3.2.102-rc1 review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
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From: Jean Delvare jdelvare@suse.de
commit ffbbb96dd7570b9aafd426cd77a7ee03d224cabf upstream.
Add const to all DMI string pointers where this is possible. This fixes a checkpatch warning.
Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare jdelvare@suse.de Cc: Joe Perches joe@perches.com Cc: Ben Hutchings ben@decadent.org.uk Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton akpm@linux-foundation.org Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds torvalds@linux-foundation.org [bwh: Backported to 3.2: adjust context] Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings ben@decadent.org.uk --- drivers/firmware/dmi_scan.c | 10 +++++----- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
--- a/drivers/firmware/dmi_scan.c +++ b/drivers/firmware/dmi_scan.c @@ -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; /* @@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ 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; @@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ 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;
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ int dmi_available; static void __init dmi_save_ident(const struct dmi_header *dm, int slot, int string) { const char *d = (const char*) dm; - char *p; + const char *p;
if (dmi_ident[slot]) return; @@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ 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;