From: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> commit 4946ea5c1237036155c3b3a24f049fd5f849f8f6 upstream. >> include/linux/netfilter/nf_conntrack_pptp.h:13:20: warning: 'const' type qualifier on return type has no effect [-Wignored-qualifiers] extern const char *const pptp_msg_name(u_int16_t msg); ^~~~~~ Reported-by: kbuild test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx> Fixes: 4c559f15efcc ("netfilter: nf_conntrack_pptp: prevent buffer overflows in debug code") Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- include/linux/netfilter/nf_conntrack_pptp.h | 2 +- net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_pptp.c | 2 +- 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) --- a/include/linux/netfilter/nf_conntrack_pptp.h +++ b/include/linux/netfilter/nf_conntrack_pptp.h @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ #include <net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_expect.h> #include <uapi/linux/netfilter/nf_conntrack_tuple_common.h> -extern const char *const pptp_msg_name(u_int16_t msg); +const char *pptp_msg_name(u_int16_t msg); /* state of the control session */ enum pptp_ctrlsess_state { --- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_pptp.c +++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_pptp.c @@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ static const char *const pptp_msg_name_a [PPTP_SET_LINK_INFO] = "SET_LINK_INFO" }; -const char *const pptp_msg_name(u_int16_t msg) +const char *pptp_msg_name(u_int16_t msg) { if (msg > PPTP_MSG_MAX) return pptp_msg_name_array[0];