[PATCH] tty flip buffer handling

[Thomas Koeller]

Add a couple of 'const' qualifiers to the TTY flip buffer APIs,
where appropriate.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Koeller <thomas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

diff --git a/drivers/char/tty_io.c b/drivers/char/tty_io.c
index e9bba94..2d041bc 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tty_io.c
+++ b/drivers/char/tty_io.c
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ int tty_buffer_request_room(struct tty_s
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tty_buffer_request_room);
 
-int tty_insert_flip_string(struct tty_struct *tty, unsigned char *chars, size_t size)
+int tty_insert_flip_string(struct tty_struct *tty, const unsigned char *chars, size_t size)
 {
 	int copied = 0;
 	do {
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ int tty_insert_flip_string(struct tty_st
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tty_insert_flip_string);
 
-int tty_insert_flip_string_flags(struct tty_struct *tty, unsigned char *chars, char *flags, size_t size)
+int tty_insert_flip_string_flags(struct tty_struct *tty, const unsigned char *chars, const char *flags, size_t size)
 {
 	int copied = 0;
 	do {
diff --git a/include/linux/tty_flip.h b/include/linux/tty_flip.h
index 222faf9..cbe5ce3 100644
--- a/include/linux/tty_flip.h
+++ b/include/linux/tty_flip.h
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 #define _LINUX_TTY_FLIP_H
 
 extern int tty_buffer_request_room(struct tty_struct *tty, size_t size);
-extern int tty_insert_flip_string(struct tty_struct *tty, unsigned char *chars, size_t size);
-extern int tty_insert_flip_string_flags(struct tty_struct *tty, unsigned char *chars, char *flags, size_t size);
+extern int tty_insert_flip_string(struct tty_struct *tty, const unsigned char *chars, size_t size);
+extern int tty_insert_flip_string_flags(struct tty_struct *tty, const unsigned char *chars, const char *flags, size_t size);
 extern int tty_prepare_flip_string(struct tty_struct *tty, unsigned char **chars, size_t size);
 extern int tty_prepare_flip_string_flags(struct tty_struct *tty, unsigned char **chars, char **flags, size_t size);
 

-- 
Thomas Koeller
thomas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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