Return non const inode pointer from fsnotify_data_inode().
None of the fsnotify hooks pass const inode pointer as data and
callers often need to cast to a non const pointer.
Signed-off-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@xxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.c | 2 +-
include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h | 5 ++---
2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.c b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.c
index 85eda539b35f..d9fc83dd994a 100644
--- a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.c
+++ b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.c
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ static struct inode *fanotify_fid_inode(struct inode *to_tell, u32 event_mask,
if (event_mask & ALL_FSNOTIFY_DIRENT_EVENTS)
return to_tell;
- return (struct inode *)fsnotify_data_inode(data, data_type);
+ return fsnotify_data_inode(data, data_type);
}
struct fanotify_event *fanotify_alloc_event(struct fsnotify_group *group,
diff --git a/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h b/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h
index 1626fa7d10ff..97300f3b8ff0 100644
--- a/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h
+++ b/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h
@@ -220,12 +220,11 @@ enum fsnotify_data_type {
FSNOTIFY_EVENT_INODE,
};
-static inline const struct inode *fsnotify_data_inode(const void *data,
- int data_type)
+static inline struct inode *fsnotify_data_inode(const void *data, int data_type)
{
switch (data_type) {
case FSNOTIFY_EVENT_INODE:
- return data;
+ return (struct inode *)data;
case FSNOTIFY_EVENT_PATH:
return d_inode(((const struct path *)data)->dentry);
default:
--
2.17.1
