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Subject[PATCH 3/5] Make kobject's name be const char *
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kobject: make kobject's name const char * since users should not
attempt to change it (except by calling kobject_rename).

Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@mail.ru>
---

include/linux/kobject.h | 6 +++---
lib/kobject.c | 2 +-
lib/kobject_uevent.c | 4 ++--
3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

Index: dtor/include/linux/kobject.h
===================================================================
--- dtor.orig/include/linux/kobject.h
+++ dtor/include/linux/kobject.h
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
extern u64 hotplug_seqnum;

struct kobject {
- char * k_name;
+ const char * k_name;
char name[KOBJ_NAME_LEN];
struct kref kref;
struct list_head entry;
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ struct kobject {
extern int kobject_set_name(struct kobject *, const char *, ...)
__attribute__((format(printf,2,3)));

-static inline char * kobject_name(struct kobject * kobj)
+static inline const char * kobject_name(const struct kobject * kobj)
{
return kobj->k_name;
}
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ extern void kobject_cleanup(struct kobje
extern int kobject_add(struct kobject *);
extern void kobject_del(struct kobject *);

-extern int kobject_rename(struct kobject *, char *new_name);
+extern int kobject_rename(struct kobject *, const char *new_name);

extern int kobject_register(struct kobject *);
extern void kobject_unregister(struct kobject *);
Index: dtor/lib/kobject.c
===================================================================
--- dtor.orig/lib/kobject.c
+++ dtor/lib/kobject.c
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(kobject_set_name);
* @new_name: object's new name
*/

-int kobject_rename(struct kobject * kobj, char *new_name)
+int kobject_rename(struct kobject * kobj, const char *new_name)
{
int error = 0;

Index: dtor/lib/kobject_uevent.c
===================================================================
--- dtor.orig/lib/kobject_uevent.c
+++ dtor/lib/kobject_uevent.c
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ void kobject_hotplug(struct kobject *kob
int i = 0;
int retval;
char *kobj_path = NULL;
- char *name = NULL;
+ const char *name = NULL;
char *action_string;
u64 seq;
struct kobject *top_kobj = kobj;
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ void kobject_hotplug(struct kobject *kob
name = kobject_name(&kset->kobj);

argv [0] = hotplug_path;
- argv [1] = name;
+ argv [1] = (char *)name; /* won't be changed but 'const' has to go */
argv [2] = NULL;

/* minimal command environment */
-
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