netdev - [PATCH net-next] rtnetlink: Mark name argument of rtnl_create

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Date:	Fri, 10 Apr 2015 01:45:53 +0200
From:	Thomas Graf <tgraf@...g.ch>
To:	davem@...emloft.net
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH net-next] rtnetlink: Mark name argument of rtnl_create_link() const

Signed-off-by: Thomas Graf <tgraf@...g.ch>
---
 include/net/rtnetlink.h | 2 +-
 net/core/rtnetlink.c    | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/net/rtnetlink.h b/include/net/rtnetlink.h
index 6c6d539..343d922 100644
--- a/include/net/rtnetlink.h
+++ b/include/net/rtnetlink.h
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ void rtnl_af_register(struct rtnl_af_ops *ops);
 void rtnl_af_unregister(struct rtnl_af_ops *ops);
 
 struct net *rtnl_link_get_net(struct net *src_net, struct nlattr *tb[]);
-struct net_device *rtnl_create_link(struct net *net, char *ifname,
+struct net_device *rtnl_create_link(struct net *net, const char *ifname,
 				    unsigned char name_assign_type,
 				    const struct rtnl_link_ops *ops,
 				    struct nlattr *tb[]);
diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index c3bf190..7a83615 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -1932,7 +1932,7 @@ int rtnl_configure_link(struct net_device *dev, const struct ifinfomsg *ifm)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(rtnl_configure_link);
 
 struct net_device *rtnl_create_link(struct net *net,
-	char *ifname, unsigned char name_assign_type,
+	const char *ifname, unsigned char name_assign_type,
 	const struct rtnl_link_ops *ops, struct nlattr *tb[])
 {
 	int err;
-- 
1.9.3

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