perf: Add const qualifier to perf_pmu_register's 'name' arg
This allows us to use pdev->name for registering a PMU device.
IMO the name is not supposed to be changed anyway.
Signed-off-by: Mischa Jonker <mjonker@synopsys.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1370339148-5566-1-git-send-email-mjonker@synopsys.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
diff --git a/include/linux/perf_event.h b/include/linux/perf_event.h
index 74a4e14..4bc57d0 100644
--- a/include/linux/perf_event.h
+++ b/include/linux/perf_event.h
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@
struct device *dev;
const struct attribute_group **attr_groups;
- char *name;
+ const char *name;
int type;
int * __percpu pmu_disable_count;
@@ -519,7 +519,7 @@
#ifdef CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS
-extern int perf_pmu_register(struct pmu *pmu, char *name, int type);
+extern int perf_pmu_register(struct pmu *pmu, const char *name, int type);
extern void perf_pmu_unregister(struct pmu *pmu);
extern int perf_num_counters(void);