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