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-rw-r--r--arch/metag/kernel/perf/perf_event.c2
-rw-r--r--include/linux/perf_event.h4
-rw-r--r--kernel/events/core.c2
3 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/arch/metag/kernel/perf/perf_event.c b/arch/metag/kernel/perf/perf_event.c
index 366569425c5..5b18888ee36 100644
--- a/arch/metag/kernel/perf/perf_event.c
+++ b/arch/metag/kernel/perf/perf_event.c
@@ -882,7 +882,7 @@ static int __init init_hw_perf_events(void)
}
register_cpu_notifier(&metag_pmu_notifier);
- ret = perf_pmu_register(&pmu, (char *)metag_pmu->name, PERF_TYPE_RAW);
+ ret = perf_pmu_register(&pmu, metag_pmu->name, PERF_TYPE_RAW);
out:
return ret;
}
diff --git a/include/linux/perf_event.h b/include/linux/perf_event.h
index 74a4e14ab60..4bc57d017fc 100644
--- a/include/linux/perf_event.h
+++ b/include/linux/perf_event.h
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ struct pmu {
struct device *dev;
const struct attribute_group **attr_groups;
- char *name;
+ const char *name;
int type;
int * __percpu pmu_disable_count;
@@ -519,7 +519,7 @@ struct perf_output_handle {
#ifdef CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS
-extern int perf_pmu_register(struct pmu *pmu, char *name, int type);
+extern int perf_pmu_register(struct pmu *pmu, const char *name, int type);
extern void perf_pmu_unregister(struct pmu *pmu);
extern int perf_num_counters(void);
diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index aca95bce34c..9c892078331 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -6179,7 +6179,7 @@ free_dev:
static struct lock_class_key cpuctx_mutex;
static struct lock_class_key cpuctx_lock;
-int perf_pmu_register(struct pmu *pmu, char *name, int type)
+int perf_pmu_register(struct pmu *pmu, const char *name, int type)
{
int cpu, ret;