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-rw-r--r--net/core/dev.c9
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index a90737fe247..64f0d5b7cdf 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -890,7 +890,7 @@ int dev_alloc_name(struct net_device *dev, const char *name)
* Change name of a device, can pass format strings "eth%d".
* for wildcarding.
*/
-int dev_change_name(struct net_device *dev, char *newname)
+int dev_change_name(struct net_device *dev, const char *newname)
{
char oldname[IFNAMSIZ];
int err = 0;
@@ -916,7 +916,6 @@ int dev_change_name(struct net_device *dev, char *newname)
err = dev_alloc_name(dev, newname);
if (err < 0)
return err;
- strcpy(newname, dev->name);
}
else if (__dev_get_by_name(net, newname))
return -EEXIST;
@@ -4754,10 +4753,10 @@ err_name:
return -ENOMEM;
}
-char *netdev_drivername(struct net_device *dev, char *buffer, int len)
+char *netdev_drivername(const struct net_device *dev, char *buffer, int len)
{
- struct device_driver *driver;
- struct device *parent;
+ const struct device_driver *driver;
+ const struct device *parent;
if (len <= 0 || !buffer)
return buffer;