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authorDmitry Torokhov <dtor_core@ameritech.net>2005-04-26 02:32:00 -0500
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>2005-06-20 15:15:00 -0700
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[PATCH] Make kobject's name be const char *
kobject: make kobject's name const char * since users should not attempt to change it (except by calling kobject_rename). Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@mail.ru> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
Diffstat (limited to 'lib')
-rw-r--r--lib/kobject.c2
-rw-r--r--lib/kobject_uevent.c4
2 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/lib/kobject.c b/lib/kobject.c
index 9404882..dd0917d 100644
--- a/lib/kobject.c
+++ b/lib/kobject.c
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(kobject_set_name);
* @new_name: object's new name
*/
-int kobject_rename(struct kobject * kobj, char *new_name)
+int kobject_rename(struct kobject * kobj, const char *new_name)
{
int error = 0;
diff --git a/lib/kobject_uevent.c b/lib/kobject_uevent.c
index 1ede5aa..8e49d21 100644
--- a/lib/kobject_uevent.c
+++ b/lib/kobject_uevent.c
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ void kobject_hotplug(struct kobject *kobj, enum kobject_action action)
int i = 0;
int retval;
char *kobj_path = NULL;
- char *name = NULL;
+ const char *name = NULL;
char *action_string;
u64 seq;
struct kobject *top_kobj = kobj;
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ void kobject_hotplug(struct kobject *kobj, enum kobject_action action)
name = kobject_name(&kset->kobj);
argv [0] = hotplug_path;
- argv [1] = name;
+ argv [1] = (char *)name; /* won't be changed but 'const' has to go */
argv [2] = NULL;
/* minimal command environment */