linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/6] staging: ozwpan: Mark string as const

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Date:	Thu, 01 Aug 2013 11:17:41 -0700
From:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:	Rupesh Gujare <rupesh.gujare@...el.com>
Cc:	devel@...uxdriverproject.org, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/6] staging: ozwpan: Mark string as const

On Thu, 2013-08-01 at 18:40 +0100, Rupesh Gujare wrote:
> Make sure that we mark const string so that it does not get modified.
[]
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/ozwpan/ozproto.h b/drivers/staging/ozwpan/ozproto.h
[]
> -void oz_binding_add(char *net_dev);
> -void oz_binding_remove(char *net_dev);
> +void oz_binding_add(const char *net_dev);
> +void oz_binding_remove(const char *net_dev);

const char *net_dev is a poor naming choice.
const char *name might be better.


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