linux-kernel - [PATCH] kobject: make get_ktype() take a const pointer

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Date:   Fri, 21 Oct 2022 09:23:10 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] kobject: make get_ktype() take a const pointer

get_ktype() does not modify the structure passed to it, so mark the
parameter as being const to allow other const structures to be passed to
it in the future.

Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
---
 include/linux/kobject.h | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/kobject.h b/include/linux/kobject.h
index 57fb972fea05..fc00cee1359c 100644
--- a/include/linux/kobject.h
+++ b/include/linux/kobject.h
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ static inline void kset_put(struct kset *k)
 	kobject_put(&k->kobj);
 }
 
-static inline const struct kobj_type *get_ktype(struct kobject *kobj)
+static inline const struct kobj_type *get_ktype(const struct kobject *kobj)
 {
 	return kobj->ktype;
 }
-- 
2.38.1