1 files changed, 12 insertions, 13 deletions

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c
index a1787ffb6319..bf2005b2feb6 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c
@@ -942,11 +942,11 @@ void __init early_init_devtree(void *params)
 int
 prom_n_addr_cells(struct device_node* np)
 {
-        int* ip;
+        const int *ip;
         do {
                 if (np->parent)
                         np = np->parent;
-                ip = (int *) get_property(np, "#address-cells", NULL);
+                ip = get_property(np, "#address-cells", NULL);
                 if (ip != NULL)
                         return *ip;
         } while (np->parent);
@@ -958,11 +958,11 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(prom_n_addr_cells);
 int
 prom_n_size_cells(struct device_node* np)
 {
-        int* ip;
+        const int* ip;
         do {
                 if (np->parent)
                         np = np->parent;
-                ip = (int *) get_property(np, "#size-cells", NULL);
+                ip = get_property(np, "#size-cells", NULL);
                 if (ip != NULL)
                         return *ip;
         } while (np->parent);
@@ -1034,7 +1034,7 @@ int device_is_compatible(struct device_node *device, const char *compat)
         const char* cp;
         int cplen, l;
 
-        cp = (char *) get_property(device, "compatible", &cplen);
+        cp = get_property(device, "compatible", &cplen);
         if (cp == NULL)
                 return 0;
         while (cplen > 0) {
@@ -1449,7 +1449,7 @@ static int of_finish_dynamic_node(struct device_node *node)
 {
         struct device_node *parent = of_get_parent(node);
         int err = 0;
-        phandle *ibm_phandle;
+        const phandle *ibm_phandle;
 
         node->name = get_property(node, "name", NULL);
         node->type = get_property(node, "device_type", NULL);
@@ -1466,8 +1466,7 @@ static int of_finish_dynamic_node(struct device_node *node)
                 return -ENODEV;
 
         /* fix up new node's linux_phandle field */
-        if ((ibm_phandle = (unsigned int *)get_property(node,
-                                                        "ibm,phandle", NULL)))
+        if ((ibm_phandle = get_property(node, "ibm,phandle", NULL)))
                 node->linux_phandle = *ibm_phandle;
 
 out:
@@ -1528,7 +1527,7 @@ struct property *of_find_property(struct device_node *np, const char *name,
  * Find a property with a given name for a given node
  * and return the value.
  */
-void *get_property(struct device_node *np, const char *name, int *lenp)
+const void *get_property(struct device_node *np, const char *name, int *lenp)
 {
         struct property *pp = of_find_property(np,name,lenp);
         return pp ? pp->value : NULL;
@@ -1658,16 +1657,16 @@ struct device_node *of_get_cpu_node(int cpu, unsigned int *thread)
         hardid = get_hard_smp_processor_id(cpu);
 
         for_each_node_by_type(np, "cpu") {
-                u32 *intserv;
+                const u32 *intserv;
                 unsigned int plen, t;
 
                 /* Check for ibm,ppc-interrupt-server#s. If it doesn't exist
                  * fallback to "reg" property and assume no threads
                  */
-                intserv = (u32 *)get_property(np, "ibm,ppc-interrupt-server#s",
-                                              &plen);
+                intserv = get_property(np, "ibm,ppc-interrupt-server#s",
+                                &plen);
                 if (intserv == NULL) {
-                        u32 *reg = (u32 *)get_property(np, "reg", NULL);
+                        const u32 *reg = get_property(np, "reg", NULL);
                         if (reg == NULL)
                                 continue;
                         if (*reg == hardid) {