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-rw-r--r--net/l3mdev/l3mdev.c11
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/net/l3mdev/l3mdev.c b/net/l3mdev/l3mdev.c
index 8e5ead366e7f..e925037fa0df 100644
--- a/net/l3mdev/l3mdev.c
+++ b/net/l3mdev/l3mdev.c
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
* @dev: targeted interface
*/
-int l3mdev_master_ifindex_rcu(struct net_device *dev)
+int l3mdev_master_ifindex_rcu(const struct net_device *dev)
{
int ifindex = 0;
@@ -28,8 +28,15 @@ int l3mdev_master_ifindex_rcu(struct net_device *dev)
ifindex = dev->ifindex;
} else if (netif_is_l3_slave(dev)) {
struct net_device *master;
+ struct net_device *_dev = (struct net_device *)dev;
- master = netdev_master_upper_dev_get_rcu(dev);
+ /* netdev_master_upper_dev_get_rcu calls
+ * list_first_or_null_rcu to walk the upper dev list.
+ * list_first_or_null_rcu does not handle a const arg. We aren't
+ * making changes, just want the master device from that list so
+ * typecast to remove the const
+ */
+ master = netdev_master_upper_dev_get_rcu(_dev);
if (master)
ifindex = master->ifindex;
}