From: Alejandro Colomar <alx+linux-hardening@kernel.org>
To: Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@gmail.com>
Cc: Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@kernel.org>,
Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>,
Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@oss.qualcomm.com>,
Daniel Scally <djrscally@gmail.com>,
Heikki Krogerus <heikki.krogerus@linux.intel.com>,
Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@linux.intel.com>,
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@kernel.org>,
Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>,
Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org>,
Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@kernel.org>,
Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com>,
Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>, Andy Shevchenko <andy@kernel.org>,
Len Brown <lenb@kernel.org>, Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>,
Saravana Kannan <saravanak@kernel.org>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/9] of: property: implement the .property_get_names() fwnode operation
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2026 12:33:38 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <avMAsybq-5Fhj_7Q@devuan> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAHp75VdZpqt8PzVypQ85U1OjxszXOmCP9MKv3ozQOh-UVFnR-w@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi Andy,
> Date: 2026-11-10 12:51:53+0200
> From: Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@gmail.com>
>
[...]
> > drivers/base/property.c: In function ‘fwnode_property_get_names’:
> > drivers/base/property.c:607:36: error: passing argument 1 of ‘match_string’ from incompatible pointer type [-Wincompatible-pointer-types]
>
> > And I don't see a good way of working around it without doing:
> >
> > match_string((const char *const)merged, n1, sec_props.array[i]));
> >
> > which is ugly.
>
> Ah, got it! But why is the "merges" char ** and not char * const *? I
> believe that will fix the issue.
It solves it in C++, and will solve it in C2y, but doesn't solve it in
current C.
<https://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg14/www/docs/n3987.htm>
Have a lovely day!
Alex
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Thread overview: 41+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-11-04 14:03 [PATCH 0/9] gpio: make gpiolib-shared more fwnode-centric Bartosz Golaszewski
2026-11-04 14:03 ` [PATCH 1/9] device property: fix fwnode_name_eq() for empty node names Bartosz Golaszewski
2026-11-05 10:00 ` Sakari Ailus
2026-11-05 11:12 ` Alejandro Colomar
2026-11-04 14:03 ` [PATCH 2/9] lib: string_helpers: implement a CLASS() for string arrays Bartosz Golaszewski
2026-11-04 21:07 ` Andy Shevchenko
2026-11-04 14:03 ` [PATCH 3/9] fwnode: define the property_get_names() operation Bartosz Golaszewski
2026-11-04 14:03 ` [PATCH 4/9] device property: provide fwnode_property_get_names() Bartosz Golaszewski
2026-11-04 14:12 ` sashiko-bot
2026-11-04 21:17 ` Andy Shevchenko
2026-11-09 11:16 ` Bartosz Golaszewski
2026-11-09 12:29 ` Alejandro Colomar
2026-11-09 12:59 ` Bartosz Golaszewski
2026-11-09 14:30 ` Alejandro Colomar
2026-11-09 14:53 ` Bartosz Golaszewski
2026-11-09 11:19 ` Bartosz Golaszewski
2026-11-04 14:03 ` [PATCH 5/9] of: property: implement the .property_get_names() fwnode operation Bartosz Golaszewski
2026-11-04 14:18 ` sashiko-bot
2026-11-04 21:21 ` Andy Shevchenko
2026-11-09 13:07 ` Bartosz Golaszewski
2026-11-09 17:28 ` Andy Shevchenko
2026-11-10 9:00 ` Bartosz Golaszewski
2026-11-10 9:12 ` Andy Shevchenko
2026-11-10 9:50 ` Bartosz Golaszewski
2026-11-10 10:51 ` Andy Shevchenko
2026-11-10 11:33 ` Alejandro Colomar [this message]
2026-11-10 14:06 ` Bartosz Golaszewski
2026-11-10 14:23 ` Bartosz Golaszewski
2026-11-10 11:10 ` Alejandro Colomar
2026-11-10 11:13 ` Alejandro Colomar
2026-11-10 11:35 ` Alejandro Colomar
2026-11-10 15:10 ` Alejandro Colomar
2026-11-04 14:03 ` [PATCH 6/9] fwnode: define the count_references() " Bartosz Golaszewski
2026-11-04 14:03 ` [PATCH 7/9] device property: provide fwnode_property_count_references() Bartosz Golaszewski
2026-11-04 14:03 ` [PATCH 8/9] of: property: implement the count_references() fwnode operation Bartosz Golaszewski
2026-11-04 15:33 ` Rob Herring
2026-11-04 14:03 ` [PATCH 9/9] gpio: shared: generalize most code to firmware nodes Bartosz Golaszewski
2026-11-04 14:15 ` sashiko-bot
2026-11-04 21:33 ` Andy Shevchenko
2026-11-05 6:28 ` kernel test robot
2026-11-05 7:34 ` kernel test robot
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