linux-kernel - Re: [RFC][PATCH] maccess,probe_kernel: Make write/read src const void *

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Date:	Fri, 20 May 2011 11:51:11 +0200
From:	Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@...ibm.com>
To:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@...ibm.com>,
	linux-s390 <linux-s390@...r.kernel.org>,
	Mike Frysinger <vapier@...too.org>,
	uclinux-dist-devel <uclinux-dist-devel@...ckfin.uclinux.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH] maccess,probe_kernel: Make write/read src const
 void *

On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 01:08:56PM -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> maccess,probe_kernel: Make src const void *
> 
> The functions probe_kernel_write() and probe_kernel_read() do not modify
> the src pointer. Allow const pointers to be passed in without the need
> of a typecast.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
> 

[...]

>  arch/s390/mm/maccess.c     |    4 ++--

Acked-by: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@...ibm.com>
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