driver core: device_rename's new_name can be const

The new_name argument to device_rename() can be const as kobject_rename's new_name argument is. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
tzwolf · Aug 5, 2010 · 6937e8f · 6937e8f
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diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c
@@ -1599,7 +1599,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(device_destroy);
  * on the same device to ensure that new_name is valid and
  * won't conflict with other devices.
  */
-int device_rename(struct device *dev, char *new_name)
+int device_rename(struct device *dev, const char *new_name)
 {
 	char *old_class_name = NULL;
 	char *new_class_name = NULL;

diff --git a/include/linux/device.h b/include/linux/device.h
@@ -552,7 +552,7 @@ extern int device_for_each_child(struct device *dev, void *data,
 		     int (*fn)(struct device *dev, void *data));
 extern struct device *device_find_child(struct device *dev, void *data,
 				int (*match)(struct device *dev, void *data));
-extern int device_rename(struct device *dev, char *new_name);
+extern int device_rename(struct device *dev, const char *new_name);
 extern int device_move(struct device *dev, struct device *new_parent,
 		       enum dpm_order dpm_order);
 extern const char *device_get_devnode(struct device *dev,