Add const to all DMI string pointers where this is possible. This fixes a checkpatch warning.
Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <jdelv...@suse.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 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/