[PATCH] Make kobject's name be const char *

kobject: make kobject's name const char * since users should not
	 attempt to change it (except by calling kobject_rename).

Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@mail.ru>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/lib/kobject_uevent.c b/lib/kobject_uevent.c
index 1ede5aa33376..8e49d21057e4 100644
--- a/lib/kobject_uevent.c
+++ b/lib/kobject_uevent.c
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ void kobject_hotplug(struct kobject *kobj, enum kobject_action action)
         int i = 0;
         int retval;
         char *kobj_path = NULL;
-        char *name = NULL;
+        const char *name = NULL;
         char *action_string;
         u64 seq;
         struct kobject *top_kobj = kobj;
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ void kobject_hotplug(struct kobject *kobj, enum kobject_action action)
                 name = kobject_name(&kset->kobj);
 
         argv [0] = hotplug_path;
-        argv [1] = name;
+        argv [1] = (char *)name; /* won't be changed but 'const' has to go */
         argv [2] = NULL;
 
         /* minimal command environment */