[PATCH v1 13/18] perf units: Constify variables storing the result of strchr() on const tables

From: Shreenidhi Shedi

Date: Sat May 09 2026 - 14:03:46 EST


From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>

commit 0e14cb3b24f8f301cf6490a4493afc98321ed5bb upstream

As newer glibcs will propagate the const attribute of the searched table
to its return.

Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Shreenidhi Shedi <yesshedi@xxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/perf/util/units.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/units.c b/tools/perf/util/units.c
index 4c6a86e1cb54..0bbacf5a29aa 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/units.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/units.c
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ unsigned long parse_tag_value(const char *str, struct parse_tag *tags)
struct parse_tag *i = tags;

while (i->tag) {
- char *s = strchr(str, i->tag);
+ const char *s = strchr(str, i->tag);

if (s) {
unsigned long int value;
--
2.54.0