The patch titled
MTD: handle pci_name() being const
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
mtd-handle-pci_name-being-const.patch
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Subject: MTD: handle pci_name() being const
From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxx>
This changes the MTD core to handle pci_name() now returning a constant
string.
Cc: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/mtd/devices/block2mtd.c | 8 +++++---
include/linux/mtd/map.h | 2 +-
include/linux/mtd/mtd.h | 2 +-
3 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff -puN drivers/mtd/devices/block2mtd.c~mtd-handle-pci_name-being-const drivers/mtd/devices/block2mtd.c
--- a/drivers/mtd/devices/block2mtd.c~mtd-handle-pci_name-being-const
+++ a/drivers/mtd/devices/block2mtd.c
@@ -236,6 +236,7 @@ static struct block2mtd_dev *add_device(
{
struct block_device *bdev;
struct block2mtd_dev *dev;
+ char *name;
if (!devname)
return NULL;
@@ -274,12 +275,13 @@ static struct block2mtd_dev *add_device(
/* Setup the MTD structure */
/* make the name contain the block device in */
- dev->mtd.name = kmalloc(sizeof("block2mtd: ") + strlen(devname),
+ name = kmalloc(sizeof("block2mtd: ") + strlen(devname) + 1,
GFP_KERNEL);
- if (!dev->mtd.name)
+ if (!name)
goto devinit_err;
- sprintf((char *)dev->mtd.name, "block2mtd: %s", devname);
+ sprintf(name, "block2mtd: %s", devname);
+ dev->mtd.name = name;
dev->mtd.size = dev->blkdev->bd_inode->i_size & PAGE_MASK;
dev->mtd.erasesize = erase_size;
diff -puN include/linux/mtd/map.h~mtd-handle-pci_name-being-const include/linux/mtd/map.h
--- a/include/linux/mtd/map.h~mtd-handle-pci_name-being-const
+++ a/include/linux/mtd/map.h
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ typedef union {
*/
struct map_info {
- char *name;
+ const char *name;
unsigned long size;
resource_size_t phys;
#define NO_XIP (-1UL)
diff -puN include/linux/mtd/mtd.h~mtd-handle-pci_name-being-const include/linux/mtd/mtd.h
--- a/include/linux/mtd/mtd.h~mtd-handle-pci_name-being-const
+++ a/include/linux/mtd/mtd.h
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ struct mtd_info {
u_int32_t oobavail; // Available OOB bytes per block
// Kernel-only stuff starts here.
- char *name;
+ const char *name;
int index;
/* ecc layout structure pointer - read only ! */
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from gregkh@xxxxxxx are
sisusbvga-fix-oops-on-disconnect.patch
linux-next.patch
fix-kobject-fix-kobject_rename-and-config_sysfs.patch
mtd-handle-pci_name-being-const.patch
3c59x-handle-pci_name-being-const.patch
pci-handle-pci_name-being-const.patch
usb-handle-pci_name-being-const.patch
usb-fix-possible-memory-leak-in-pxa27x_udc.patch
hugetlb-new-sysfs-interface.patch
checkpatch-usb_free_urb-can-take-null.patch
firmware-use-memory_read_from_buffer.patch
edac-core-fix-to-use-dynamic-kobject.patch
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