâ
| 640 | smp_store_release(&saved_tcpv6_prot, prot);
| | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Drop the const qualifier from the local 'prot' variable, as it isn't
needed.

Cc: Boris Pismenny <borisp@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Aviad Yehezkel <aviadye@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: John Fastabend <john.fastabend@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
net/tls/tls_main.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/tls/tls_main.c b/net/tls/tls_main.c
index 156efce50dbd..b33e11c27cfa 100644
--- a/net/tls/tls_main.c
+++ b/net/tls/tls_main.c
@@ -629,7 +629,7 @@ struct tls_context *tls_ctx_create(struct sock *sk)
static void tls_build_proto(struct sock *sk)
{
int ip_ver = sk->sk_family == AF_INET6 ? TLSV6 : TLSV4;
- const struct proto *prot = READ_ONCE(sk->sk_prot);
+ struct proto *prot = READ_ONCE(sk->sk_prot);

/* Build IPv6 TLS whenever the address of tcpv6 _prot changes */
if (ip_ver == TLSV6 &&
--
2.26.0.110.g2183baf09c-goog