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Mark platform device data as const

PATCH New Jeremy Kerr 1 participant 1 message Jul 4, 2006 Driver core

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PATCH 4/20 Mark platform device data as const

platform_device_add_data()'s data argument can be qualified as const - the function just copies it to another buffer.

This neatens-up storing other const-ed data there.

Built for powerpc and i386

Signed-off-by Jeremy Kerr <[email protected]>

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paulus - pending Greg KH's ack, please apply

 platform.c |    3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
drivers/base/platform.c +2 -1
Index: linux-2.6/drivers/base/platform.c
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@@ -212,7 +212,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(platform_device_add_re
  *	pointer.  The memory associated with the platform data will be freed
  *	when the platform device is released.
  */
-int platform_device_add_data(struct platform_device *pdev, void *data, size_t size)
+int platform_device_add_data(struct platform_device *pdev, const void *data,
+		size_t size)
 {

	void *d;