netdev - [PATCH] net: fix warning about non-const string

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Date:	Mon, 9 Mar 2009 16:51:55 -0700
From:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>
To:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] net: fix warning about non-const string

Since dev_set_name takes a printf style string, new gcc complains
if arg is not const.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>

--- a/net/core/net-sysfs.c	2009-03-09 08:23:45.573308957 -0700
+++ b/net/core/net-sysfs.c	2009-03-09 16:47:46.640356108 -0700
@@ -498,7 +498,7 @@ int netdev_register_kobject(struct net_d
 	dev->groups = groups;
 
 	BUILD_BUG_ON(BUS_ID_SIZE < IFNAMSIZ);
-	dev_set_name(dev, net->name);
+	dev_set_name(dev, "%s", net->name);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SYSFS
 	*groups++ = &netstat_group;
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