[PATCH v3 RESEND 1/3] HID: core: Change hid_driver to use a const char* for name

Rahul Rameshbabu posted 3 patches 1 month, 3 weeks ago
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[PATCH v3 RESEND 1/3] HID: core: Change hid_driver to use a const char* for name
Posted by Rahul Rameshbabu 1 month, 3 weeks ago
name is never mutated by the core HID stack. Making name a const char*
simplifies passing the string from Rust to C. Otherwise, it becomes
difficult to pass a 'static lifetime CStr from Rust to a char*, rather than
a const char*, due to lack of guarantee that the underlying data of the
CStr will not be mutated by the C code.

Signed-off-by: Rahul Rameshbabu <sergeantsagara@protonmail.com>
---
 include/linux/hid.h | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/hid.h b/include/linux/hid.h
index 568a9d8c749b..d65c202783da 100644
--- a/include/linux/hid.h
+++ b/include/linux/hid.h
@@ -816,7 +816,7 @@ struct hid_usage_id {
  * zero from them.
  */
 struct hid_driver {
-	char *name;
+	const char *name;
 	const struct hid_device_id *id_table;
 
 	struct list_head dyn_list;
-- 
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