fix "modules: make module_address_lookup() safe"
Get the constness right, avoid nasty cast.
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Kyle McMartin <kyle@mcmartin.ca>
Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c
index 676c023c..4202da9 100644
--- a/kernel/module.c
+++ b/kernel/module.c
@@ -2253,7 +2253,7 @@
/* For kallsyms to ask for address resolution. NULL means not found. Careful
* not to lock to avoid deadlock on oopses, simply disable preemption. */
-char *module_address_lookup(unsigned long addr,
+const char *module_address_lookup(unsigned long addr,
unsigned long *size,
unsigned long *offset,
char **modname,
@@ -2278,7 +2278,7 @@
ret = namebuf;
}
preempt_enable();
- return (char *)ret;
+ return ret;
}
int lookup_module_symbol_name(unsigned long addr, char *symname)