[PATCH] iio: magn: ak8975: fix unnecessary casting between char* and const char*

From: Irina Tirdea
Date: Tue Sep 02 2014 - 06:55:24 EST


Use const char* instead of casting const char* to char*.

Signed-off-by: Irina Tirdea <irina.tirdea@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/iio/magnetometer/ak8975.c | 8 ++++----
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/iio/magnetometer/ak8975.c b/drivers/iio/magnetometer/ak8975.c
index a235792..61edc66 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/magnetometer/ak8975.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/magnetometer/ak8975.c
@@ -477,7 +477,7 @@ static const struct acpi_device_id ak_acpi_match[] = {
};
MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(acpi, ak_acpi_match);

-static char *ak8975_match_acpi_device(struct device *dev,
+static const char *ak8975_match_acpi_device(struct device *dev,
enum asahi_compass_chipset *chipset)
{
const struct acpi_device_id *id;
@@ -487,7 +487,7 @@ static char *ak8975_match_acpi_device(struct device *dev,
return NULL;
*chipset = (int)id->driver_data;

- return (char *)dev_name(dev);
+ return dev_name(dev);
}

static int ak8975_probe(struct i2c_client *client,
@@ -497,7 +497,7 @@ static int ak8975_probe(struct i2c_client *client,
struct iio_dev *indio_dev;
int eoc_gpio;
int err;
- char *name = NULL;
+ const char *name = NULL;

/* Grab and set up the supplied GPIO. */
if (client->dev.platform_data)
@@ -539,7 +539,7 @@ static int ak8975_probe(struct i2c_client *client,
if (id) {
data->chipset =
(enum asahi_compass_chipset)(id->driver_data);
- name = (char *) id->name;
+ name = id->name;
} else if (ACPI_HANDLE(&client->dev))
name = ak8975_match_acpi_device(&client->dev, &data->chipset);
else
--
1.7.9.5

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