The 'buf' parameter of sg(p)copy_from_buffer() can and should be const-qualified, although because of the shared implementation of _to_buffer() and _from_buffer(), we have to cast this away internally.
This means that callers who have a 'const' buffer containing the data to be copied to the sg-list no longer have to cast away the const-ness themselves. It also enables improved coverage by code analysis tools. Signed-off-by: Dave Gordon <[email protected]> --- include/linux/scatterlist.h | 4 ++-- lib/scatterlist.c | 8 ++++---- 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/include/linux/scatterlist.h b/include/linux/scatterlist.h index ed8f9e7..c90038b 100644 --- a/include/linux/scatterlist.h +++ b/include/linux/scatterlist.h @@ -240,12 +240,12 @@ int sg_alloc_table_from_pages(struct sg_table *sgt, gfp_t gfp_mask); size_t sg_copy_from_buffer(struct scatterlist *sgl, unsigned int nents, - void *buf, size_t buflen); + const void *buf, size_t buflen); size_t sg_copy_to_buffer(struct scatterlist *sgl, unsigned int nents, void *buf, size_t buflen); size_t sg_pcopy_from_buffer(struct scatterlist *sgl, unsigned int nents, - void *buf, size_t buflen, off_t skip); + const void *buf, size_t buflen, off_t skip); size_t sg_pcopy_to_buffer(struct scatterlist *sgl, unsigned int nents, void *buf, size_t buflen, off_t skip); diff --git a/lib/scatterlist.c b/lib/scatterlist.c index c9f2e8c..9df76c4 100644 --- a/lib/scatterlist.c +++ b/lib/scatterlist.c @@ -669,9 +669,9 @@ static size_t sg_copy_buffer(struct scatterlist *sgl, unsigned int nents, * **/ size_t sg_copy_from_buffer(struct scatterlist *sgl, unsigned int nents, - void *buf, size_t buflen) + const void *buf, size_t buflen) { - return sg_copy_buffer(sgl, nents, buf, buflen, 0, false); + return sg_copy_buffer(sgl, nents, (void *)buf, buflen, 0, false); } EXPORT_SYMBOL(sg_copy_from_buffer); @@ -704,9 +704,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(sg_copy_to_buffer); * **/ size_t sg_pcopy_from_buffer(struct scatterlist *sgl, unsigned int nents, - void *buf, size_t buflen, off_t skip) + const void *buf, size_t buflen, off_t skip) { - return sg_copy_buffer(sgl, nents, buf, buflen, skip, false); + return sg_copy_buffer(sgl, nents, (void *)buf, buflen, skip, false); } EXPORT_SYMBOL(sg_pcopy_from_buffer); -- 1.7.9.5 -- 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/
