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netdev: use const for some name functions

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dev_change_name and netdev_drivername should use const char on
parameters that are read-only input values. The strcpy to newname is
not needed since newname is not used later in function.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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Stephen Hemminger
2008-09-30 02:22:14 -07:00
committed by David S. Miller
parent db4148da2c
commit cf04a4c764
2 changed files with 6 additions and 7 deletions
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include/linux/netdevice.h
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@ -1225,7 +1225,7 @@ extern int dev_ioctl(struct net *net, unsigned int cmd, void __user *);
extern int dev_ethtool(struct net *net, struct ifreq *);
extern unsigned dev_get_flags(const struct net_device *);
extern int dev_change_flags(struct net_device *, unsigned);
extern int dev_change_name(struct net_device *, char *);
extern int dev_change_name(struct net_device *, const char *);
extern int dev_set_alias(struct net_device *, const char *, size_t);
extern int dev_change_net_namespace(struct net_device *,
struct net *, const char *);
@ -1670,7 +1670,7 @@ extern void dev_seq_stop(struct seq_file *seq, void *v);
extern int netdev_class_create_file(struct class_attribute *class_attr);
extern void netdev_class_remove_file(struct class_attribute *class_attr);
extern char *netdev_drivername(struct net_device *dev, char *buffer, int len);
extern char *netdev_drivername(const struct net_device *dev, char *buffer, int len);
extern void linkwatch_run_queue(void);