[PATCH 184/196] Driver Core: constify the name passed to platform_device_register_simple

Greg Kroah-Hartman
2008-01-25T08:03:26Z

From: Stephen Rothwell <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(-)

diff --git a/drivers/base/platform.c b/drivers/base/platform.c
index bdd59e8..48d5db4 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