On Fri, 2016-06-17 at 12:48 +0200, Rafał Miłecki wrote: > This function can work just fine with const pointer, it only calls > alloc_netdev which take const as well. Moreover it makes this function > more flexible as some cfg80211 callback may provide const char * as > well, e.g. add_virtual_intf. This will be needed for more advanced > interface management. [] > diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/core.c b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/core.c [] > @@ -638,7 +638,7 @@ fail: > } > > struct brcmf_if *brcmf_add_if(struct brcmf_pub *drvr, s32 bsscfgidx, s32 ifidx, > - bool is_p2pdev, char *name, u8 *mac_addr) > + bool is_p2pdev, const char *name, u8 *mac_addr) Looks like mac_addr should be const too > { > struct brcmf_if *ifp; > struct net_device *ndev; > diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/core.h b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/core.h [] > @@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ char *brcmf_ifname(struct brcmf_if *ifp); > struct brcmf_if *brcmf_get_ifp(struct brcmf_pub *drvr, int ifidx); > int brcmf_net_attach(struct brcmf_if *ifp, bool rtnl_locked); > struct brcmf_if *brcmf_add_if(struct brcmf_pub *drvr, s32 bsscfgidx, s32 ifidx, > - bool is_p2pdev, char *name, u8 *mac_addr); > + bool is_p2pdev, const char *name, u8 *mac_addr); > void brcmf_remove_interface(struct brcmf_if *ifp, bool rtnl_locked); > void brcmf_txflowblock_if(struct brcmf_if *ifp, > enum brcmf_netif_stop_reason reason, bool state); -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html