Re: [PATCH] dm raid: don't use 'const' in function return

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On Thu, Jun 16, 2016 at 11:03 AM, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> A newly introduced function has 'const int' as the return type,
> but as "make W=1" reports, that has no meaning:
>
> drivers/md/dm-raid.c:510:18: error: type qualifiers ignored on function return type [-Werror=ignored-qualifiers]
>
> This changes the return type to plain 'int'.
>
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
> Fixes: 33e53f06850f ("dm raid: introduce extended superblock and new raid types to support takeover/reshaping")

Acked-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

The same issue has been reintroduced.
So please reapply commit 68c1c4d5eafc65dd ("dm raid: don't use 'const' in
function return") with

Fixes: 552aa679f2657431 ("dm raid: use rs_is_raid*()")

> index 96bcff7a0b94..55d25ac87bda 100644
> --- a/drivers/md/dm-raid.c
> +++ b/drivers/md/dm-raid.c
> @@ -507,7 +507,7 @@ static const char *raid10_md_layout_to_format(int layout)
>  }
>
>  /* Return md raid10 algorithm for @name */
> -static const int raid10_name_to_format(const char *name)
> +static int raid10_name_to_format(const char *name)
>  {
>         if (!strcasecmp(name, "near"))
>                 return ALGORITHM_RAID10_NEAR;

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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