linux-kernel - patch uio-make-uio_info-s-name-and-version-const.patch added to gregkh-2.6 tree

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Date:	Thu, 18 Dec 2008 16:29:10 -0800
From:	<gregkh@...e.de>
To:	sfr@...b.auug.org.au, gregkh@...e.de, hjk@...utronix.de,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, w.sang@...gutronix.de
Subject: patch uio-make-uio_info-s-name-and-version-const.patch added to gregkh-2.6 tree


This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled

    Subject: uio: make uio_info's name and version const

to my gregkh-2.6 tree.  Its filename is

    uio-make-uio_info-s-name-and-version-const.patch

This tree can be found at 
    http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/gregkh/gregkh-2.6/patches/


>From hjk@...utronix.de  Thu Dec 18 15:52:51 2008
From: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2008 11:44:21 +0100
Subject: uio: make uio_info's name and version const
To: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
Cc: "Hans J. Koch" <hjk@...utronix.de>, Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Wolfram Sang <w.sang@...gutronix.de>
Message-ID: <20081212104420.GA3084@...al>
Content-Disposition: inline

From: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>

These are only ever assigned constant strings and never modified.

This was noticed because Wolfram Sang needed to cast the result of
of_get_property() in order to assign it to the name field of a struct
uio_info.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
Signed-off-by: Hans J. Koch <hjk@...utronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>

---
 Documentation/DocBook/uio-howto.tmpl |    4 ++--
 include/linux/uio_driver.h           |    4 ++--
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

--- a/Documentation/DocBook/uio-howto.tmpl
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/uio-howto.tmpl
@@ -393,12 +393,12 @@ offset = N * getpagesize();
 
 <itemizedlist>
 <listitem><para>
-<varname>char *name</varname>: Required. The name of your driver as
+<varname>const char *name</varname>: Required. The name of your driver as
 it will appear in sysfs. I recommend using the name of your module for this.
 </para></listitem>
 
 <listitem><para>
-<varname>char *version</varname>: Required. This string appears in
+<varname>const char *version</varname>: Required. This string appears in
 <filename>/sys/class/uio/uioX/version</filename>.
 </para></listitem>
 
--- a/include/linux/uio_driver.h
+++ b/include/linux/uio_driver.h
@@ -76,8 +76,8 @@ struct uio_device;
  */
 struct uio_info {
 	struct uio_device	*uio_dev;
-	char			*name;
-	char			*version;
+	const char		*name;
+	const char		*version;
 	struct uio_mem		mem[MAX_UIO_MAPS];
 	struct uio_port		port[MAX_UIO_PORT_REGIONS];
 	long			irq;


Patches currently in gregkh-2.6 which might be from sfr@...b.auug.org.au are

usb/usb-don-t-use-__module_param_call.patch
driver-core/uio-make-uio_info-s-name-and-version-const.patch
staging/staging-go7007-convert-driver-to-use-video_ioctl2.patch
staging/staging-comedi-fix-build-if-config_proc_fs-is-not-set.patch
staging/staging-meilhaus-fix-__symbol_get-problems.patch
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