[PATCH] Staging: iio: Replace const char * with const char []

[Cristina Opriceana <cristina.opriceana@gmail.com>]

Replace const char * with const char [] as the first one is represented
in memory as a pointer which points to a string and the second one only
as a single variable in which it copies the contents.

Signed-off-by: Cristina Opriceana <cristina.opriceana@gmail.com>
---
This can be tested by generating assembly code for the two cases;
This platform also offers a simple view: http://assembly.ynh.io/.

 drivers/staging/iio/Documentation/iio_utils.h | 2 +-
 drivers/staging/iio/Documentation/lsiio.c     | 4 ++--
 drivers/staging/iio/iio_dummy_evgen.c         | 2 +-
 drivers/staging/iio/iio_simple_dummy.c        | 2 +-
 4 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/iio/Documentation/iio_utils.h b/drivers/staging/iio/Documentation/iio_utils.h
index bd6982c..aa9570a 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/iio/Documentation/iio_utils.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/iio/Documentation/iio_utils.h
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 #define FORMAT_SCAN_ELEMENTS_DIR "%s/scan_elements"
 #define FORMAT_TYPE_FILE "%s_type"
 
-const char *iio_dir = "/sys/bus/iio/devices/";
+const char iio_dir[] = "/sys/bus/iio/devices/";
 
 /**
  * iioutils_break_up_name() - extract generic name from full channel name
diff --git a/drivers/staging/iio/Documentation/lsiio.c b/drivers/staging/iio/Documentation/lsiio.c
index 98a0de0..50b0c70 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/iio/Documentation/lsiio.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/iio/Documentation/lsiio.c
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ static enum verbosity {
 	VERBLEVEL_SENSORS,	/* 1 lists sensors */
 } verblevel = VERBLEVEL_DEFAULT;
 
-const char *type_device = "iio:device";
-const char *type_trigger = "trigger";
+const char type_device[] = "iio:device";
+const char type_trigger[] = "trigger";
 
 
 static inline int check_prefix(const char *str, const char *prefix)
diff --git a/drivers/staging/iio/iio_dummy_evgen.c b/drivers/staging/iio/iio_dummy_evgen.c
index 59ad5a3..866e366 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/iio/iio_dummy_evgen.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/iio/iio_dummy_evgen.c
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ struct iio_dummy_eventgen {
 
 /* We can only ever have one instance of this 'device' */
 static struct iio_dummy_eventgen *iio_evgen;
-static const char *iio_evgen_name = "iio_dummy_evgen";
+static const char iio_evgen_name[] = "iio_dummy_evgen";
 
 static void iio_dummy_event_irqmask(struct irq_data *d)
 {
diff --git a/drivers/staging/iio/iio_simple_dummy.c b/drivers/staging/iio/iio_simple_dummy.c
index 8341dce..4fe1073 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/iio/iio_simple_dummy.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/iio/iio_simple_dummy.c
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ module_param(instances, int, 0);
 static struct iio_dev **iio_dummy_devs;
 
 /* Fake a name for the part number, usually obtained from the id table */
-static const char *iio_dummy_part_number = "iio_dummy_part_no";
+static const char iio_dummy_part_number[] = "iio_dummy_part_no";
 
 /**
  * struct iio_dummy_accel_calibscale - realworld to register mapping
-- 
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