Re: [PATCH] Add const to pointer qualifiers for __chk_user_ptr and __chk_io_ptr.

[Christopher Li]

On Mon, Mar 26, 2007 at 02:59:39PM -0400, Russ Cox wrote:
> No, you have it backward.
> It is valid to pass void* to a const void* function.
> It is *not* valid to pass const void* to a void* function.
> 
> Right now __chk_user_ptr is a void* function, meaning
> that all the places where it gets passed a const void*
> are technically illegal -- gcc would warn about these, and
> it is a (separate, as you observed) bug that sparse does not.
> 
> The patch changes __chk_user_ptr to be a const void*
> function, meaning that it will be legal to pass either void*
> or const void* to it.  This is the correct semantics.

Hah, I see. Thanks for the explain.

Ack.

Chris
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