mtd: make mtd_partition.name const

This allows to drop a few casts.

Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
Signed-off-by: Brian Norris <computersforpeace@gmail.com>

3 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/mtd/mtdpart.c b/drivers/mtd/mtdpart.c
index 6e732c3820c1..67a89bb45943 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/mtdpart.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/mtdpart.c
@@ -534,7 +534,7 @@ out_register:
         return slave;
 }
 
-int mtd_add_partition(struct mtd_info *master, char *name,
+int mtd_add_partition(struct mtd_info *master, const char *name,
                       long long offset, long long length)
 {
         struct mtd_partition part;
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/ofpart.c b/drivers/mtd/ofpart.c
index d64f8c30945f..f0a708bf9b0e 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/ofpart.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/ofpart.c
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ static int parse_ofpart_partitions(struct mtd_info *master,
                 partname = of_get_property(pp, "label", &len);
                 if (!partname)
                         partname = of_get_property(pp, "name", &len);
-                (*pparts)[i].name = (char *)partname;
+                (*pparts)[i].name = partname;
 
                 if (of_get_property(pp, "read-only", &len))
                         (*pparts)[i].mask_flags |= MTD_WRITEABLE;
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ static int parse_ofoldpart_partitions(struct mtd_info *master,
                 if (names && (plen > 0)) {
                         int len = strlen(names) + 1;
 
-                        (*pparts)[i].name = (char *)names;
+                        (*pparts)[i].name = names;
                         plen -= len;
                         names += len;
                 } else {
diff --git a/include/linux/mtd/partitions.h b/include/linux/mtd/partitions.h
index 1f8d24bdafda..335ffca10c10 100644
--- a/include/linux/mtd/partitions.h
+++ b/include/linux/mtd/partitions.h
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
  */
 
 struct mtd_partition {
-        char *name;                     /* identifier string */
+        const char *name;               /* identifier string */
         uint64_t size;                  /* partition size */
         uint64_t offset;                /* offset within the master MTD space */
         uint32_t mask_flags;            /* master MTD flags to mask out for this partition */
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ extern int register_mtd_parser(struct mtd_part_parser *parser);
 extern int deregister_mtd_parser(struct mtd_part_parser *parser);
 
 int mtd_is_partition(const struct mtd_info *mtd);
-int mtd_add_partition(struct mtd_info *master, char *name,
+int mtd_add_partition(struct mtd_info *master, const char *name,
                       long long offset, long long length);
 int mtd_del_partition(struct mtd_info *master, int partno);
 uint64_t mtd_get_device_size(const struct mtd_info *mtd);