On Sat, Oct 27, 2018 at 12:30:59AM +0200, Rasmus Villemoes wrote: > struct attribute::name which this local variable name is eventually > assigned to is "const char*", and so is the template parameter. We might > as well preserve the constness all the way through. > > Signed-off-by: Rasmus Villemoes <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Applied to hwmon-next. Note that the "drivers:" tag is unnecessary; I removed it when applying the patch. Guenter > --- > drivers/hwmon/hwmon.c | 4 ++-- > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/hwmon.c b/drivers/hwmon/hwmon.c > index 975c95169884..ea42c5ec40d9 100644 > --- a/drivers/hwmon/hwmon.c > +++ b/drivers/hwmon/hwmon.c > @@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ static struct attribute *hwmon_genattr(struct device *dev, > struct device_attribute *dattr; > struct attribute *a; > umode_t mode; > - char *name; > + const char *name; > bool is_string = is_string_attr(type, attr); > > /* The attribute is invisible if there is no template string */ > @@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ static struct attribute *hwmon_genattr(struct device *dev, > return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM); > > if (type == hwmon_chip) { > - name = (char *)template; > + name = template; > } else { > scnprintf(hattr->name, sizeof(hattr->name), template, > index + hwmon_attr_base(type));