[PATCH] include/linux/pci.h: Make struct pci_driver.name constchar *

[Joe Perches]

As far as I can tell, name is never modified.

This would allow names to be assigned
from variables in non-writable sections.

static const foo[] = "bar";

struct pci_driver baz = {
	.name = foo;
};

Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
diff --git a/include/linux/pci.h b/include/linux/pci.h
index b1d1795..acdd032 100644
--- a/include/linux/pci.h
+++ b/include/linux/pci.h
@@ -541,7 +541,7 @@ struct pci_error_handlers {
 struct module;
 struct pci_driver {
 	struct list_head node;
-	char *name;
+	const char *name;
 	const struct pci_device_id *id_table;	/* must be non-NULL for probe to be called */
 	int  (*probe)  (struct pci_dev *dev, const struct pci_device_id *id);	/* New device inserted */
 	void (*remove) (struct pci_dev *dev);	/* Device removed (NULL if not a hot-plug capable driver) */


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