bvec_iter_advance() only writes to the parameter of 'iter', so address of 'bvec' can be marked as const safely. Without the change, we can trigger compiling warning in the following patch for implementing iterate_bvec(): lib/iov_iter.c with bvec iterator. Signed-off-by: Ming Lei <ming.lei@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- include/linux/bvec_iter.h | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/include/linux/bvec_iter.h b/include/linux/bvec_iter.h index 07c1ffc..2ad5271 100644 --- a/include/linux/bvec_iter.h +++ b/include/linux/bvec_iter.h @@ -49,7 +49,8 @@ .bv_offset = bvec_iter_offset((bvec), (iter)), \ }) -static inline void bvec_iter_advance(struct bio_vec *bv, struct bvec_iter *iter, +static inline void bvec_iter_advance(const struct bio_vec *bv, + struct bvec_iter *iter, unsigned bytes) { WARN_ONCE(bytes > iter->bi_size, -- 1.9.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-block" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html