[patch 3/3] xen/privcmd: remove const modifier from declaration

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When we use this pointer, we cast away the const modifier and modify the
data.  I think it was an accident to declare it as const.

Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx>

diff --git a/include/xen/privcmd.h b/include/xen/privcmd.h
index a853168..58ed953 100644
--- a/include/xen/privcmd.h
+++ b/include/xen/privcmd.h
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ struct privcmd_mmapbatch_v2 {
 	unsigned int num; /* number of pages to populate */
 	domid_t dom;      /* target domain */
 	__u64 addr;       /* virtual address */
-	const xen_pfn_t __user *arr; /* array of mfns */
+	xen_pfn_t __user *arr; /* array of mfns */
 	int __user *err;  /* array of error codes */
 };
 
diff --git a/drivers/xen/privcmd.c b/drivers/xen/privcmd.c
index 0ce006a..fceb83e 100644
--- a/drivers/xen/privcmd.c
+++ b/drivers/xen/privcmd.c
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ static long privcmd_ioctl_mmap_batch(void __user *udata, int version)
 
 	if (state.global_error && (version == 1)) {
 		/* Write back errors in second pass. */
-		state.user_mfn = (xen_pfn_t *)m.arr;
+		state.user_mfn = m.arr;
 		state.err      = err_array;
 		ret = traverse_pages(m.num, sizeof(xen_pfn_t),
 				     &pagelist, mmap_return_errors_v1, &state);
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