[PATCH] Make kobject's name be const char *
kobject: make kobject's name const char * since users should not
attempt to change it (except by calling kobject_rename).
Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@mail.ru>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
diff --git a/include/linux/kobject.h b/include/linux/kobject.h
index 765d660..76dc672 100644
--- a/include/linux/kobject.h
+++ b/include/linux/kobject.h
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
extern u64 hotplug_seqnum;
struct kobject {
- char * k_name;
+ const char * k_name;
char name[KOBJ_NAME_LEN];
struct kref kref;
struct list_head entry;
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
extern int kobject_set_name(struct kobject *, const char *, ...)
__attribute__((format(printf,2,3)));
-static inline char * kobject_name(struct kobject * kobj)
+static inline const char * kobject_name(const struct kobject * kobj)
{
return kobj->k_name;
}
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
extern int kobject_add(struct kobject *);
extern void kobject_del(struct kobject *);
-extern int kobject_rename(struct kobject *, char *new_name);
+extern int kobject_rename(struct kobject *, const char *new_name);
extern int kobject_register(struct kobject *);
extern void kobject_unregister(struct kobject *);
diff --git a/lib/kobject.c b/lib/kobject.c
index 9404882..dd0917d 100644
--- a/lib/kobject.c
+++ b/lib/kobject.c
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@
* @new_name: object's new name
*/
-int kobject_rename(struct kobject * kobj, char *new_name)
+int kobject_rename(struct kobject * kobj, const char *new_name)
{
int error = 0;
diff --git a/lib/kobject_uevent.c b/lib/kobject_uevent.c
index 1ede5aa..8e49d21 100644
--- a/lib/kobject_uevent.c
+++ b/lib/kobject_uevent.c
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@
int i = 0;
int retval;
char *kobj_path = NULL;
- char *name = NULL;
+ const char *name = NULL;
char *action_string;
u64 seq;
struct kobject *top_kobj = kobj;
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@
name = kobject_name(&kset->kobj);
argv [0] = hotplug_path;
- argv [1] = name;
+ argv [1] = (char *)name; /* won't be changed but 'const' has to go */
argv [2] = NULL;
/* minimal command environment */