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 <[email protected]>
Acked-by: David S. Miller <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>
This commit is contained in:
David Howells 2010-08-11 11:26:22 +01:00 • committed by Linus Torvalds
commit c788732523
44 changed files with 125 additions and 109 deletions

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@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ void start_thread(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long eip, unsigned long esp)
PT_REGS_SP(regs) = esp;
}
static long execve1(char *file, char __user * __user *argv,
static long execve1(const char *file, char __user * __user *argv,
char __user *__user *env)
{
long error;
@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ static long execve1(char *file, char __user * __user *argv,
return error;
}
long um_execve(char *file, char __user *__user *argv, char __user *__user *env)
long um_execve(const char *file, char __user *__user *argv, char __user *__user *env)
{
long err;
@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ long um_execve(char *file, char __user *__user *argv, char __user *__user *env)
return err;
}
long sys_execve(char __user *file, char __user *__user *argv,
long sys_execve(const char __user *file, char __user *__user *argv,
char __user *__user *env)
{
long error;

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@ -1 +1 @@
extern long um_execve(char *file, char __user *__user *argv, char __user *__user *env);
extern long um_execve(const char *file, char __user *__user *argv, char __user *__user *env);

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@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ int kernel_execve(const char *filename, char *const argv[], char *const envp[])
fs = get_fs();
set_fs(KERNEL_DS);
ret = um_execve((char *)filename, (char __user *__user *)argv,
ret = um_execve(filename, (char __user *__user *)argv,
(char __user *__user *) envp);
set_fs(fs);