This allows us to use pdev->name for registering a PMU device. IMO the name is not supposed to be changed anyway.
Signed-off-by: Mischa Jonker <[email protected]> --- arch/metag/kernel/perf/perf_event.c | 2 +- include/linux/perf_event.h | 4 ++-- kernel/events/core.c | 2 +- 3 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/metag/kernel/perf/perf_event.c b/arch/metag/kernel/perf/perf_event.c index 3665694..5b18888 100644 --- a/arch/metag/kernel/perf/perf_event.c +++ b/arch/metag/kernel/perf/perf_event.c @@ -882,7 +882,7 @@ static int __init init_hw_perf_events(void) } register_cpu_notifier(&metag_pmu_notifier); - ret = perf_pmu_register(&pmu, (char *)metag_pmu->name, PERF_TYPE_RAW); + ret = perf_pmu_register(&pmu, metag_pmu->name, PERF_TYPE_RAW); out: return ret; } diff --git a/include/linux/perf_event.h b/include/linux/perf_event.h index f463a46..65a462c 100644 --- a/include/linux/perf_event.h +++ b/include/linux/perf_event.h @@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ struct pmu { struct device *dev; const struct attribute_group **attr_groups; - char *name; + const char *name; int type; int * __percpu pmu_disable_count; @@ -518,7 +518,7 @@ struct perf_output_handle { #ifdef CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS -extern int perf_pmu_register(struct pmu *pmu, char *name, int type); +extern int perf_pmu_register(struct pmu *pmu, const char *name, int type); extern void perf_pmu_unregister(struct pmu *pmu); extern int perf_num_counters(void); diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c index 9dc297f..7003d6f 100644 --- a/kernel/events/core.c +++ b/kernel/events/core.c @@ -5952,7 +5952,7 @@ free_dev: static struct lock_class_key cpuctx_mutex; static struct lock_class_key cpuctx_lock; -int perf_pmu_register(struct pmu *pmu, char *name, int type) +int perf_pmu_register(struct pmu *pmu, const char *name, int type) { int cpu, ret; -- 1.7.0.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
