diff --git a/security/commoncap.c b/security/commoncap.c
index e8c3f5e..5edabc7 100644
--- a/security/commoncap.c
+++ b/security/commoncap.c
@@ -383,8 +383,8 @@
 		current->egid != current->gid);
 }
 
-int cap_inode_setxattr(struct dentry *dentry, char *name, void *value,
-		       size_t size, int flags)
+int cap_inode_setxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
+		       const void *value, size_t size, int flags)
 {
 	if (!strcmp(name, XATTR_NAME_CAPS)) {
 		if (!capable(CAP_SETFCAP))
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int cap_inode_removexattr(struct dentry *dentry, char *name)
+int cap_inode_removexattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name)
 {
 	if (!strcmp(name, XATTR_NAME_CAPS)) {
 		if (!capable(CAP_SETFCAP))
diff --git a/security/dummy.c b/security/dummy.c
index 58d4dd1..26ee06e 100644
--- a/security/dummy.c
+++ b/security/dummy.c
@@ -365,8 +365,8 @@
 	return;
 }
 
-static int dummy_inode_setxattr (struct dentry *dentry, char *name, void *value,
-				size_t size, int flags)
+static int dummy_inode_setxattr (struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
+				 const void *value, size_t size, int flags)
 {
 	if (!strncmp(name, XATTR_SECURITY_PREFIX,
 		     sizeof(XATTR_SECURITY_PREFIX) - 1) &&
@@ -375,12 +375,13 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static void dummy_inode_post_setxattr (struct dentry *dentry, char *name, void *value,
-				       size_t size, int flags)
+static void dummy_inode_post_setxattr (struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
+				       const void *value, size_t size,
+				       int flags)
 {
 }
 
-static int dummy_inode_getxattr (struct dentry *dentry, char *name)
+static int dummy_inode_getxattr (struct dentry *dentry, const char *name)
 {
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -390,7 +391,7 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int dummy_inode_removexattr (struct dentry *dentry, char *name)
+static int dummy_inode_removexattr (struct dentry *dentry, const char *name)
 {
 	if (!strncmp(name, XATTR_SECURITY_PREFIX,
 		     sizeof(XATTR_SECURITY_PREFIX) - 1) &&
diff --git a/security/security.c b/security/security.c
index d5cb589..a809035 100644
--- a/security/security.c
+++ b/security/security.c
@@ -491,23 +491,23 @@
 	security_ops->inode_delete(inode);
 }
 
-int security_inode_setxattr(struct dentry *dentry, char *name,
-			     void *value, size_t size, int flags)
+int security_inode_setxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
+			    const void *value, size_t size, int flags)
 {
 	if (unlikely(IS_PRIVATE(dentry->d_inode)))
 		return 0;
 	return security_ops->inode_setxattr(dentry, name, value, size, flags);
 }
 
-void security_inode_post_setxattr(struct dentry *dentry, char *name,
-				   void *value, size_t size, int flags)
+void security_inode_post_setxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
+				  const void *value, size_t size, int flags)
 {
 	if (unlikely(IS_PRIVATE(dentry->d_inode)))
 		return;
 	security_ops->inode_post_setxattr(dentry, name, value, size, flags);
 }
 
-int security_inode_getxattr(struct dentry *dentry, char *name)
+int security_inode_getxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name)
 {
 	if (unlikely(IS_PRIVATE(dentry->d_inode)))
 		return 0;
@@ -521,7 +521,7 @@
 	return security_ops->inode_listxattr(dentry);
 }
 
-int security_inode_removexattr(struct dentry *dentry, char *name)
+int security_inode_removexattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name)
 {
 	if (unlikely(IS_PRIVATE(dentry->d_inode)))
 		return 0;
diff --git a/security/selinux/hooks.c b/security/selinux/hooks.c
index 04acb5a..047365a 100644
--- a/security/selinux/hooks.c
+++ b/security/selinux/hooks.c
@@ -2619,7 +2619,7 @@
 	return dentry_has_perm(current, mnt, dentry, FILE__GETATTR);
 }
 
-static int selinux_inode_setotherxattr(struct dentry *dentry, char *name)
+static int selinux_inode_setotherxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name)
 {
 	if (!strncmp(name, XATTR_SECURITY_PREFIX,
 		     sizeof XATTR_SECURITY_PREFIX - 1)) {
@@ -2638,7 +2638,8 @@
 	return dentry_has_perm(current, NULL, dentry, FILE__SETATTR);
 }
 
-static int selinux_inode_setxattr(struct dentry *dentry, char *name, void *value, size_t size, int flags)
+static int selinux_inode_setxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
+				  const void *value, size_t size, int flags)
 {
 	struct task_security_struct *tsec = current->security;
 	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
@@ -2687,8 +2688,9 @@
 			    &ad);
 }
 
-static void selinux_inode_post_setxattr(struct dentry *dentry, char *name,
-					void *value, size_t size, int flags)
+static void selinux_inode_post_setxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
+                                        const void *value, size_t size,
+					int flags)
 {
 	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
 	struct inode_security_struct *isec = inode->i_security;
@@ -2711,7 +2713,7 @@
 	return;
 }
 
-static int selinux_inode_getxattr(struct dentry *dentry, char *name)
+static int selinux_inode_getxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name)
 {
 	return dentry_has_perm(current, NULL, dentry, FILE__GETATTR);
 }
@@ -2721,7 +2723,7 @@
 	return dentry_has_perm(current, NULL, dentry, FILE__GETATTR);
 }
 
-static int selinux_inode_removexattr(struct dentry *dentry, char *name)
+static int selinux_inode_removexattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name)
 {
 	if (strcmp(name, XATTR_NAME_SELINUX))
 		return selinux_inode_setotherxattr(dentry, name);
diff --git a/security/selinux/include/security.h b/security/selinux/include/security.h
index 6445b64..cdb14ad 100644
--- a/security/selinux/include/security.h
+++ b/security/selinux/include/security.h
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
 int security_sid_to_context(u32 sid, char **scontext,
 	u32 *scontext_len);
 
-int security_context_to_sid(char *scontext, u32 scontext_len,
+int security_context_to_sid(const char *scontext, u32 scontext_len,
 	u32 *out_sid);
 
 int security_context_to_sid_default(char *scontext, u32 scontext_len,
diff --git a/security/selinux/ss/services.c b/security/selinux/ss/services.c
index 2daaddb..25cac5a 100644
--- a/security/selinux/ss/services.c
+++ b/security/selinux/ss/services.c
@@ -708,7 +708,7 @@
 
 }
 
-static int security_context_to_sid_core(char *scontext, u32 scontext_len,
+static int security_context_to_sid_core(const char *scontext, u32 scontext_len,
 					u32 *sid, u32 def_sid, gfp_t gfp_flags)
 {
 	char *scontext2;
@@ -835,7 +835,7 @@
  * Returns -%EINVAL if the context is invalid, -%ENOMEM if insufficient
  * memory is available, or 0 on success.
  */
-int security_context_to_sid(char *scontext, u32 scontext_len, u32 *sid)
+int security_context_to_sid(const char *scontext, u32 scontext_len, u32 *sid)
 {
 	return security_context_to_sid_core(scontext, scontext_len,
 					    sid, SECSID_NULL, GFP_KERNEL);
diff --git a/security/smack/smack_lsm.c b/security/smack/smack_lsm.c
index 77ec16a..5d2ec56 100644
--- a/security/smack/smack_lsm.c
+++ b/security/smack/smack_lsm.c
@@ -574,8 +574,8 @@
  *
  * Returns 0 if access is permitted, an error code otherwise
  */
-static int smack_inode_setxattr(struct dentry *dentry, char *name,
-				void *value, size_t size, int flags)
+static int smack_inode_setxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
+				const void *value, size_t size, int flags)
 {
 	int rc = 0;
 
@@ -604,8 +604,8 @@
  * Set the pointer in the inode blob to the entry found
  * in the master label list.
  */
-static void smack_inode_post_setxattr(struct dentry *dentry, char *name,
-				      void *value, size_t size, int flags)
+static void smack_inode_post_setxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
+				      const void *value, size_t size, int flags)
 {
 	struct inode_smack *isp;
 	char *nsp;
@@ -641,7 +641,7 @@
  *
  * Returns 0 if access is permitted, an error code otherwise
  */
-static int smack_inode_getxattr(struct dentry *dentry, char *name)
+static int smack_inode_getxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name)
 {
 	return smk_curacc(smk_of_inode(dentry->d_inode), MAY_READ);
 }
@@ -655,7 +655,7 @@
  *
  * Returns 0 if access is permitted, an error code otherwise
  */
-static int smack_inode_removexattr(struct dentry *dentry, char *name)
+static int smack_inode_removexattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name)
 {
 	int rc = 0;