linux-kernel - [PATCH 3/3] firmware/dmi

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Date:	Tue, 09 Jul 2013 17:43:54 +0200
From:	Jean Delvare <jdelvare@...e.de>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] firmware/dmi_scan: Constify strings

Add const to all DMI string pointers where this is possible. This
fixes a checkpatch warning.

Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <jdelvare@...e.de>
---
 drivers/firmware/dmi_scan.c |   10 +++++-----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

--- linux-3.10-rc0.orig/drivers/firmware/dmi_scan.c	2013-05-04 11:20:48.321082162 +0200
+++ linux-3.10-rc0/drivers/firmware/dmi_scan.c	2013-05-04 11:20:52.808187924 +0200
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  * of and an antecedent to, SMBIOS, which stands for System
  * Management BIOS.  See further: http://www.dmtf.org/standards
  */
-static char dmi_empty_string[] = "        ";
+static const char dmi_empty_string[] = "        ";
 
 static u16 __initdata dmi_ver;
 /*
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ static const char * __init dmi_string_no
 	return "";
 }
 
-static char * __init dmi_string(const struct dmi_header *dm, u8 s)
+static const char * __init dmi_string(const struct dmi_header *dm, u8 s)
 {
 	const char *bp = dmi_string_nosave(dm, s);
 	char *str;
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ static int __init dmi_checksum(const u8
 	return sum == 0;
 }
 
-static char *dmi_ident[DMI_STRING_MAX];
+static const char *dmi_ident[DMI_STRING_MAX];
 static LIST_HEAD(dmi_devices);
 int dmi_available;
 
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ static void __init dmi_save_ident(const
 		int string)
 {
 	const char *d = (const char *) dm;
-	char *p;
+	const char *p;
 
 	if (dmi_ident[slot])
 		return;
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ static void __init dmi_save_oem_strings_
 	struct dmi_device *dev;
 
 	for (i = 1; i <= count; i++) {
-		char *devname = dmi_string(dm, i);
+		const char *devname = dmi_string(dm, i);
 
 		if (devname == dmi_empty_string)
 			continue;


-- 
Jean Delvare
Suse L3

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