This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
selftests/futex: don't pass a const char* to asprintf(3)
to the 6.9-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
selftests-futex-don-t-pass-a-const-char-to-asprintf-.patch
and it can be found in the queue-6.9 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
commit 0f389fb2cc7a6ad2572fde180f7853d08ff314a0
Author: John Hubbard <jhubbard@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri May 31 13:07:54 2024 -0700
selftests/futex: don't pass a const char* to asprintf(3)
[ Upstream commit 4bf15b1c657d22d1d70173e43264e4606dfe75ff ]
When building with clang, via:
make LLVM=1 -C tools/testing/selftests
...clang issues this warning:
futex_requeue_pi.c:403:17: warning: passing 'const char **' to parameter
of type 'char **' discards qualifiers in nested pointer types
[-Wincompatible-pointer-types-discards-qualifiers]
This warning fires because test_name is passed into asprintf(3), which
then changes it.
Fix this by simply removing the const qualifier. This is a local
automatic variable in a very short function, so there is not much need
to use the compiler to enforce const-ness at this scope.
[1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240329-selftests-libmk-llvm-rfc-v1-1-2f9ed7d1c49f@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
Fixes: f17d8a87ecb5 ("selftests: fuxex: Report a unique test name per run of futex_requeue_pi")
Reviewed-by: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: John Hubbard <jhubbard@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Shuah Khan <skhan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/futex/functional/futex_requeue_pi.c b/tools/testing/selftests/futex/functional/futex_requeue_pi.c
index 7f3ca5c78df12..215c6cb539b4a 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/futex/functional/futex_requeue_pi.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/futex/functional/futex_requeue_pi.c
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ int unit_test(int broadcast, long lock, int third_party_owner, long timeout_ns)
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
- const char *test_name;
+ char *test_name;
int c, ret;
while ((c = getopt(argc, argv, "bchlot:v:")) != -1) {
