fetch_item() does not modify the descriptor it operates on. As a prerequisite for the constification of hid_driver::dev_rdesc, mark the parameters and return value of fetch_item() as const. Also adapt the variable types in the callers to match this constification. Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/hid/hid-core.c | 12 ++++++------ include/linux/hid.h | 2 +- 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-core.c b/drivers/hid/hid-core.c index 0d2cbe491708..311069588321 100644 --- a/drivers/hid/hid-core.c +++ b/drivers/hid/hid-core.c @@ -723,7 +723,7 @@ static void hid_device_release(struct device *dev) * items, though they are not used yet. */ -static u8 *fetch_item(__u8 *start, __u8 *end, struct hid_item *item) +static const u8 *fetch_item(const __u8 *start, const __u8 *end, struct hid_item *item) { u8 b; @@ -880,8 +880,8 @@ static int hid_scan_report(struct hid_device *hid) { struct hid_parser *parser; struct hid_item item; - __u8 *start = hid->dev_rdesc; - __u8 *end = start + hid->dev_rsize; + const __u8 *start = hid->dev_rdesc; + const __u8 *end = start + hid->dev_rsize; static int (*dispatch_type[])(struct hid_parser *parser, struct hid_item *item) = { hid_scan_main, @@ -1204,10 +1204,10 @@ int hid_open_report(struct hid_device *device) struct hid_parser *parser; struct hid_item item; unsigned int size; - __u8 *start; + const __u8 *start; __u8 *buf; - __u8 *end; - __u8 *next; + const __u8 *end; + const __u8 *next; int ret; int i; static int (*dispatch_type[])(struct hid_parser *parser, diff --git a/include/linux/hid.h b/include/linux/hid.h index dda34d8cad19..502bbc6f078c 100644 --- a/include/linux/hid.h +++ b/include/linux/hid.h @@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ struct hid_item { __s16 s16; __u32 u32; __s32 s32; - __u8 *longdata; + const __u8 *longdata; } data; }; -- 2.46.0