A few pointers and structures in the regulatory code are const, but because it wasn't done properly a whole bunch of bogus casts were needed to compile without warning. Mark everything const properly to avoid that kind of junk code. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- net/wireless/reg.c | 58 +++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------------- net/wireless/reg.h | 6 ++--- 2 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 33 deletions(-) --- everything.orig/net/wireless/reg.c 2008-09-15 10:54:22.000000000 +0200 +++ everything/net/wireless/reg.c 2008-09-15 11:08:39.000000000 +0200 @@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ static struct list_head regulatory_reque /* Central wireless core regulatory domains, we only need two, * the current one and a world regulatory domain in case we have no * information to give us an alpha2 */ -static struct ieee80211_regdomain *cfg80211_regdomain; +static const struct ieee80211_regdomain *cfg80211_regdomain; /* We keep a static world regulatory domain in case of the absence of CRDA */ static const struct ieee80211_regdomain world_regdom = { @@ -81,8 +81,8 @@ static const struct ieee80211_regdomain } }; -static struct ieee80211_regdomain *cfg80211_world_regdom = - (struct ieee80211_regdomain *) &world_regdom; +static const struct ieee80211_regdomain *cfg80211_world_regdom = + &world_regdom; #ifdef CONFIG_WIRELESS_OLD_REGULATORY static char *ieee80211_regdom = "US"; @@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ static const struct ieee80211_regdomain return &us_regdom; } -static bool is_old_static_regdom(struct ieee80211_regdomain *rd) +static bool is_old_static_regdom(const struct ieee80211_regdomain *rd) { if (rd == &us_regdom || rd == &jp_regdom || rd == &eu_regdom) return true; @@ -201,13 +201,13 @@ static void reset_regdomains(void) } else if (cfg80211_regdomain && cfg80211_regdomain != &world_regdom) kfree(cfg80211_regdomain); - cfg80211_world_regdom = (struct ieee80211_regdomain *) &world_regdom; + cfg80211_world_regdom = &world_regdom; cfg80211_regdomain = NULL; } /* Dynamic world regulatory domain requested by the wireless * core upon initialization */ -static void update_world_regdomain(struct ieee80211_regdomain *rd) +static void update_world_regdomain(const struct ieee80211_regdomain *rd) { BUG_ON(list_empty(®ulatory_requests)); @@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ static void update_world_regdomain(struc } #endif -bool is_world_regdom(char *alpha2) +bool is_world_regdom(const char *alpha2) { if (!alpha2) return false; @@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ bool is_world_regdom(char *alpha2) return false; } -static bool is_alpha2_set(char *alpha2) +static bool is_alpha2_set(const char *alpha2) { if (!alpha2) return false; @@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ static bool is_alpha_upper(char letter) return false; } -static bool is_unknown_alpha2(char *alpha2) +static bool is_unknown_alpha2(const char *alpha2) { if (!alpha2) return false; @@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ static bool is_unknown_alpha2(char *alph return false; } -static bool is_an_alpha2(char *alpha2) +static bool is_an_alpha2(const char *alpha2) { if (!alpha2) return false; @@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ static bool is_an_alpha2(char *alpha2) return false; } -static bool alpha2_equal(char *alpha2_x, char *alpha2_y) +static bool alpha2_equal(const char *alpha2_x, const char *alpha2_y) { if (!alpha2_x || !alpha2_y) return false; @@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ static bool alpha2_equal(char *alpha2_x, return false; } -static bool regdom_changed(char *alpha2) +static bool regdom_changed(const char *alpha2) { if (!cfg80211_regdomain) return true; @@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ static int ignore_request(struct wiphy * } } -static bool __reg_is_valid_request(char *alpha2, +static bool __reg_is_valid_request(const char *alpha2, struct regulatory_request **request) { struct regulatory_request *req; @@ -421,16 +421,16 @@ static bool __reg_is_valid_request(char } /* Used by nl80211 before kmalloc'ing our regulatory domain */ -bool reg_is_valid_request(char *alpha2) +bool reg_is_valid_request(const char *alpha2) { struct regulatory_request *request = NULL; return __reg_is_valid_request(alpha2, &request); } /* Sanity check on a regulatory rule */ -static bool is_valid_reg_rule(struct ieee80211_reg_rule *rule) +static bool is_valid_reg_rule(const struct ieee80211_reg_rule *rule) { - struct ieee80211_freq_range *freq_range = &rule->freq_range; + const struct ieee80211_freq_range *freq_range = &rule->freq_range; u32 freq_diff; if (freq_range->start_freq_khz == 0 || freq_range->end_freq_khz == 0) @@ -447,9 +447,9 @@ static bool is_valid_reg_rule(struct iee return true; } -static bool is_valid_rd(struct ieee80211_regdomain *rd) +static bool is_valid_rd(const struct ieee80211_regdomain *rd) { - struct ieee80211_reg_rule *reg_rule = NULL; + const struct ieee80211_reg_rule *reg_rule = NULL; unsigned int i; if (!rd->n_reg_rules) @@ -661,12 +661,12 @@ unlock_and_exit: EXPORT_SYMBOL(regulatory_hint); -static void print_rd_rules(struct ieee80211_regdomain *rd) +static void print_rd_rules(const struct ieee80211_regdomain *rd) { unsigned int i; - struct ieee80211_reg_rule *reg_rule = NULL; - struct ieee80211_freq_range *freq_range = NULL; - struct ieee80211_power_rule *power_rule = NULL; + const struct ieee80211_reg_rule *reg_rule = NULL; + const struct ieee80211_freq_range *freq_range = NULL; + const struct ieee80211_power_rule *power_rule = NULL; printk(KERN_INFO "\t(start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), " "(max_antenna_gain, max_eirp)\n"); @@ -696,7 +696,7 @@ static void print_rd_rules(struct ieee80 } } -static void print_regdomain(struct ieee80211_regdomain *rd) +static void print_regdomain(const struct ieee80211_regdomain *rd) { if (is_world_regdom(rd->alpha2)) @@ -715,14 +715,14 @@ static void print_regdomain(struct ieee8 print_rd_rules(rd); } -void print_regdomain_info(struct ieee80211_regdomain *rd) +void print_regdomain_info(const struct ieee80211_regdomain *rd) { printk(KERN_INFO "cfg80211: Regulatory domain: %c%c\n", rd->alpha2[0], rd->alpha2[1]); print_rd_rules(rd); } -static int __set_regdom(struct ieee80211_regdomain *rd) +static int __set_regdom(const struct ieee80211_regdomain *rd) { struct regulatory_request *request = NULL; @@ -804,7 +804,7 @@ static int __set_regdom(struct ieee80211 * multiple drivers can be ironed out later. Caller must've already * kmalloc'd the rd structure. If this calls fails you should kfree() * the passed rd. Caller must hold cfg80211_drv_mutex */ -int set_regdom(struct ieee80211_regdomain *rd) +int set_regdom(const struct ieee80211_regdomain *rd) { struct regulatory_request *this_request = NULL, *prev_request = NULL; int r; @@ -857,8 +857,7 @@ int regulatory_init(void) return PTR_ERR(reg_pdev); #ifdef CONFIG_WIRELESS_OLD_REGULATORY - cfg80211_regdomain = - (struct ieee80211_regdomain *) static_regdom(ieee80211_regdom); + cfg80211_regdomain = static_regdom(ieee80211_regdom); /* Used during reset_regdomains_static() */ cfg80211_world_regdom = cfg80211_regdomain; @@ -872,8 +871,7 @@ int regulatory_init(void) err = __regulatory_hint(NULL, REGDOM_SET_BY_CORE, ieee80211_regdom, NULL); #else - cfg80211_regdomain = - (struct ieee80211_regdomain *) cfg80211_world_regdom; + cfg80211_regdomain = cfg80211_world_regdom; err = __regulatory_hint(NULL, REGDOM_SET_BY_CORE, "00", NULL); if (err) --- everything.orig/net/wireless/reg.h 2008-09-15 11:02:23.000000000 +0200 +++ everything/net/wireless/reg.h 2008-09-15 11:05:42.000000000 +0200 @@ -2,12 +2,12 @@ #define __NET_WIRELESS_REG_H extern struct mutex cfg80211_reg_mutex; -bool is_world_regdom(char *alpha2); -bool reg_is_valid_request(char *alpha2); +bool is_world_regdom(const char *alpha2); +bool reg_is_valid_request(const char *alpha2); int regulatory_init(void); void regulatory_exit(void); -int set_regdom(struct ieee80211_regdomain *rd); +int set_regdom(const struct ieee80211_regdomain *rd); #endif /* __NET_WIRELESS_REG_H */ -- 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