[PATCH] mm: make free_reserved_area() return "const char *"

From: Alexey Dobriyan
Date: Sat Nov 24 2018 - 04:14:27 EST


and propagate through down the call stack.

Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@xxxxxxxxx>
---

arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h | 2 +-
arch/x86/mm/init.c | 2 +-
include/linux/mm.h | 2 +-
mm/page_alloc.c | 2 +-
4 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
@@ -967,7 +967,7 @@ static inline uint32_t hypervisor_cpuid_base(const char *sig, uint32_t leaves)
}

extern unsigned long arch_align_stack(unsigned long sp);
-extern void free_init_pages(char *what, unsigned long begin, unsigned long end);
+void free_init_pages(const char *what, unsigned long begin, unsigned long end);
extern void free_kernel_image_pages(void *begin, void *end);

void default_idle(void);
--- a/arch/x86/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/init.c
@@ -742,7 +742,7 @@ int devmem_is_allowed(unsigned long pagenr)
return 1;
}

-void free_init_pages(char *what, unsigned long begin, unsigned long end)
+void free_init_pages(const char *what, unsigned long begin, unsigned long end)
{
unsigned long begin_aligned, end_aligned;

--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -2054,7 +2054,7 @@ extern void free_initmem(void);
* Return pages freed into the buddy system.
*/
extern unsigned long free_reserved_area(void *start, void *end,
- int poison, char *s);
+ int poison, const char *s);

#ifdef CONFIG_HIGHMEM
/*
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -7072,7 +7072,7 @@ void adjust_managed_page_count(struct page *page, long count)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(adjust_managed_page_count);

-unsigned long free_reserved_area(void *start, void *end, int poison, char *s)
+unsigned long free_reserved_area(void *start, void *end, int poison, const char *s)
{
void *pos;
unsigned long pages = 0;