Date: Tue, 22 May 2007 11:58:19 +0100 (BST) From: Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org> To: Bruce Evans <bde@optusnet.com.au> Cc: cvs-src@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/lib/libmemstat memstat_malloc.c Message-ID: <20070522115750.J50138@fledge.watson.org> In-Reply-To: <20070522164613.E5269@besplex.bde.org> References: <200705211816.l4LIG5io091428@repoman.freebsd.org> <20070522164613.E5269@besplex.bde.org>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Tue, 22 May 2007, Bruce Evans wrote: > On Mon, 21 May 2007, Robert Watson wrote: > >> rwatson 2007-05-21 18:16:04 UTC >> >> FreeBSD src repository >> >> Modified files: >> lib/libmemstat memstat_malloc.c >> Log: >> Make pointer argument to kread_string() const since the kernel structure >> field is const, and then employ __DECONST before getting into the kvm >> code. This eliminates a gcc 4.2 warning about losing constification. >> >> __DECONST advice from: sam > > Should know better than to use __DECONST: C programmers. This basically trickles up from libkvm, which presumably also wants to be const-poisoned. Robert N M Watson Computer Laboratory University of Cambridge
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20070522115750.J50138>