Re: [PATCH net-next 1/7] ethernet: constify references to netdev->dev_addr in drivers

Hi Jakub,

I love your patch! Perhaps something to improve:

[auto build test WARNING on net-next/master]

url:    https://github.com/0day-ci/linux/commits/Jakub-Kicinski/ethernet-more-netdev-dev_addr-write-removals/20211014-045931
base:   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next.git 5f3b8acee9fee04ece54376a4f842847000a97f3
config: sparc64-randconfig-s032-20211013 (attached as .config)
compiler: sparc64-linux-gcc (GCC) 11.2.0
reproduce:
        wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/intel/lkp-tests/master/sbin/make.cross -O ~/bin/make.cross
        chmod +x ~/bin/make.cross
        # apt-get install sparse
        # sparse version: v0.6.4-dirty
        # https://github.com/0day-ci/linux/commit/6ead16677b0e7c54f6a7679276c70ffa1bbc17f3
        git remote add linux-review https://github.com/0day-ci/linux
        git fetch --no-tags linux-review Jakub-Kicinski/ethernet-more-netdev-dev_addr-write-removals/20211014-045931
        git checkout 6ead16677b0e7c54f6a7679276c70ffa1bbc17f3
        # save the attached .config to linux build tree
        COMPILER_INSTALL_PATH=$HOME/0day COMPILER=gcc-11.2.0 make.cross C=1 CF='-fdiagnostic-prefix -D__CHECK_ENDIAN__' ARCH=sparc64 

If you fix the issue, kindly add following tag as appropriate
Reported-by: kernel test robot <redacted>

All warnings (new ones prefixed by >>):

   drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_l2.c: In function 'qed_req_bulletin_update_mac':

quoted

drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_l2.c:2861:61: warning: passing argument 2 of 'qed_vf_pf_bulletin_update_mac' discards 'const' qualifier from pointer target type [-Wdiscarded-qualifiers]

    2861 |                 ret = qed_vf_pf_bulletin_update_mac(p_hwfn, mac);
         |                                                             ^~~
   In file included from drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_sriov.h:10,
                    from drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_l2.c:39:
   drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_vf.h:1262:53: note: expected 'u8 *' {aka 'unsigned char *'} but argument is of type 'const u8 *' {aka 'const unsigned char *'}
    1262 |                                                 u8 *p_mac)
         |                                                 ~~~~^~~~~


sparse warnings: (new ones prefixed by >>)

quoted

drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_l2.c:2861:61: sparse: sparse: incorrect type in argument 2 (different modifiers) @@     expected unsigned char [usertype] *p_mac @@     got unsigned char const [usertype] *mac @@

   drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_l2.c:2861:61: sparse:     expected unsigned char [usertype] *p_mac
   drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_l2.c:2861:61: sparse:     got unsigned char const [usertype] *mac

vim +2861 drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_l2.c

cee4d26448c100 Manish Chopra  2015-10-26  2850  
6ead16677b0e7c Jakub Kicinski 2021-10-13  2851  static int qed_req_bulletin_update_mac(struct qed_dev *cdev, const u8 *mac)
809c45a091d93e Shahed Shaikh  2018-04-19  2852  {
809c45a091d93e Shahed Shaikh  2018-04-19  2853  	int i, ret;
809c45a091d93e Shahed Shaikh  2018-04-19  2854  
809c45a091d93e Shahed Shaikh  2018-04-19  2855  	if (IS_PF(cdev))
809c45a091d93e Shahed Shaikh  2018-04-19  2856  		return 0;
809c45a091d93e Shahed Shaikh  2018-04-19  2857  
809c45a091d93e Shahed Shaikh  2018-04-19  2858  	for_each_hwfn(cdev, i) {
809c45a091d93e Shahed Shaikh  2018-04-19  2859  		struct qed_hwfn *p_hwfn = &cdev->hwfns[i];
809c45a091d93e Shahed Shaikh  2018-04-19  2860  
809c45a091d93e Shahed Shaikh  2018-04-19 @2861  		ret = qed_vf_pf_bulletin_update_mac(p_hwfn, mac);
809c45a091d93e Shahed Shaikh  2018-04-19  2862  		if (ret)
809c45a091d93e Shahed Shaikh  2018-04-19  2863  			return ret;
809c45a091d93e Shahed Shaikh  2018-04-19  2864  	}
809c45a091d93e Shahed Shaikh  2018-04-19  2865  
809c45a091d93e Shahed Shaikh  2018-04-19  2866  	return 0;
809c45a091d93e Shahed Shaikh  2018-04-19  2867  }
809c45a091d93e Shahed Shaikh  2018-04-19  2868  

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