linux-stable-rt/arch/m32r
David Howells d7627467b7 Make do_execve() take a const filename pointer
Make do_execve() take a const filename pointer so that kernel_execve() compiles
correctly on ARM:

arch/arm/kernel/sys_arm.c:88: warning: passing argument 1 of 'do_execve' discards qualifiers from pointer target type

This also requires the argv and envp arguments to be consted twice, once for
the pointer array and once for the strings the array points to.  This is
because do_execve() passes a pointer to the filename (now const) to
copy_strings_kernel().  A simpler alternative would be to cast the filename
pointer in do_execve() when it's passed to copy_strings_kernel().

do_execve() may not change any of the strings it is passed as part of the argv
or envp lists as they are some of them in .rodata, so marking these strings as
const should be fine.

Further kernel_execve() and sys_execve() need to be changed to match.

This has been test built on x86_64, frv, arm and mips.

Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Tested-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
Acked-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-08-17 18:07:43 -07:00
..
boot m32r: fix arch/m32r/boot/compressed/Makefile 2009-11-09 09:00:50 +09:00
configs defconfig reduction 2010-08-14 22:26:53 +02:00
include/asm Merge branch 'for-2.6.36' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block 2010-08-10 15:22:42 -07:00
kernel Make do_execve() take a const filename pointer 2010-08-17 18:07:43 -07:00
lib m32r: export delay loop symbols 2009-10-04 12:02:36 +09:00
mm m32r: invoke oom-killer from page fault 2010-06-04 15:21:44 -07:00
oprofile
platforms m32r: remove obsolete hw_interrupt_type 2009-06-16 19:47:46 -07:00
Kconfig time: Kill off CONFIG_GENERIC_TIME 2010-07-27 12:40:54 +02:00
Kconfig.debug
Makefile kbuild: allow assignment to {A,C}FLAGS_KERNEL on the command line 2010-08-03 14:09:45 +02:00