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.thompson@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 */