[PATCH 2/7] perf util: add const modifier to buf in "writen" function

[David Carrillo-Cisneros <davidcc@google.com>]

Make buf in helper function "writen" constant to simplify
the life of its callers.

This requires to hack a cast of buf prior to passing it to "ion"
which is simpler than the alternative of reworking the "ion"
function to provide a read and a write paths, the latter with
constant buf argument.

Signed-off-by: David Carrillo-Cisneros <davidcc@google.com>
---
 tools/perf/util/util.c | 6 ++++--
 tools/perf/util/util.h | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/util.c b/tools/perf/util/util.c
index 6450c75a6f5b..31ca7661e5fb 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/util.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/util.c
@@ -260,6 +260,7 @@ static ssize_t ion(bool is_read, int fd, void *buf, size_t n)
 	size_t left = n;
 
 	while (left) {
+		/* buf must be treated as const if !is_read. */
 		ssize_t ret = is_read ? read(fd, buf, left) :
 					write(fd, buf, left);
 
@@ -287,9 +288,10 @@ ssize_t readn(int fd, void *buf, size_t n)
 /*
  * Write exactly 'n' bytes or return an error.
  */
-ssize_t writen(int fd, void *buf, size_t n)
+ssize_t writen(int fd, const void *buf, size_t n)
 {
-	return ion(false, fd, buf, n);
+	/* ion does not modify buf. */
+	return ion(false, fd, (void *)buf, n);
 }
 
 size_t hex_width(u64 v)
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/util.h b/tools/perf/util/util.h
index 3852b6d3270a..e0881bf67fc9 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/util.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/util.h
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ int copyfile_mode(const char *from, const char *to, mode_t mode);
 int copyfile_offset(int fromfd, loff_t from_ofs, int tofd, loff_t to_ofs, u64 size);
 
 ssize_t readn(int fd, void *buf, size_t n);
-ssize_t writen(int fd, void *buf, size_t n);
+ssize_t writen(int fd, const void *buf, size_t n);
 
 struct perf_event_attr;
 
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