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From: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
To: David Favro <netfilter@meta-dynamic.com>
Cc: netfilter@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH libnetfilter_queue 1/3] Non-modified payload arguments are pointer-to-const.
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2010 15:06:00 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4C10E338.1060406@netfilter.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1275720020-14058-1-git-send-email-netfilter@meta-dynamic.com>

David Favro wrote:
> The payload parameters to nfq_set_verdict(), nfq_set_verdict2(), and
> nfq_set_verdict_mark() are not modified by those functions, and
> therefore should have datatype pointer-to-const.  This both causes the
> source-code to more effectively represent what is the purpose of the
> parameter, and eliminates the need to cast away const-ness when calling
> the functions with compilers that enforce strict casting.  All existing
> calling code should not need modification as pointer-to-X automatically
> converts to pointer-to-const-X.

This doesn't seem to break ABI so I'm fine with them. Applied, thanks David.

      parent reply	other threads:[~2010-06-10 13:06 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-06-05  6:40 [PATCH libnetfilter_queue 1/3] Non-modified payload arguments are pointer-to-const David Favro
2010-06-05  6:40 ` [PATCH libnetfilter_queue 2/3] Payload buffer datatypes are consistent David Favro
2010-06-10 13:06   ` Pablo Neira Ayuso
2010-06-05  6:40 ` [PATCH libnetfilter_queue 3/3] Added .gitignore for base directory David Favro
2010-06-10 13:06   ` Pablo Neira Ayuso
2010-06-10 13:06 ` Pablo Neira Ayuso [this message]

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