From: David Gibson <david@gibson.dropbear.id.au>
To: passt-dev@passt.top, Stefano Brivio <sbrivio@redhat.com>
Cc: David Gibson <david@gibson.dropbear.id.au>
Subject: [PATCH 3/8] conf: Fix not-actually-const parameter to conf_runas() and conf_ugid()
Date: Mon, 11 May 2026 20:03:17 +1000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260511100322.1016757-4-david@gibson.dropbear.id.au> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260511100322.1016757-1-david@gibson.dropbear.id.au>
Commit 4af3d83170fd changed the @opt parameter to conf_runas() to a const
pointer, to remove a cppcheck error. However, that error was a false
positive. We *do* modify that parameter via an aliased pointer within it
retreived from strchr(). At least with gcc 16.1.1 that now causes a
"discards const" warning. Revert that change and instead directly suppress
the cppcheck warning.
Fixes: 4af3d83170fd ("treewide: Fix more pointers which can be const")
Signed-off-by: David Gibson <david@gibson.dropbear.id.au>
---
conf.c | 7 ++++---
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/conf.c b/conf.c
index 4a4ab489..8acf66cc 100644
--- a/conf.c
+++ b/conf.c
@@ -925,7 +925,8 @@ dns6:
*
* Return: 0 on success, negative error code on failure
*/
-static int conf_runas(const char *opt, unsigned int *uid, unsigned int *gid)
+/* cppcheck-suppress [constParameterPointer,unmatchedSuppression] */
+static int conf_runas(char *opt, unsigned int *uid, unsigned int *gid)
{
const char *uopt, *gopt = NULL;
char *sep = strchr(opt, ':');
@@ -977,7 +978,7 @@ static int conf_runas(const char *opt, unsigned int *uid, unsigned int *gid)
* @uid: User ID, set on success
* @gid: Group ID, set on success
*/
-static void conf_ugid(const char *runas, uid_t *uid, gid_t *gid)
+static void conf_ugid(char *runas, uid_t *uid, gid_t *gid)
{
/* If user has specified --runas, that takes precedence... */
if (runas) {
@@ -1247,7 +1248,7 @@ void conf(struct ctx *c, int argc, char **argv)
uint8_t prefix_len_from_opt = 0;
unsigned int ifi4 = 0, ifi6 = 0;
const char *logfile = NULL;
- const char *runas = NULL;
+ char *runas = NULL;
size_t logsize = 0;
long fd_tap_opt;
int name, ret;
--
2.54.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-05-11 10:03 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-05-11 10:03 [PATCH 0/8] Fix assorted warnings David Gibson
2026-05-11 10:03 ` [PATCH 1/8] netlink: erromsg should be const in nl_status() David Gibson
2026-05-11 12:50 ` Laurent Vivier
2026-05-11 10:03 ` [PATCH 2/8] virtio: Reduce scope of variable David Gibson
2026-05-11 12:51 ` Laurent Vivier
2026-05-11 10:03 ` David Gibson [this message]
2026-05-11 13:00 ` [PATCH 3/8] conf: Fix not-actually-const parameter to conf_runas() and conf_ugid() Laurent Vivier
2026-05-11 10:03 ` [PATCH 4/8] clang-tidy: Squash inconsistent brace warnings in foreach macros David Gibson
2026-05-11 13:21 ` Laurent Vivier
2026-05-11 10:03 ` [PATCH 5/8] clang-tidy: Suppress sscanf() warning harder David Gibson
2026-05-11 13:23 ` Laurent Vivier
2026-05-11 10:03 ` [PATCH 6/8] packet, clang-tidy: Packet pool buffers are not NULL David Gibson
2026-05-11 13:27 ` Laurent Vivier
2026-05-11 10:03 ` [PATCH 7/8] treewide: Make some additional variables static David Gibson
2026-05-11 13:30 ` Laurent Vivier
2026-05-11 10:03 ` [PATCH 8/8] clang-tidy: Suppress some new unhelpful new warnings David Gibson
2026-05-11 13:32 ` Laurent Vivier
2026-05-12 5:45 ` [PATCH 0/8] Fix assorted warnings Stefano Brivio
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