linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/3] tty: constify return type of tty

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Date:	Tue, 31 Mar 2015 15:55:57 +0200
From:	Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>
To:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>
Cc:	Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] tty: constify return type of tty_name

All users of tty_name pass the result directly to a printf-like
function. This means we can actually let tty_name return the literal
"NULL tty" or tty->name directly, avoiding the strcpy and a lot of
medium-sized stack buffers. In preparation for that, make the return
type const char*.

While at it, we can also constify the tty parameter.

Signed-off-by: Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>
---
 drivers/tty/tty_io.c | 2 +-
 include/linux/tty.h  | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/tty/tty_io.c b/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
index 2bb4dfc02873..5d4a9fd7510a 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ static void tty_del_file(struct file *file)
  *	Locking: none
  */
 
-char *tty_name(struct tty_struct *tty, char *buf)
+const char *tty_name(const struct tty_struct *tty, char *buf)
 {
 	if (!tty) /* Hmm.  NULL pointer.  That's fun. */
 		strcpy(buf, "NULL tty");
diff --git a/include/linux/tty.h b/include/linux/tty.h
index 358a337af598..8771cc4faf9f 100644
--- a/include/linux/tty.h
+++ b/include/linux/tty.h
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ static inline struct tty_struct *tty_kref_get(struct tty_struct *tty)
 
 extern int tty_paranoia_check(struct tty_struct *tty, struct inode *inode,
 			      const char *routine);
-extern char *tty_name(struct tty_struct *tty, char *buf);
+extern const char *tty_name(const struct tty_struct *tty, char *buf);
 extern void tty_wait_until_sent(struct tty_struct *tty, long timeout);
 extern int tty_check_change(struct tty_struct *tty);
 extern void __stop_tty(struct tty_struct *tty);
-- 
2.1.3

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