This patch fixes the warnings "passing argument 1 of '__memcpy' discards qualifiers from pointer target type" and "passing argument 2 of '__memcpy' discards qualifiers from pointer target type" when compiling some files.
I don't really know if this is the best way but at least I don't get more warnings. diff -ruN linux-2.6.24-rc1.orig/fs/cifs/dir.c linux-2.6.24-rc1/fs/cifs/dir.c --- linux-2.6.24-rc1.orig/fs/cifs/dir.c 2007-10-24 16:06:42.000000000 +0200 +++ linux-2.6.24-rc1/fs/cifs/dir.c 2007-10-24 15:49:44.000000000 +0200 @@ -585,6 +585,7 @@ struct qstr *b) { struct nls_table *codepage = CIFS_SB(dentry->d_inode->i_sb)->local_nls; + unsigned char *dstname = (unsigned char *)a->name; if ((a->len == b->len) && (nls_strnicmp(codepage, a->name, b->name, a->len) == 0)) { @@ -593,7 +594,7 @@ * case take precedence. If a is not a negative dentry, this * should have no side effects */ - memcpy((unsigned char *)a->name, b->name, a->len); + memcpy(dstname, b->name, a->len); return 0; } return 1; diff -ruN linux-2.6.24-rc1.orig/fs/jfs/namei.c linux-2.6.24-rc1/fs/jfs/namei.c --- linux-2.6.24-rc1.orig/fs/jfs/namei.c 2007-10-24 16:06:43.000000000 +0200 +++ linux-2.6.24-rc1/fs/jfs/namei.c 2007-10-24 15:40:34.000000000 +0200 @@ -1580,6 +1580,7 @@ static int jfs_ci_compare(struct dentry *dir, struct qstr *a, struct qstr *b) { + unsigned char *dstname = (unsigned char *)a->name; int i, result = 1; if (a->len != b->len) @@ -1597,7 +1598,7 @@ * dentry, we blindly replace it with b. This should be harmless if * a is not a negative dentry. */ - memcpy((unsigned char *)a->name, b->name, a->len); + memcpy(dstname, b->name, a->len); out: return result; } diff -ruN linux-2.6.24-rc1.orig/fs/smbfs/cache.c linux-2.6.24-rc1/fs/smbfs/cache.c --- linux-2.6.24-rc1.orig/fs/smbfs/cache.c 2007-10-09 22:31:38.000000000 +0200 +++ linux-2.6.24-rc1/fs/smbfs/cache.c 2007-10-24 16:01:46.000000000 +0200 @@ -145,9 +145,10 @@ if (!newdent) goto end_advance; } else { + char *dstname = (char *)newdent->d_name.name; + hashed = 1; - memcpy((char *) newdent->d_name.name, qname->name, - newdent->d_name.len); + memcpy(dstname, qname->name, newdent->d_name.len); } if (!newdent->d_inode) { diff -ruN linux-2.6.24-rc1.orig/include/asm-x86/io_32.h linux-2.6.24-rc1/include/asm-x86/io_32.h --- linux-2.6.24-rc1.orig/include/asm-x86/io_32.h 2007-10-24 16:06:45.000000000 +0200 +++ linux-2.6.24-rc1/include/asm-x86/io_32.h 2007-10-24 15:56:42.000000000 +0200 @@ -208,7 +208,8 @@ static inline void memcpy_fromio(void *dst, const volatile void __iomem *src, int count) { - __memcpy(dst, (const void __force *)src, count); + const void __force *src1 = (const void __force *)src; + __memcpy(dst, src1, count); } static inline void -- Miguel Botón - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/