[PATCH] constify the name passed to platform_device_register_simple

[PATCH] constify the name passed to platform_device_register_simple

[Stephen Rothwell]

This name is just passed to platform_device_alloc which has its parameter
declared const.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au>
---
 drivers/base/platform.c         |    2 +-
 include/linux/platform_device.h |    2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/base/platform.c b/drivers/base/platform.c
index fb56092..3408699 100644
--- a/drivers/base/platform.c
+++ b/drivers/base/platform.c
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(platform_device_unregister);
  *	the Linux driver model.  In particular, when such drivers are built
  *	as modules, they can't be "hotplugged".
  */
-struct platform_device *platform_device_register_simple(char *name, int id,
+struct platform_device *platform_device_register_simple(const char *name, int id,
 							struct resource *res, unsigned int num)
 {
 	struct platform_device *pdev;
diff --git a/include/linux/platform_device.h b/include/linux/platform_device.h
index e808043..3261681 100644
--- a/include/linux/platform_device.h
+++ b/include/linux/platform_device.h
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ extern struct resource *platform_get_resource_byname(struct platform_device *, u
 extern int platform_get_irq_byname(struct platform_device *, char *);
 extern int platform_add_devices(struct platform_device **, int);
 
-extern struct platform_device *platform_device_register_simple(char *, int id,
+extern struct platform_device *platform_device_register_simple(const char *, int id,
 					struct resource *, unsigned int);
 
 extern struct platform_device *platform_device_alloc(const char *name, int id);
-- 
1.5.3.8

-- 
Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell                    sfr@canb.auug.org.au

patch driver-core-constify-the-name-passed-to-platform_device_register_simple.patch added to gregkh-2.6 tree

[gregkh]

This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled

     Subject: Driver Core: constify the name passed to platform_device_register_simple

to my gregkh-2.6 tree.  Its filename is

     driver-core-constify-the-name-passed-to-platform_device_register_simple.patch

This tree can be found at 
    http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/gregkh/gregkh-2.6/patches/


>From sfr@canb.auug.org.au  Fri Jan 18 17:28:36 2008
From: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au>
Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2008 17:24:53 +1100
Subject: Driver Core: constify the name passed to platform_device_register_simple
To: mochel@osdl.org
Cc: greg@kroah.com, LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Message-ID: <20080111172453.81644f8d.sfr@canb.auug.org.au>


This name is just passed to platform_device_alloc which has its parameter
declared const.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>

---
 drivers/base/platform.c         |    2 +-
 include/linux/platform_device.h |    2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

--- a/drivers/base/platform.c
+++ b/drivers/base/platform.c
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(platform_device_unregi
  *	the Linux driver model.  In particular, when such drivers are built
  *	as modules, they can't be "hotplugged".
  */
-struct platform_device *platform_device_register_simple(char *name, int id,
+struct platform_device *platform_device_register_simple(const char *name, int id,
 							struct resource *res, unsigned int num)
 {
 	struct platform_device *pdev;
--- a/include/linux/platform_device.h
+++ b/include/linux/platform_device.h
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ extern struct resource *platform_get_res
 extern int platform_get_irq_byname(struct platform_device *, char *);
 extern int platform_add_devices(struct platform_device **, int);
 
-extern struct platform_device *platform_device_register_simple(char *, int id,
+extern struct platform_device *platform_device_register_simple(const char *, int id,
 					struct resource *, unsigned int);
 
 extern struct platform_device *platform_device_alloc(const char *name, int id);


Patches currently in gregkh-2.6 which might be from sfr@canb.auug.org.au are

bad/battery-class-driver.patch
driver/driver-core-constify-the-name-passed-to-platform_device_register_simple.patch