Re: [PATCH] x86/bugs: Fix return type of spectre_bhi_state()

[Alexandre Chartre <alexandre.chartre@oracle.com>]

On 4/10/24 01:08, Daniel Sneddon wrote:
> 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@google.com>
> Signed-off-by: Daniel Sneddon <daniel.sneddon@linux.intel.com>
> ---
>   arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c | 2 +-
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
> index e1775debeafe..7e4a706cad80 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
> @@ -2809,7 +2809,7 @@ 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";

Reviewed-by: Alexandre Chartre <alexandre.chartre@oracle.com>

alex.