40 files changed, 146 insertions, 73 deletions

diff --git a/arch/alpha/kernel/process.c b/arch/alpha/kernel/process.c
index 88e608aebc8c..842dba308eab 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/alpha/kernel/process.c
@@ -387,8 +387,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(dump_elf_task_fp);
  * sys_execve() executes a new program.
  */
 asmlinkage int
-do_sys_execve(const char __user *ufilename, char __user * __user *argv,
-              char __user * __user *envp, struct pt_regs *regs)
+do_sys_execve(const char __user *ufilename,
+              const char __user *const __user *argv,
+              const char __user *const __user *envp, struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
         int error;
         char *filename;
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/sys_arm.c b/arch/arm/kernel/sys_arm.c
index 5b7c541a4c63..62e7c61d0342 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/sys_arm.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/sys_arm.c
@@ -62,8 +62,9 @@ asmlinkage int sys_vfork(struct pt_regs *regs)
 /* sys_execve() executes a new program.
  * This is called indirectly via a small wrapper
  */
-asmlinkage int sys_execve(const char __user *filenamei, char __user * __user *argv,
-                          char __user * __user *envp, struct pt_regs *regs)
+asmlinkage int sys_execve(const char __user *filenamei,
+                          const char __user *const __user *argv,
+                          const char __user *const __user *envp, struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
         int error;
         char * filename;
@@ -78,14 +79,17 @@ out:
         return error;
 }
 
-int kernel_execve(const char *filename, char *const argv[], char *const envp[])
+int kernel_execve(const char *filename,
+                  const char *const argv[],
+                  const char *const envp[])
 {
         struct pt_regs regs;
         int ret;
 
         memset(&regs, 0, sizeof(struct pt_regs));
-        ret = do_execve(filename, (char __user * __user *)argv,
-                        (char __user * __user *)envp, &regs);
+        ret = do_execve(filename,
+                        (const char __user *const __user *)argv,
+                        (const char __user *const __user *)envp, &regs);
         if (ret < 0)
                 goto out;
 
diff --git a/arch/avr32/kernel/process.c b/arch/avr32/kernel/process.c
index e5daddff397d..9c46aaad11ce 100644
--- a/arch/avr32/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/avr32/kernel/process.c
@@ -384,8 +384,9 @@ asmlinkage int sys_vfork(struct pt_regs *regs)
 }
 
 asmlinkage int sys_execve(const char __user *ufilename,
-                          char __user *__user *uargv,
-                          char __user *__user *uenvp, struct pt_regs *regs)
+                          const char __user *const __user *uargv,
+                          const char __user *const __user *uenvp,
+                          struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
         int error;
         char *filename;
diff --git a/arch/avr32/kernel/sys_avr32.c b/arch/avr32/kernel/sys_avr32.c
index 459349b5ed5a..62635a09ae3e 100644
--- a/arch/avr32/kernel/sys_avr32.c
+++ b/arch/avr32/kernel/sys_avr32.c
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@
  */
 #include <linux/unistd.h>
 
-int kernel_execve(const char *file, char **argv, char **envp)
+int kernel_execve(const char *file,
+                  const char *const *argv,
+                  const char *const *envp)
 {
         register long scno asm("r8") = __NR_execve;
         register long sc1 asm("r12") = (long)file;
diff --git a/arch/blackfin/kernel/process.c b/arch/blackfin/kernel/process.c
index a566f61c002a..01f98cb964d2 100644
--- a/arch/blackfin/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/blackfin/kernel/process.c
@@ -209,7 +209,9 @@ copy_thread(unsigned long clone_flags,
 /*
  * sys_execve() executes a new program.
  */
-asmlinkage int sys_execve(const char __user *name, char __user * __user *argv, char __user * __user *envp)
+asmlinkage int sys_execve(const char __user *name,
+                          const char __user *const __user *argv,
+                          const char __user *const __user *envp)
 {
         int error;
         char *filename;
diff --git a/arch/cris/arch-v10/kernel/process.c b/arch/cris/arch-v10/kernel/process.c
index 93f0f64b1326..9a57db6907f5 100644
--- a/arch/cris/arch-v10/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/cris/arch-v10/kernel/process.c
@@ -204,7 +204,9 @@ asmlinkage int sys_vfork(long r10, long r11, long r12, long r13, long mof, long
 /*
  * sys_execve() executes a new program.
  */
-asmlinkage int sys_execve(const char *fname, char **argv, char **envp,
+asmlinkage int sys_execve(const char *fname,
+                          const char *const *argv,
+                          const char *const *envp,
                           long r13, long mof, long srp, 
                           struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
diff --git a/arch/cris/arch-v32/kernel/process.c b/arch/cris/arch-v32/kernel/process.c
index 2661a9529d70..562f84718906 100644
--- a/arch/cris/arch-v32/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/cris/arch-v32/kernel/process.c
@@ -218,8 +218,10 @@ sys_vfork(long r10, long r11, long r12, long r13, long mof, long srp,
 
 /* sys_execve() executes a new program. */
 asmlinkage int
-sys_execve(const char *fname, char **argv, char **envp, long r13, long mof, long srp,
-        struct pt_regs *regs)
+sys_execve(const char *fname,
+           const char *const *argv,
+           const char *const *envp, long r13, long mof, long srp,
+           struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
         int error;
         char *filename;
diff --git a/arch/frv/kernel/process.c b/arch/frv/kernel/process.c
index 428931cf2f0c..2b63b0191f52 100644
--- a/arch/frv/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/frv/kernel/process.c
@@ -250,8 +250,9 @@ int copy_thread(unsigned long clone_flags,
 /*
  * sys_execve() executes a new program.
  */
-asmlinkage int sys_execve(const char __user *name, char __user * __user *argv,
-                          char __user * __user *envp)
+asmlinkage int sys_execve(const char __user *name,
+                          const char __user *const __user *argv,
+                          const char __user *const __user *envp)
 {
         int error;
         char * filename;
diff --git a/arch/h8300/kernel/process.c b/arch/h8300/kernel/process.c
index 8b7b78d77d5c..97478138e361 100644
--- a/arch/h8300/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/h8300/kernel/process.c
@@ -212,7 +212,10 @@ int copy_thread(unsigned long clone_flags,
 /*
  * sys_execve() executes a new program.
  */
-asmlinkage int sys_execve(const char *name, char **argv, char **envp,int dummy,...)
+asmlinkage int sys_execve(const char *name,
+                          const char *const *argv,
+                          const char *const *envp,
+                          int dummy, ...)
 {
         int error;
         char * filename;
diff --git a/arch/h8300/kernel/sys_h8300.c b/arch/h8300/kernel/sys_h8300.c
index f9b3f44da69f..dc1ac0243b78 100644
--- a/arch/h8300/kernel/sys_h8300.c
+++ b/arch/h8300/kernel/sys_h8300.c
@@ -51,7 +51,9 @@ asmlinkage void syscall_print(void *dummy,...)
  * Do a system call from kernel instead of calling sys_execve so we
  * end up with proper pt_regs.
  */
-int kernel_execve(const char *filename, char *const argv[], char *const envp[])
+int kernel_execve(const char *filename,
+                  const char *const argv[],
+                  const char *const envp[])
 {
         register long res __asm__("er0");
         register char *const *_c __asm__("er3") = envp;
diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/process.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/process.c
index a879c03b7f1c..16f1c7b04c69 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/process.c
@@ -633,7 +633,9 @@ dump_fpu (struct pt_regs *pt, elf_fpregset_t dst)
 }
 
 long
-sys_execve (const char __user *filename, char __user * __user *argv, char __user * __user *envp,
+sys_execve (const char __user *filename,
+            const char __user *const __user *argv,
+            const char __user *const __user *envp,
             struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
         char *fname;
diff --git a/arch/m32r/kernel/process.c b/arch/m32r/kernel/process.c
index 8665a4d868ec..422bea9f1dbc 100644
--- a/arch/m32r/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/m32r/kernel/process.c
@@ -289,8 +289,8 @@ asmlinkage int sys_vfork(unsigned long r0, unsigned long r1, unsigned long r2,
  * sys_execve() executes a new program.
  */
 asmlinkage int sys_execve(const char __user *ufilename,
-                          char __user * __user *uargv,
-                          char __user * __user *uenvp,
+                          const char __user *const __user *uargv,
+                          const char __user *const __user *uenvp,
                           unsigned long r3, unsigned long r4, unsigned long r5,
                           unsigned long r6, struct pt_regs regs)
 {
diff --git a/arch/m32r/kernel/sys_m32r.c b/arch/m32r/kernel/sys_m32r.c
index 0a00f467edfa..d841fb6cc703 100644
--- a/arch/m32r/kernel/sys_m32r.c
+++ b/arch/m32r/kernel/sys_m32r.c
@@ -93,7 +93,9 @@ asmlinkage int sys_cachectl(char *addr, int nbytes, int op)
  * Do a system call from kernel instead of calling sys_execve so we
  * end up with proper pt_regs.
  */
-int kernel_execve(const char *filename, char *const argv[], char *const envp[])
+int kernel_execve(const char *filename,
+                  const char *const argv[],
+                  const char *const envp[])
 {
         register long __scno __asm__ ("r7") = __NR_execve;
         register long __arg3 __asm__ ("r2") = (long)(envp);
diff --git a/arch/m68k/kernel/process.c b/arch/m68k/kernel/process.c
index 221d0b71ce39..18732ab23292 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/m68k/kernel/process.c
@@ -315,7 +315,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(dump_fpu);
 /*
  * sys_execve() executes a new program.
  */
-asmlinkage int sys_execve(const char __user *name, char __user * __user *argv, char __user * __user *envp)
+asmlinkage int sys_execve(const char __user *name,
+                          const char __user *const __user *argv,
+                          const char __user *const __user *envp)
 {
         int error;
         char * filename;
diff --git a/arch/m68k/kernel/sys_m68k.c b/arch/m68k/kernel/sys_m68k.c
index 77896692eb0a..2f431ece7b5f 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/kernel/sys_m68k.c
+++ b/arch/m68k/kernel/sys_m68k.c
@@ -459,7 +459,9 @@ asmlinkage int sys_getpagesize(void)
  * Do a system call from kernel instead of calling sys_execve so we
  * end up with proper pt_regs.
  */
-int kernel_execve(const char *filename, char *const argv[], char *const envp[])
+int kernel_execve(const char *filename,
+                  const char *const argv[],
+                  const char *const envp[])
 {
         register long __res asm ("%d0") = __NR_execve;
         register long __a asm ("%d1") = (long)(filename);
diff --git a/arch/m68knommu/kernel/process.c b/arch/m68knommu/kernel/process.c
index 6350f68cd026..4d090d3c0897 100644
--- a/arch/m68knommu/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/m68knommu/kernel/process.c
@@ -350,7 +350,9 @@ void dump(struct pt_regs *fp)
 /*
  * sys_execve() executes a new program.
  */
-asmlinkage int sys_execve(const char *name, char **argv, char **envp)
+asmlinkage int sys_execve(const char *name,
+                          const char *const *argv,
+                          const char *const *envp)
 {
         int error;
         char * filename;
diff --git a/arch/m68knommu/kernel/sys_m68k.c b/arch/m68knommu/kernel/sys_m68k.c
index d65e9c4c930c..68488ae47f0a 100644
--- a/arch/m68knommu/kernel/sys_m68k.c
+++ b/arch/m68knommu/kernel/sys_m68k.c
@@ -44,7 +44,9 @@ asmlinkage int sys_getpagesize(void)
  * Do a system call from kernel instead of calling sys_execve so we
  * end up with proper pt_regs.
  */
-int kernel_execve(const char *filename, char *const argv[], char *const envp[])
+int kernel_execve(const char *filename,
+                  const char *const argv[],
+                  const char *const envp[])
 {
         register long __res asm ("%d0") = __NR_execve;
         register long __a asm ("%d1") = (long)(filename);
diff --git a/arch/microblaze/kernel/sys_microblaze.c b/arch/microblaze/kernel/sys_microblaze.c
index 6abab6ebedbe..2250fe9d269b 100644
--- a/arch/microblaze/kernel/sys_microblaze.c
+++ b/arch/microblaze/kernel/sys_microblaze.c
@@ -47,8 +47,10 @@ asmlinkage long microblaze_clone(int flags, unsigned long stack, struct pt_regs
         return do_fork(flags, stack, regs, 0, NULL, NULL);
 }
 
-asmlinkage long microblaze_execve(const char __user *filenamei, char __user *__user *argv,
-                        char __user *__user *envp, struct pt_regs *regs)
+asmlinkage long microblaze_execve(const char __user *filenamei,
+                                  const char __user *const __user *argv,
+                                  const char __user *const __user *envp,
+                                  struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
         int error;
         char *filename;
@@ -77,7 +79,9 @@ asmlinkage long sys_mmap(unsigned long addr, unsigned long len,
  * Do a system call from kernel instead of calling sys_execve so we
  * end up with proper pt_regs.
  */
-int kernel_execve(const char *filename, char *const argv[], char *const envp[])
+int kernel_execve(const char *filename,
+                  const char *const argv[],
+                  const char *const envp[])
 {
         register const char *__a __asm__("r5") = filename;
         register const void *__b __asm__("r6") = argv;
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/syscall.c b/arch/mips/kernel/syscall.c
index bddce0bca195..1dc6edff45e0 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/syscall.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/syscall.c
@@ -258,8 +258,10 @@ asmlinkage int sys_execve(nabi_no_regargs struct pt_regs regs)
         error = PTR_ERR(filename);
         if (IS_ERR(filename))
                 goto out;
-        error = do_execve(filename, (char __user *__user *) (long)regs.regs[5],
-                          (char __user *__user *) (long)regs.regs[6], &regs);
+        error = do_execve(filename,
+                          (const char __user *const __user *) (long)regs.regs[5],
+                          (const char __user *const __user *) (long)regs.regs[6],
+                          &regs);
         putname(filename);
 
 out:
@@ -436,7 +438,9 @@ asmlinkage void bad_stack(void)
  * Do a system call from kernel instead of calling sys_execve so we
  * end up with proper pt_regs.
  */
-int kernel_execve(const char *filename, char *const argv[], char *const envp[])
+int kernel_execve(const char *filename,
+                  const char *const argv[],
+                  const char *const envp[])
 {
         register unsigned long __a0 asm("$4") = (unsigned long) filename;
         register unsigned long __a1 asm("$5") = (unsigned long) argv;
diff --git a/arch/mn10300/kernel/process.c b/arch/mn10300/kernel/process.c
index 762eb325b949..f48373e2bc1c 100644
--- a/arch/mn10300/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/mn10300/kernel/process.c
@@ -269,8 +269,8 @@ asmlinkage long sys_vfork(void)
 }
 
 asmlinkage long sys_execve(const char __user *name,
-                           char __user * __user *argv,
-                           char __user * __user *envp)
+                           const char __user *const __user *argv,
+                           const char __user *const __user *envp)
 {
         char *filename;
         int error;
diff --git a/arch/parisc/hpux/fs.c b/arch/parisc/hpux/fs.c
index 1444875a7611..0dc8543acb4f 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/hpux/fs.c
+++ b/arch/parisc/hpux/fs.c
@@ -41,8 +41,10 @@ int hpux_execve(struct pt_regs *regs)
         if (IS_ERR(filename))
                 goto out;
 
-        error = do_execve(filename, (char __user * __user *) regs->gr[25],
-                (char __user * __user *) regs->gr[24], regs);
+        error = do_execve(filename,
+                          (const char __user *const __user *) regs->gr[25],
+                          (const char __user *const __user *) regs->gr[24],
+                          regs);
 
         putname(filename);
 
diff --git a/arch/parisc/kernel/process.c b/arch/parisc/kernel/process.c
index 76332dadc6e9..4b4b9181a1a0 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/parisc/kernel/process.c
@@ -348,17 +348,22 @@ asmlinkage int sys_execve(struct pt_regs *regs)
         error = PTR_ERR(filename);
         if (IS_ERR(filename))
                 goto out;
-        error = do_execve(filename, (char __user * __user *) regs->gr[25],
-                (char __user * __user *) regs->gr[24], regs);
+        error = do_execve(filename,
+                          (const char __user *const __user *) regs->gr[25],
+                          (const char __user *const __user *) regs->gr[24],
+                          regs);
         putname(filename);
 out:
 
         return error;
 }
 
-extern int __execve(const char *filename, char *const argv[],
-                char *const envp[], struct task_struct *task);
-int kernel_execve(const char *filename, char *const argv[], char *const envp[])
+extern int __execve(const char *filename,
+                    const char *const argv[],
+                    const char *const envp[], struct task_struct *task);
+int kernel_execve(const char *filename,
+                  const char *const argv[],
+                  const char *const envp[])
 {
         return __execve(filename, argv, envp, current);
 }
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
index feacfb789686..91356ffda2ca 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
@@ -1034,8 +1034,9 @@ int sys_execve(unsigned long a0, unsigned long a1, unsigned long a2,
         flush_fp_to_thread(current);
         flush_altivec_to_thread(current);
         flush_spe_to_thread(current);
-        error = do_execve(filename, (char __user * __user *) a1,
-                          (char __user * __user *) a2, regs);
+        error = do_execve(filename,
+                          (const char __user *const __user *) a1,
+                          (const char __user *const __user *) a2, regs);
         putname(filename);
 out:
         return error;
diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/process.c b/arch/s390/kernel/process.c
index 7eafaf2662b9..d3a2d1c6438e 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/process.c
@@ -267,8 +267,9 @@ asmlinkage void execve_tail(void)
 /*
  * sys_execve() executes a new program.
  */
-SYSCALL_DEFINE3(execve, const char __user *, name, char __user * __user *, argv,
-                char __user * __user *, envp)
+SYSCALL_DEFINE3(execve, const char __user *, name,
+                const char __user *const __user *, argv,
+                const char __user *const __user *, envp)
 {
         struct pt_regs *regs = task_pt_regs(current);
         char *filename;
diff --git a/arch/score/kernel/sys_score.c b/arch/score/kernel/sys_score.c
index 651096ff8db4..e478bf9a7e91 100644
--- a/arch/score/kernel/sys_score.c
+++ b/arch/score/kernel/sys_score.c
@@ -99,8 +99,10 @@ score_execve(struct pt_regs *regs)
         if (IS_ERR(filename))
                 return error;
 
-        error = do_execve(filename, (char __user *__user*)regs->regs[5],
-                          (char __user *__user *) regs->regs[6], regs);
+        error = do_execve(filename,
+                          (const char __user *const __user *)regs->regs[5],
+                          (const char __user *const __user *)regs->regs[6],
+                          regs);
 
         putname(filename);
         return error;
@@ -110,7 +112,9 @@ score_execve(struct pt_regs *regs)
  * Do a system call from kernel instead of calling sys_execve so we
  * end up with proper pt_regs.
  */
-int kernel_execve(const char *filename, char *const argv[], char *const envp[])
+int kernel_execve(const char *filename,
+                  const char *const argv[],
+                  const char *const envp[])
 {
         register unsigned long __r4 asm("r4") = (unsigned long) filename;
         register unsigned long __r5 asm("r5") = (unsigned long) argv;
diff --git a/arch/sh/kernel/process_32.c b/arch/sh/kernel/process_32.c
index 052981972ae6..762a13984bbd 100644
--- a/arch/sh/kernel/process_32.c
+++ b/arch/sh/kernel/process_32.c
@@ -296,9 +296,10 @@ asmlinkage int sys_vfork(unsigned long r4, unsigned long r5,
 /*
  * sys_execve() executes a new program.
  */
-asmlinkage int sys_execve(char __user *ufilename, char __user * __user *uargv,
-                          char __user * __user *uenvp, unsigned long r7,
-                          struct pt_regs __regs)
+asmlinkage int sys_execve(const char __user *ufilename,
+                          const char __user *const __user *uargv,
+                          const char __user *const __user *uenvp,
+                          unsigned long r7, struct pt_regs __regs)
 {
         struct pt_regs *regs = RELOC_HIDE(&__regs, 0);
         int error;
diff --git a/arch/sh/kernel/process_64.c b/arch/sh/kernel/process_64.c
index 68d128d651b3..210c1cabcb7f 100644
--- a/arch/sh/kernel/process_64.c
+++ b/arch/sh/kernel/process_64.c
@@ -497,8 +497,8 @@ asmlinkage int sys_execve(const char *ufilename, char **uargv,
                 goto out;
 
         error = do_execve(filename,
-                          (char __user * __user *)uargv,
-                          (char __user * __user *)uenvp,
+                          (const char __user *const __user *)uargv,
+                          (const char __user *const __user *)uenvp,
                           pregs);
         putname(filename);
 out:
diff --git a/arch/sh/kernel/sys_sh32.c b/arch/sh/kernel/sys_sh32.c
index eb68bfdd86e6..f56b6fe5c5d0 100644
--- a/arch/sh/kernel/sys_sh32.c
+++ b/arch/sh/kernel/sys_sh32.c
@@ -71,7 +71,9 @@ asmlinkage int sys_fadvise64_64_wrapper(int fd, u32 offset0, u32 offset1,
  * Do a system call from kernel instead of calling sys_execve so we
  * end up with proper pt_regs.
  */
-int kernel_execve(const char *filename, char *const argv[], char *const envp[])
+int kernel_execve(const char *filename,
+                  const char *const argv[],
+                  const char *const envp[])
 {
         register long __sc0 __asm__ ("r3") = __NR_execve;
         register long __sc4 __asm__ ("r4") = (long) filename;
diff --git a/arch/sh/kernel/sys_sh64.c b/arch/sh/kernel/sys_sh64.c
index 287235768bc5..c5a38c4bf410 100644
--- a/arch/sh/kernel/sys_sh64.c
+++ b/arch/sh/kernel/sys_sh64.c
@@ -33,7 +33,9 @@
  * Do a system call from kernel instead of calling sys_execve so we
  * end up with proper pt_regs.
  */
-int kernel_execve(const char *filename, char *const argv[], char *const envp[])
+int kernel_execve(const char *filename,
+                  const char *const argv[],
+                  const char *const envp[])
 {
         register unsigned long __sc0 __asm__ ("r9") = ((0x13 << 16) | __NR_execve);
         register unsigned long __sc2 __asm__ ("r2") = (unsigned long) filename;
diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/process_32.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/process_32.c
index 40e29fc8a4d6..17529298c50a 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/process_32.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/process_32.c
@@ -633,8 +633,10 @@ asmlinkage int sparc_execve(struct pt_regs *regs)
         if(IS_ERR(filename))
                 goto out;
         error = do_execve(filename,
-                          (char __user * __user *)regs->u_regs[base + UREG_I1],
-                          (char __user * __user *)regs->u_regs[base + UREG_I2],
+                          (const char __user *const  __user *)
+                          regs->u_regs[base + UREG_I1],
+                          (const char __user *const  __user *)
+                          regs->u_regs[base + UREG_I2],
                           regs);
         putname(filename);
 out:
diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/process_64.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/process_64.c
index dbe81a368b45..485f54748384 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/process_64.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/process_64.c
@@ -739,9 +739,9 @@ asmlinkage int sparc_execve(struct pt_regs *regs)
         if (IS_ERR(filename))
                 goto out;
         error = do_execve(filename,
-                          (char __user * __user *)
+                          (const char __user *const __user *)
                           regs->u_regs[base + UREG_I1],
-                          (char __user * __user *)
+                          (const char __user *const __user *)
                           regs->u_regs[base + UREG_I2], regs);
         putname(filename);
         if (!error) {
diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/sys_sparc_32.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/sys_sparc_32.c
index ee995b7dae7e..50794137d710 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/sys_sparc_32.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/sys_sparc_32.c
@@ -282,7 +282,9 @@ out:
  * Do a system call from kernel instead of calling sys_execve so we
  * end up with proper pt_regs.
  */
-int kernel_execve(const char *filename, char *const argv[], char *const envp[])
+int kernel_execve(const char *filename,
+                  const char *const argv[],
+                  const char *const envp[])
 {
         long __res;
         register long __g1 __asm__ ("g1") = __NR_execve;
diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/sys_sparc_64.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/sys_sparc_64.c
index 3d435c42e6db..f836f4e93afe 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/sys_sparc_64.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/sys_sparc_64.c
@@ -758,7 +758,9 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(rt_sigaction, int, sig, const struct sigaction __user *, act,
  * Do a system call from kernel instead of calling sys_execve so we
  * end up with proper pt_regs.
  */
-int kernel_execve(const char *filename, char *const argv[], char *const envp[])
+int kernel_execve(const char *filename,
+                  const char *const argv[],
+                  const char *const envp[])
 {
         long __res;
         register long __g1 __asm__ ("g1") = __NR_execve;
diff --git a/arch/tile/kernel/process.c b/arch/tile/kernel/process.c
index ed590ad0acdc..985cc28c74c5 100644
--- a/arch/tile/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/tile/kernel/process.c
@@ -543,8 +543,9 @@ long _sys_vfork(struct pt_regs *regs)
 /*
  * sys_execve() executes a new program.
  */
-long _sys_execve(char __user *path, char __user *__user *argv,
-                 char __user *__user *envp, struct pt_regs *regs)
+long _sys_execve(const char __user *path,
+                 const char __user *const __user *argv,
+                 const char __user *const __user *envp, struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
         long error;
         char *filename;
diff --git a/arch/um/kernel/exec.c b/arch/um/kernel/exec.c
index 59b20d93b6d4..cd145eda3579 100644
--- a/arch/um/kernel/exec.c
+++ b/arch/um/kernel/exec.c
@@ -44,8 +44,9 @@ void start_thread(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long eip, unsigned long esp)
         PT_REGS_SP(regs) = esp;
 }
 
-static long execve1(const char *file, char __user * __user *argv,
-                    char __user *__user *env)
+static long execve1(const char *file,
+                    const char __user *const __user *argv,
+                    const char __user *const __user *env)
 {
         long error;
 
diff --git a/arch/um/kernel/syscall.c b/arch/um/kernel/syscall.c
index 7427c0b1930c..5ddb246626db 100644
--- a/arch/um/kernel/syscall.c
+++ b/arch/um/kernel/syscall.c
@@ -51,7 +51,9 @@ long old_mmap(unsigned long addr, unsigned long len,
         return err;
 }
 
-int kernel_execve(const char *filename, char *const argv[], char *const envp[])
+int kernel_execve(const char *filename,
+                  const char *const argv[],
+                  const char *const envp[])
 {
         mm_segment_t fs;
         int ret;
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/syscalls.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/syscalls.h
index feb2ff9bfc2d..f1d8b441fc77 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/syscalls.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/syscalls.h
@@ -23,8 +23,9 @@ long sys_iopl(unsigned int, struct pt_regs *);
 /* kernel/process.c */
 int sys_fork(struct pt_regs *);
 int sys_vfork(struct pt_regs *);
-long sys_execve(const char __user *, char __user * __user *,
-                char __user * __user *, struct pt_regs *);
+long sys_execve(const char __user *,
+                const char __user *const __user *,
+                const char __user *const __user *, struct pt_regs *);
 long sys_clone(unsigned long, unsigned long, void __user *,
                void __user *, struct pt_regs *);
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/process.c b/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
index 64ecaf0af9af..57d1868a86aa 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
@@ -301,8 +301,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(kernel_thread);
 /*
  * sys_execve() executes a new program.
  */
-long sys_execve(const char __user *name, char __user * __user *argv,
-                char __user * __user *envp, struct pt_regs *regs)
+long sys_execve(const char __user *name,
+                const char __user *const __user *argv,
+                const char __user *const __user *envp, struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
         long error;
         char *filename;
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/sys_i386_32.c b/arch/x86/kernel/sys_i386_32.c
index 196552bb412c..d5e06624e34a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/sys_i386_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/sys_i386_32.c
@@ -28,7 +28,9 @@
  * Do a system call from kernel instead of calling sys_execve so we
  * end up with proper pt_regs.
  */
-int kernel_execve(const char *filename, char *const argv[], char *const envp[])
+int kernel_execve(const char *filename,
+                  const char *const argv[],
+                  const char *const envp[])
 {
         long __res;
         asm volatile ("push %%ebx ; movl %2,%%ebx ; int $0x80 ; pop %%ebx"
diff --git a/arch/xtensa/kernel/process.c b/arch/xtensa/kernel/process.c
index 7c2f38f68ebb..e3558b9a58ba 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/xtensa/kernel/process.c
@@ -318,8 +318,9 @@ long xtensa_clone(unsigned long clone_flags, unsigned long newsp,
  */
 
 asmlinkage
-long xtensa_execve(const char __user *name, char __user * __user *argv,
-                   char __user * __user *envp,
+long xtensa_execve(const char __user *name,
+                   const char __user *const __user *argv,
+                   const char __user *const __user *envp,
                    long a3, long a4, long a5,
                    struct pt_regs *regs)
 {