Any attempt to provide a const mac address to wilc_set_mac_address results in the following warning: warning: passing argument 2 of 'wilc_set_mac_address' discards 'const' qualifier from pointer target type [-Wdiscarded-qualifiers] [...] drivers/net/wireless/microchip/wilc1000/hif.h:170:52: note: expected 'u8 *' {aka 'unsigned char *'} but argument is of type 'const unsigned char *'a int wilc_set_mac_address(struct wilc_vif *vif, u8 *mac_addr); Instead of using an explicit cast each time we need provide a MAC address, set the function parameter as const Signed-off-by: Alexis Lothoré <alexis.lothore@xxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/wireless/microchip/wilc1000/hif.c | 4 ++-- drivers/net/wireless/microchip/wilc1000/hif.h | 2 +- drivers/net/wireless/microchip/wilc1000/netdev.c | 2 +- 3 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/microchip/wilc1000/hif.c b/drivers/net/wireless/microchip/wilc1000/hif.c index 919de6ffb821..c6892b7e190f 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/microchip/wilc1000/hif.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/microchip/wilc1000/hif.c @@ -1293,7 +1293,7 @@ int wilc_get_mac_address(struct wilc_vif *vif, u8 *mac_addr) return result; } -int wilc_set_mac_address(struct wilc_vif *vif, u8 *mac_addr) +int wilc_set_mac_address(struct wilc_vif *vif, const u8 *mac_addr) { struct wid wid; int result; @@ -1301,7 +1301,7 @@ int wilc_set_mac_address(struct wilc_vif *vif, u8 *mac_addr) wid.id = WID_MAC_ADDR; wid.type = WID_STR; wid.size = ETH_ALEN; - wid.val = mac_addr; + wid.val = (u8 *)mac_addr; result = wilc_send_config_pkt(vif, WILC_SET_CFG, &wid, 1); if (result) diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/microchip/wilc1000/hif.h b/drivers/net/wireless/microchip/wilc1000/hif.h index 0d380586b1d9..96eeaf31d237 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/microchip/wilc1000/hif.h +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/microchip/wilc1000/hif.h @@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ int wilc_add_rx_gtk(struct wilc_vif *vif, const u8 *rx_gtk, u8 gtk_key_len, u8 cipher_mode); int wilc_set_pmkid_info(struct wilc_vif *vif, struct wilc_pmkid_attr *pmkid); int wilc_get_mac_address(struct wilc_vif *vif, u8 *mac_addr); -int wilc_set_mac_address(struct wilc_vif *vif, u8 *mac_addr); +int wilc_set_mac_address(struct wilc_vif *vif, const u8 *mac_addr); int wilc_set_join_req(struct wilc_vif *vif, u8 *bssid, const u8 *ies, size_t ies_len); int wilc_disconnect(struct wilc_vif *vif); diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/microchip/wilc1000/netdev.c b/drivers/net/wireless/microchip/wilc1000/netdev.c index acc9b9a64552..5ab448d0b643 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/microchip/wilc1000/netdev.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/microchip/wilc1000/netdev.c @@ -678,7 +678,7 @@ static int wilc_set_mac_addr(struct net_device *dev, void *p) } rcu_read_unlock(); - result = wilc_set_mac_address(vif, (u8 *)addr->sa_data); + result = wilc_set_mac_address(vif, addr->sa_data); if (result) return result; -- 2.44.0