drivers/firmware: const-ify DMI API and internals

Three main sets of changes:

1) dmi_get_system_info() return value should have been marked const,
   since callers should not be changing that data.

2) const-ify DMI internals, since DMI firmware tables should,
   whenever possible, be marked const to ensure we never ever write to
   that data area.

3) const-ify DMI API, to enable marking tables const where possible
   in low-level drivers.

And if we're really lucky, this might enable some additional
optimizations on the part of the compiler.

The bulk of the changes are #2 and #3, which are interrelated.  #1 could
have been a separate patch, but it was so small compared to the others,
it was easier to roll it into this changeset.

Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@redhat.com>
This commit is contained in:
Jeff Garzik
2007-10-03 15:15:40 -04:00
parent bbf25010f1
commit 1855256c49
35 changed files with 103 additions and 97 deletions

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@@ -1214,7 +1214,7 @@ acpi_os_validate_address (
}
#ifdef CONFIG_DMI
static int dmi_osi_linux(struct dmi_system_id *d)
static int dmi_osi_linux(const struct dmi_system_id *d)
{
printk(KERN_NOTICE "%s detected: enabling _OSI(Linux)\n", d->ident);
enable_osi_linux(1);