netdev: make address const in device address management
The internal functions for add/deleting addresses don't change
their argument.
Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index ae3153c0..82264e7 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -907,10 +907,10 @@
* Must return >0 or -errno if it changed dev->features itself.
*
* int (*ndo_fdb_add)(struct ndmsg *ndm, struct net_device *dev,
- * unsigned char *addr, u16 flags)
+ * const unsigned char *addr, u16 flags)
* Adds an FDB entry to dev for addr.
* int (*ndo_fdb_del)(struct ndmsg *ndm, struct net_device *dev,
- * unsigned char *addr)
+ * const unsigned char *addr)
* Deletes the FDB entry from dev coresponding to addr.
* int (*ndo_fdb_dump)(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback *cb,
* struct net_device *dev, int idx)
@@ -1017,11 +1017,11 @@
int (*ndo_fdb_add)(struct ndmsg *ndm,
struct net_device *dev,
- unsigned char *addr,
+ const unsigned char *addr,
u16 flags);
int (*ndo_fdb_del)(struct ndmsg *ndm,
struct net_device *dev,
- unsigned char *addr);
+ const unsigned char *addr);
int (*ndo_fdb_dump)(struct sk_buff *skb,
struct netlink_callback *cb,
struct net_device *dev,
@@ -2561,9 +2561,9 @@
extern void __hw_addr_init(struct netdev_hw_addr_list *list);
/* Functions used for device addresses handling */
-extern int dev_addr_add(struct net_device *dev, unsigned char *addr,
+extern int dev_addr_add(struct net_device *dev, const unsigned char *addr,
unsigned char addr_type);
-extern int dev_addr_del(struct net_device *dev, unsigned char *addr,
+extern int dev_addr_del(struct net_device *dev, const unsigned char *addr,
unsigned char addr_type);
extern int dev_addr_add_multiple(struct net_device *to_dev,
struct net_device *from_dev,
@@ -2575,20 +2575,20 @@
extern int dev_addr_init(struct net_device *dev);
/* Functions used for unicast addresses handling */
-extern int dev_uc_add(struct net_device *dev, unsigned char *addr);
-extern int dev_uc_add_excl(struct net_device *dev, unsigned char *addr);
-extern int dev_uc_del(struct net_device *dev, unsigned char *addr);
+extern int dev_uc_add(struct net_device *dev, const unsigned char *addr);
+extern int dev_uc_add_excl(struct net_device *dev, const unsigned char *addr);
+extern int dev_uc_del(struct net_device *dev, const unsigned char *addr);
extern int dev_uc_sync(struct net_device *to, struct net_device *from);
extern void dev_uc_unsync(struct net_device *to, struct net_device *from);
extern void dev_uc_flush(struct net_device *dev);
extern void dev_uc_init(struct net_device *dev);
/* Functions used for multicast addresses handling */
-extern int dev_mc_add(struct net_device *dev, unsigned char *addr);
-extern int dev_mc_add_global(struct net_device *dev, unsigned char *addr);
-extern int dev_mc_add_excl(struct net_device *dev, unsigned char *addr);
-extern int dev_mc_del(struct net_device *dev, unsigned char *addr);
-extern int dev_mc_del_global(struct net_device *dev, unsigned char *addr);
+extern int dev_mc_add(struct net_device *dev, const unsigned char *addr);
+extern int dev_mc_add_global(struct net_device *dev, const unsigned char *addr);
+extern int dev_mc_add_excl(struct net_device *dev, const unsigned char *addr);
+extern int dev_mc_del(struct net_device *dev, const unsigned char *addr);
+extern int dev_mc_del_global(struct net_device *dev, const unsigned char *addr);
extern int dev_mc_sync(struct net_device *to, struct net_device *from);
extern void dev_mc_unsync(struct net_device *to, struct net_device *from);
extern void dev_mc_flush(struct net_device *dev);