Re: [PATCH v2] drivers/of: Constify device_node->name and ->path_component_name
From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Date: 2012-11-16 17:34:03
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From: Grant Likely <redacted> Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2012 14:20:25 +0000
Neither of these should ever be changed once set. Make them const and fix up the users that try to modify it in-place. In one case kmalloc+memcpy is replaced with kstrdup() to avoid modifying the string. Build tested with defconfigs on ARM, PowerPC, Sparc, MIPS, x86 among others. Signed-off-by: Grant Likely <redacted>
Acked-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>