[PATCH] cleanup: shmem_file_setup: 'char *' -> 'const char *' for name argument

[PATCH] cleanup: shmem_file_setup: 'char *' -> 'const char *' for name argument

[Sergei Trofimovich]

As function shmem_file_setup does not modify/allocate/free/pass
given filename - mark it as const.

Signed-off-by: Sergei Trofimovich <slyfox@inbox.ru>
---
 include/linux/mm.h |    2 +-
 mm/shmem.c         |    2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index bff1f0d..e2d8d63 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -726,7 +726,7 @@ static inline int shmem_lock(struct file *file, int lock,
 	return 0;
 }
 #endif
-struct file *shmem_file_setup(char *name, loff_t size, unsigned long flags);
+struct file *shmem_file_setup(const char *name, loff_t size, unsigned long flags);
 
 int shmem_zero_setup(struct vm_area_struct *);
 
diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
index b25f95c..a21d60a 100644
--- a/mm/shmem.c
+++ b/mm/shmem.c
@@ -2612,7 +2612,7 @@ int shmem_unuse(swp_entry_t entry, struct page *page)
  * @size: size to be set for the file
  * @flags: VM_NORESERVE suppresses pre-accounting of the entire object size
  */
-struct file *shmem_file_setup(char *name, loff_t size, unsigned long flags)
+struct file *shmem_file_setup(const char *name, loff_t size, unsigned long flags)
 {
 	int error;
 	struct file *file;
-- 
1.6.0.6

[PATCH] cleanup: shmem_file_setup: 'char *' -> 'const char *' for name argument

[Sergei Trofimovich]

From: Sergei Trofimovich <slyfox@inbox.ru>

As function shmem_file_setup does not modify/allocate/free/pass
given filename - mark it as const.

Signed-off-by: Sergei Trofimovich <slyfox@inbox.ru>
---
 include/linux/mm.h |    2 +-
 mm/shmem.c         |    2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index bff1f0d..e2d8d63 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -726,7 +726,7 @@ static inline int shmem_lock(struct file *file, int lock,
 	return 0;
 }
 #endif
-struct file *shmem_file_setup(char *name, loff_t size, unsigned long flags);
+struct file *shmem_file_setup(const char *name, loff_t size, unsigned long flags);
 
 int shmem_zero_setup(struct vm_area_struct *);
 
diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
index b25f95c..a21d60a 100644
--- a/mm/shmem.c
+++ b/mm/shmem.c
@@ -2612,7 +2612,7 @@ int shmem_unuse(swp_entry_t entry, struct page *page)
  * @size: size to be set for the file
  * @flags: VM_NORESERVE suppresses pre-accounting of the entire object size
  */
-struct file *shmem_file_setup(char *name, loff_t size, unsigned long flags)
+struct file *shmem_file_setup(const char *name, loff_t size, unsigned long flags)
 {
 	int error;
 	struct file *file;
-- 
1.6.0.6