6.8-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
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From: Daniel Sneddon <daniel.sneddon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
commit 04f4230e2f86a4e961ea5466eda3db8c1762004d upstream.
The definition of spectre_bhi_state() incorrectly returns a const char
* const. This causes the a compiler warning when building with W=1:
warning: type qualifiers ignored on function return type [-Wignored-qualifiers]
2812 | static const char * const spectre_bhi_state(void)
Remove the const qualifier from the pointer.
Fixes: ec9404e40e8f ("x86/bhi: Add BHI mitigation knob")
Reported-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Daniel Sneddon <daniel.sneddon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240409230806.1545822-1-daniel.sneddon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
@@ -2808,7 +2808,7 @@ static char *pbrsb_eibrs_state(void)
}
}
-static const char * const spectre_bhi_state(void)
+static const char *spectre_bhi_state(void)
{
if (!boot_cpu_has_bug(X86_BUG_BHI))
return "; BHI: Not affected";
