Commit-ID: 03d8e80beb7db78a13c192431205b9c83f7e0cd1 Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/03d8e80beb7db78a13c192431205b9c83f7e0cd1 Author: Mischa Jonker <mischa.jon...@synopsys.com> AuthorDate: Tue, 4 Jun 2013 11:45:48 +0200 Committer: Ingo Molnar <mi...@kernel.org> CommitDate: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:50:23 +0200
perf: Add const qualifier to perf_pmu_register's 'name' arg This allows us to use pdev->name for registering a PMU device. IMO the name is not supposed to be changed anyway. Signed-off-by: Mischa Jonker <mjon...@synopsys.com> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <pet...@infradead.org> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1370339148-5566-1-git-send-email-mjon...@synopsys.com Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mi...@kernel.org> --- arch/metag/kernel/perf/perf_event.c | 2 +- include/linux/perf_event.h | 4 ++-- kernel/events/core.c | 2 +- 3 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/metag/kernel/perf/perf_event.c b/arch/metag/kernel/perf/perf_event.c index 3665694..5b18888 100644 --- a/arch/metag/kernel/perf/perf_event.c +++ b/arch/metag/kernel/perf/perf_event.c @@ -882,7 +882,7 @@ static int __init init_hw_perf_events(void) } register_cpu_notifier(&metag_pmu_notifier); - ret = perf_pmu_register(&pmu, (char *)metag_pmu->name, PERF_TYPE_RAW); + ret = perf_pmu_register(&pmu, metag_pmu->name, PERF_TYPE_RAW); out: return ret; } diff --git a/include/linux/perf_event.h b/include/linux/perf_event.h index 74a4e14..4bc57d0 100644 --- a/include/linux/perf_event.h +++ b/include/linux/perf_event.h @@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ struct pmu { struct device *dev; const struct attribute_group **attr_groups; - char *name; + const char *name; int type; int * __percpu pmu_disable_count; @@ -519,7 +519,7 @@ struct perf_output_handle { #ifdef CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS -extern int perf_pmu_register(struct pmu *pmu, char *name, int type); +extern int perf_pmu_register(struct pmu *pmu, const char *name, int type); extern void perf_pmu_unregister(struct pmu *pmu); extern int perf_num_counters(void); diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c index aca95bc..9c89207 100644 --- a/kernel/events/core.c +++ b/kernel/events/core.c @@ -6179,7 +6179,7 @@ free_dev: static struct lock_class_key cpuctx_mutex; static struct lock_class_key cpuctx_lock; -int perf_pmu_register(struct pmu *pmu, char *name, int type) +int perf_pmu_register(struct pmu *pmu, const char *name, int type) { int cpu, ret; -- 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/
