commit 78ebb0d00b49125ea03a1adcaa4db39de38be41c
author Thomas Graf <tgraf@suug.ch> Fri Apr 10 01:45:53 2015 +0200
committer David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> Fri Apr 10 12:42:40 2015 -0700
tree b3f5995519eb82c2fd9c0877f0bea97cb33ae49f
parent c3d0dac6935e388547d7b7721e80b9c996eb90a1

rtnetlink: Mark name argument of rtnl_create_link() const

Signed-off-by: Thomas Graf <tgraf@suug.ch>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

include/net/rtnetlink.h

diff --git a/include/net/rtnetlink.h b/include/net/rtnetlink.h
index 6c6d539..343d922 100644
--- a/include/net/rtnetlink.h
+++ b/include/net/rtnetlink.h
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@
 void rtnl_af_unregister(struct rtnl_af_ops *ops);
 
 struct net *rtnl_link_get_net(struct net *src_net, struct nlattr *tb[]);
-struct net_device *rtnl_create_link(struct net *net, char *ifname,
+struct net_device *rtnl_create_link(struct net *net, const char *ifname,
 				    unsigned char name_assign_type,
 				    const struct rtnl_link_ops *ops,
 				    struct nlattr *tb[]);

net/core/rtnetlink.c

diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index c3bf190..7a83615 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -1932,7 +1932,7 @@
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(rtnl_configure_link);
 
 struct net_device *rtnl_create_link(struct net *net,
-	char *ifname, unsigned char name_assign_type,
+	const char *ifname, unsigned char name_assign_type,
 	const struct rtnl_link_ops *ops, struct nlattr *tb[])
 {
 	int err;