From: =?UTF-8?q?Rafa=C5=82=20Mi=C5=82ecki?= Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2016 12:48:44 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] brcmfmac: use const char * for interface name in brcmf_add_if MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit This function can work just fine with const pointer, it only calls alloc_netdev which take const as well. Moreover it makes this function more flexible as some cfg80211 callback may provide const char * as well, e.g. add_virtual_intf. This will be needed for more advanced interface management. Signed-off-by: Rafał Miłecki Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo --- --- a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/core.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/core.c @@ -638,7 +638,7 @@ fail: } struct brcmf_if *brcmf_add_if(struct brcmf_pub *drvr, s32 bsscfgidx, s32 ifidx, - bool is_p2pdev, char *name, u8 *mac_addr) + bool is_p2pdev, const char *name, u8 *mac_addr) { struct brcmf_if *ifp; struct net_device *ndev; --- a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/core.h +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/core.h @@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ char *brcmf_ifname(struct brcmf_if *ifp) struct brcmf_if *brcmf_get_ifp(struct brcmf_pub *drvr, int ifidx); int brcmf_net_attach(struct brcmf_if *ifp, bool rtnl_locked); struct brcmf_if *brcmf_add_if(struct brcmf_pub *drvr, s32 bsscfgidx, s32 ifidx, - bool is_p2pdev, char *name, u8 *mac_addr); + bool is_p2pdev, const char *name, u8 *mac_addr); void brcmf_remove_interface(struct brcmf_if *ifp, bool rtnl_locked); void brcmf_txflowblock_if(struct brcmf_if *ifp, enum brcmf_netif_stop_reason reason, bool state);