Re: [PATCH] Make clocksource name const

[Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>]

On Sat, 2 Apr 2011, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:

> Has this patch been rejected?

No, I think it just got lost. Will pick it up.
 
> On Sat, Feb 19, 2011 at 03:34:50PM +0000, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> > As nothing should be writing to the clocksource name string, make the
> > clocksource name pointer const.  Build-tested on ARM Versatile Express.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
> > ---
> >  include/linux/clocksource.h |    2 +-
> >  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/include/linux/clocksource.h b/include/linux/clocksource.h
> > index c37b21a..94c1f38 100644
> > --- a/include/linux/clocksource.h
> > +++ b/include/linux/clocksource.h
> > @@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ struct clocksource {
> >  	/*
> >  	 * First part of structure is read mostly
> >  	 */
> > -	char *name;
> > +	const char *name;
> >  	struct list_head list;
> >  	int rating;
> >  	cycle_t (*read)(struct clocksource *cs);
>