All current callers of kdb_getstr() can pass constant pointers via the
prompt argument. This patch adds a const qualification to make explicit
the fact that this is safe.
Signed-off-by: Daniel Thompson <daniel.thomp...@linaro.org>
---
kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_io.c | 2 +-
kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_private.h | 2 +-
2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_io.c b/kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_io.c
index 70e0f494d3f8..59a6071139bc 100644
--- a/kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_io.c
+++ b/kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_io.c
@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@ poll_again:
* substituted for %d, %x or %o in the prompt.
*/
-char *kdb_getstr(char *buffer, size_t bufsize, char *prompt)
+char *kdb_getstr(char *buffer, size_t bufsize, const char *prompt)
{
if (prompt && kdb_prompt_str != prompt)
strncpy(kdb_prompt_str, prompt, CMD_BUFLEN);
diff --git a/kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_private.h b/kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_private.h
index 30ed4f3d8606..aa90a6a63e88 100644
--- a/kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_private.h
+++ b/kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_private.h
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ extern void kdb_ps1(const struct task_struct *p);
extern void kdb_print_nameval(const char *name, unsigned long val);
extern void kdb_send_sig_info(struct task_struct *p, struct siginfo *info);
extern void kdb_meminfo_proc_show(void);
-extern char *kdb_getstr(char *, size_t, char *);
+extern char *kdb_getstr(char *, size_t, const char *);
extern void kdb_gdb_state_pass(char *buf);
/* Defines for kdb_symbol_print */
--
1.9.3
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