[PATCH] mtd: Make mtd_partition.name const

[PATCH] mtd: Make mtd_partition.name const

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

This allows to drop a few casts.

Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
---
 drivers/mtd/mtdpart.c          |    2 +-
 drivers/mtd/ofpart.c           |    4 ++--
 include/linux/mtd/partitions.h |    4 ++--
 3 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/mtd/mtdpart.c b/drivers/mtd/mtdpart.c
index 6e732c3820c1..67a89bb45943 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/mtdpart.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/mtdpart.c
@@ -534,7 +534,7 @@ out_register:
 	return slave;
 }
 
-int mtd_add_partition(struct mtd_info *master, char *name,
+int mtd_add_partition(struct mtd_info *master, const char *name,
 		      long long offset, long long length)
 {
 	struct mtd_partition part;
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/ofpart.c b/drivers/mtd/ofpart.c
index d64f8c30945f..f0a708bf9b0e 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/ofpart.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/ofpart.c
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ static int parse_ofpart_partitions(struct mtd_info *master,
 		partname = of_get_property(pp, "label", &len);
 		if (!partname)
 			partname = of_get_property(pp, "name", &len);
-		(*pparts)[i].name = (char *)partname;
+		(*pparts)[i].name = partname;
 
 		if (of_get_property(pp, "read-only", &len))
 			(*pparts)[i].mask_flags |= MTD_WRITEABLE;
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ static int parse_ofoldpart_partitions(struct mtd_info *master,
 		if (names && (plen > 0)) {
 			int len = strlen(names) + 1;
 
-			(*pparts)[i].name = (char *)names;
+			(*pparts)[i].name = names;
 			plen -= len;
 			names += len;
 		} else {
diff --git a/include/linux/mtd/partitions.h b/include/linux/mtd/partitions.h
index 1f8d24bdafda..335ffca10c10 100644
--- a/include/linux/mtd/partitions.h
+++ b/include/linux/mtd/partitions.h
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
  */
 
 struct mtd_partition {
-	char *name;			/* identifier string */
+	const char *name;		/* identifier string */
 	uint64_t size;			/* partition size */
 	uint64_t offset;		/* offset within the master MTD space */
 	uint32_t mask_flags;		/* master MTD flags to mask out for this partition */
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ extern int register_mtd_parser(struct mtd_part_parser *parser);
 extern int deregister_mtd_parser(struct mtd_part_parser *parser);
 
 int mtd_is_partition(const struct mtd_info *mtd);
-int mtd_add_partition(struct mtd_info *master, char *name,
+int mtd_add_partition(struct mtd_info *master, const char *name,
 		      long long offset, long long length);
 int mtd_del_partition(struct mtd_info *master, int partno);
 uint64_t mtd_get_device_size(const struct mtd_info *mtd);
-- 
1.7.9.5

Re: [PATCH] mtd: Make mtd_partition.name const

[Brian Norris]

On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 08:11:26PM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> This allows to drop a few casts.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>

Pushed to l2-mtd.git/next. Thanks!

Brian