[PATCH 1/3] Constify compat_get_bitmap argument

Stephen Rothwell sfr at canb.auug.org.au
Thu Oct 26 13:26:59 EST 2006


This means we can call it when the bitmap we want to fetch is declared
const.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Rothwell <sfr at canb.auug.org.au>
---
 include/linux/compat.h |    2 +-
 kernel/compat.c        |    2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

This is headed towards getting sys_migrate_pages wired up for powerpc.
-- 
Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell                    sfr at canb.auug.org.au

diff --git a/include/linux/compat.h b/include/linux/compat.h
index f4ebf96..f155319 100644
--- a/include/linux/compat.h
+++ b/include/linux/compat.h
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ #define BITS_PER_COMPAT_LONG    (8*sizeo
 #define BITS_TO_COMPAT_LONGS(bits) \
 	(((bits)+BITS_PER_COMPAT_LONG-1)/BITS_PER_COMPAT_LONG)
 
-long compat_get_bitmap(unsigned long *mask, compat_ulong_t __user *umask,
+long compat_get_bitmap(unsigned long *mask, const compat_ulong_t __user *umask,
 		       unsigned long bitmap_size);
 long compat_put_bitmap(compat_ulong_t __user *umask, unsigned long *mask,
 		       unsigned long bitmap_size);
diff --git a/kernel/compat.c b/kernel/compat.c
index 75573e5..d4898aa 100644
--- a/kernel/compat.c
+++ b/kernel/compat.c
@@ -678,7 +678,7 @@ int get_compat_sigevent(struct sigevent
 		? -EFAULT : 0;
 }
 
-long compat_get_bitmap(unsigned long *mask, compat_ulong_t __user *umask,
+long compat_get_bitmap(unsigned long *mask, const compat_ulong_t __user *umask,
 		       unsigned long bitmap_size)
 {
 	int i, j;
-- 
1.4.3.2




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