linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] drivers/of: Constify device_node->name and ->path_component

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Message-Id: <20121116.123358.444599559940168490.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Fri, 16 Nov 2012 12:33:58 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	grant.likely@...retlab.ca
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, devicetree-discuss@...ts.ozlabs.org,
	sparclinux@...r.kernel.org, benh@...nel.crashing.org,
	julian.calaby@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] drivers/of: Constify device_node->name and
 ->path_component_name

From: Grant Likely <grant.likely@...retlab.ca>
Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2012 14:20:25 +0000

> Neither of these should ever be changed once set. Make them const and
> fix up the users that try to modify it in-place. In one case
> kmalloc+memcpy is replaced with kstrdup() to avoid modifying the string.
> 
> Build tested with defconfigs on ARM, PowerPC, Sparc, MIPS, x86 among
> others.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Grant Likely <grant.likely@...retlab.ca>

Acked-by: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
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