6 files changed, 44 insertions, 32 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/acpi/executer/exdump.c b/drivers/acpi/executer/exdump.c
index 976016fda66a..c94638dc42e5 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/executer/exdump.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/executer/exdump.c
@@ -771,9 +771,10 @@ void acpi_ex_dump_operand(union acpi_operand_object *obj_desc, u32 depth)
 void
 acpi_ex_dump_operands(union acpi_operand_object **operands,
                       acpi_interpreter_mode interpreter_mode,
-                      char *ident,
+                      const char *ident,
                       u32 num_levels,
-                      char *note, char *module_name, u32 line_number)
+                      const char *note,
+                      const char *module_name, u32 line_number)
 {
         u32 i;
 
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/namespace/nsutils.c b/drivers/acpi/namespace/nsutils.c
index 5b5619c54594..b0817e1127b1 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/namespace/nsutils.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/namespace/nsutils.c
@@ -73,9 +73,9 @@ acpi_name acpi_ns_find_parent_name(struct acpi_namespace_node *node_to_search);
  ******************************************************************************/
 
 void
-acpi_ns_report_error(char *module_name,
+acpi_ns_report_error(const char *module_name,
                      u32 line_number,
-                     char *internal_name, acpi_status lookup_status)
+                     const char *internal_name, acpi_status lookup_status)
 {
         acpi_status status;
         u32 bad_name;
@@ -130,11 +130,11 @@ acpi_ns_report_error(char *module_name,
  ******************************************************************************/
 
 void
-acpi_ns_report_method_error(char *module_name,
+acpi_ns_report_method_error(const char *module_name,
                             u32 line_number,
-                            char *message,
+                            const char *message,
                             struct acpi_namespace_node *prefix_node,
-                            char *path, acpi_status method_status)
+                            const char *path, acpi_status method_status)
 {
         acpi_status status;
         struct acpi_namespace_node *node = prefix_node;
@@ -167,7 +167,8 @@ acpi_ns_report_method_error(char *module_name,
  ******************************************************************************/
 
 void
-acpi_ns_print_node_pathname(struct acpi_namespace_node *node, char *message)
+acpi_ns_print_node_pathname(struct acpi_namespace_node *node,
+                            const char *message)
 {
         struct acpi_buffer buffer;
         acpi_status status;
@@ -296,7 +297,7 @@ u32 acpi_ns_local(acpi_object_type type)
 
 void acpi_ns_get_internal_name_length(struct acpi_namestring_info *info)
 {
-        char *next_external_char;
+        const char *next_external_char;
         u32 i;
 
         ACPI_FUNCTION_ENTRY();
@@ -363,7 +364,7 @@ acpi_status acpi_ns_build_internal_name(struct acpi_namestring_info *info)
 {
         u32 num_segments = info->num_segments;
         char *internal_name = info->internal_name;
-        char *external_name = info->next_external_char;
+        const char *external_name = info->next_external_char;
         char *result = NULL;
         u32 i;
 
@@ -471,7 +472,8 @@ acpi_status acpi_ns_build_internal_name(struct acpi_namestring_info *info)
  *
  *******************************************************************************/
 
-acpi_status acpi_ns_internalize_name(char *external_name, char **converted_name)
+acpi_status
+acpi_ns_internalize_name(const char *external_name, char **converted_name)
 {
         char *internal_name;
         struct acpi_namestring_info info;
@@ -527,7 +529,7 @@ acpi_status acpi_ns_internalize_name(char *external_name, char **converted_name)
 
 acpi_status
 acpi_ns_externalize_name(u32 internal_name_length,
-                         char *internal_name,
+                         const char *internal_name,
                          u32 * converted_name_length, char **converted_name)
 {
         u32 names_index = 0;
@@ -821,7 +823,7 @@ u32 acpi_ns_opens_scope(acpi_object_type type)
 
 acpi_status
 acpi_ns_get_node(struct acpi_namespace_node *prefix_node,
-                 char *pathname,
+                 const char *pathname,
                  u32 flags, struct acpi_namespace_node **return_node)
 {
         union acpi_generic_state scope_info;
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/utilities/utalloc.c b/drivers/acpi/utilities/utalloc.c
index ede084829a70..3dfb8a442b26 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/utilities/utalloc.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/utilities/utalloc.c
@@ -309,7 +309,8 @@ acpi_ut_initialize_buffer(struct acpi_buffer * buffer,
  *
  ******************************************************************************/
 
-void *acpi_ut_allocate(acpi_size size, u32 component, char *module, u32 line)
+void *acpi_ut_allocate(acpi_size size,
+                       u32 component, const char *module, u32 line)
 {
         void *allocation;
 
@@ -353,7 +354,7 @@ void *acpi_ut_allocate(acpi_size size, u32 component, char *module, u32 line)
  ******************************************************************************/
 
 void *acpi_ut_allocate_zeroed(acpi_size size,
-                              u32 component, char *module, u32 line)
+                              u32 component, const char *module, u32 line)
 {
         void *allocation;
 
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/utilities/utdebug.c b/drivers/acpi/utilities/utdebug.c
index 3919fe599f94..fd66ecb6741e 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/utilities/utdebug.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/utilities/utdebug.c
@@ -157,7 +157,8 @@ void ACPI_INTERNAL_VAR_XFACE
 acpi_ut_debug_print(u32 requested_debug_level,
                     u32 line_number,
                     const char *function_name,
-                    char *module_name, u32 component_id, char *format, ...)
+                    const char *module_name,
+                    u32 component_id, const char *format, ...)
 {
         acpi_thread_id thread_id;
         va_list args;
@@ -228,7 +229,8 @@ void ACPI_INTERNAL_VAR_XFACE
 acpi_ut_debug_print_raw(u32 requested_debug_level,
                         u32 line_number,
                         const char *function_name,
-                        char *module_name, u32 component_id, char *format, ...)
+                        const char *module_name,
+                        u32 component_id, const char *format, ...)
 {
         va_list args;
 
@@ -261,7 +263,8 @@ ACPI_EXPORT_SYMBOL(acpi_ut_debug_print_raw)
  ******************************************************************************/
 void
 acpi_ut_trace(u32 line_number,
-              const char *function_name, char *module_name, u32 component_id)
+              const char *function_name,
+              const char *module_name, u32 component_id)
 {
 
         acpi_gbl_nesting_level++;
@@ -293,7 +296,7 @@ ACPI_EXPORT_SYMBOL(acpi_ut_trace)
 void
 acpi_ut_trace_ptr(u32 line_number,
                   const char *function_name,
-                  char *module_name, u32 component_id, void *pointer)
+                  const char *module_name, u32 component_id, void *pointer)
 {
         acpi_gbl_nesting_level++;
         acpi_ut_track_stack_ptr();
@@ -324,7 +327,7 @@ acpi_ut_trace_ptr(u32 line_number,
 void
 acpi_ut_trace_str(u32 line_number,
                   const char *function_name,
-                  char *module_name, u32 component_id, char *string)
+                  const char *module_name, u32 component_id, char *string)
 {
 
         acpi_gbl_nesting_level++;
@@ -356,7 +359,7 @@ acpi_ut_trace_str(u32 line_number,
 void
 acpi_ut_trace_u32(u32 line_number,
                   const char *function_name,
-                  char *module_name, u32 component_id, u32 integer)
+                  const char *module_name, u32 component_id, u32 integer)
 {
 
         acpi_gbl_nesting_level++;
@@ -386,7 +389,8 @@ acpi_ut_trace_u32(u32 line_number,
 
 void
 acpi_ut_exit(u32 line_number,
-             const char *function_name, char *module_name, u32 component_id)
+             const char *function_name,
+             const char *module_name, u32 component_id)
 {
 
         acpi_ut_debug_print(ACPI_LV_FUNCTIONS,
@@ -417,7 +421,8 @@ ACPI_EXPORT_SYMBOL(acpi_ut_exit)
 void
 acpi_ut_status_exit(u32 line_number,
                     const char *function_name,
-                    char *module_name, u32 component_id, acpi_status status)
+                    const char *module_name,
+                    u32 component_id, acpi_status status)
 {
 
         if (ACPI_SUCCESS(status)) {
@@ -458,7 +463,8 @@ ACPI_EXPORT_SYMBOL(acpi_ut_status_exit)
 void
 acpi_ut_value_exit(u32 line_number,
                    const char *function_name,
-                   char *module_name, u32 component_id, acpi_integer value)
+                   const char *module_name,
+                   u32 component_id, acpi_integer value)
 {
 
         acpi_ut_debug_print(ACPI_LV_FUNCTIONS,
@@ -490,7 +496,7 @@ ACPI_EXPORT_SYMBOL(acpi_ut_value_exit)
 void
 acpi_ut_ptr_exit(u32 line_number,
                  const char *function_name,
-                 char *module_name, u32 component_id, u8 * ptr)
+                 const char *module_name, u32 component_id, u8 *ptr)
 {
 
         acpi_ut_debug_print(ACPI_LV_FUNCTIONS,
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/utilities/utmisc.c b/drivers/acpi/utilities/utmisc.c
index 6175ca5d73bf..f34be6773556 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/utilities/utmisc.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/utilities/utmisc.c
@@ -1020,7 +1020,7 @@ acpi_ut_walk_package_tree(union acpi_operand_object * source_object,
  ******************************************************************************/
 
 void ACPI_INTERNAL_VAR_XFACE
-acpi_ut_error(char *module_name, u32 line_number, char *format, ...)
+acpi_ut_error(const char *module_name, u32 line_number, const char *format, ...)
 {
         va_list args;
 
@@ -1033,8 +1033,8 @@ acpi_ut_error(char *module_name, u32 line_number, char *format, ...)
 }
 
 void ACPI_INTERNAL_VAR_XFACE
-acpi_ut_exception(char *module_name,
-                  u32 line_number, acpi_status status, char *format, ...)
+acpi_ut_exception(const char *module_name,
+                  u32 line_number, acpi_status status, const char *format, ...)
 {
         va_list args;
 
@@ -1050,7 +1050,8 @@ acpi_ut_exception(char *module_name,
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(acpi_ut_exception);
 
 void ACPI_INTERNAL_VAR_XFACE
-acpi_ut_warning(char *module_name, u32 line_number, char *format, ...)
+acpi_ut_warning(const char *module_name,
+                u32 line_number, const char *format, ...)
 {
         va_list args;
 
@@ -1063,7 +1064,7 @@ acpi_ut_warning(char *module_name, u32 line_number, char *format, ...)
 }
 
 void ACPI_INTERNAL_VAR_XFACE
-acpi_ut_info(char *module_name, u32 line_number, char *format, ...)
+acpi_ut_info(const char *module_name, u32 line_number, const char *format, ...)
 {
         va_list args;
 
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/utilities/utobject.c b/drivers/acpi/utilities/utobject.c
index ede6a80837df..e25484495e65 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/utilities/utobject.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/utilities/utobject.c
@@ -83,7 +83,8 @@ acpi_ut_get_element_length(u8 object_type,
  *
  ******************************************************************************/
 
-union acpi_operand_object *acpi_ut_create_internal_object_dbg(char *module_name,
+union acpi_operand_object *acpi_ut_create_internal_object_dbg(const char
+                                                              *module_name,
                                                               u32 line_number,
                                                               u32 component_id,
                                                               acpi_object_type
@@ -347,7 +348,7 @@ u8 acpi_ut_valid_internal_object(void *object)
  *
  ******************************************************************************/
 
-void *acpi_ut_allocate_object_desc_dbg(char *module_name,
+void *acpi_ut_allocate_object_desc_dbg(const char *module_name,
                                        u32 line_number, u32 component_id)
 {
         union acpi_operand_object *object;