Mark arguments to certain syscalls as being const
Mark arguments to certain system calls as being const where they should be but
aren't. The list includes:
(*) The filename arguments of various stat syscalls, execve(), various utimes
syscalls and some mount syscalls.
(*) The filename arguments of some syscall helpers relating to the above.
(*) The buffer argument of various write syscalls.
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Acked-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/syscall.c b/arch/mips/kernel/syscall.c
index 58bab2e..bddce0b 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/syscall.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/syscall.c
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@
int error;
char * filename;
- filename = getname((char __user *) (long)regs.regs[4]);
+ filename = getname((const char __user *) (long)regs.regs[4]);
error = PTR_ERR(filename);
if (IS_ERR(filename))
goto out;