maccess,probe_kernel: Make write/read src const void *

The functions probe_kernel_write() and probe_kernel_read() do not modify
the src pointer. Allow const pointers to be passed in without the need
of a typecast.

Acked-by: Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>
Acked-by: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com>
Acked-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1305824936.1465.4.camel@gandalf.stny.rr.com

4 files changed, 12 insertions, 12 deletions

diff --git a/arch/blackfin/mm/maccess.c b/arch/blackfin/mm/maccess.c
index b71cebc1f8a3..e2532114c5fd 100644
--- a/arch/blackfin/mm/maccess.c
+++ b/arch/blackfin/mm/maccess.c
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ static int validate_memory_access_address(unsigned long addr, int size)
 	return bfin_mem_access_type(addr, size);
 }
 
-long probe_kernel_read(void *dst, void *src, size_t size)
+long probe_kernel_read(void *dst, const void *src, size_t size)
 {
 	unsigned long lsrc = (unsigned long)src;
 	int mem_type;
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ long probe_kernel_read(void *dst, void *src, size_t size)
 	return -EFAULT;
 }
 
-long probe_kernel_write(void *dst, void *src, size_t size)
+long probe_kernel_write(void *dst, const void *src, size_t size)
 {
 	unsigned long ldst = (unsigned long)dst;
 	int mem_type;
diff --git a/arch/s390/mm/maccess.c b/arch/s390/mm/maccess.c
index 71a4b0d34be0..51e5cd9b906a 100644
--- a/arch/s390/mm/maccess.c
+++ b/arch/s390/mm/maccess.c
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
  * using the stura instruction.
  * Returns the number of bytes copied or -EFAULT.
  */
-static long probe_kernel_write_odd(void *dst, void *src, size_t size)
+static long probe_kernel_write_odd(void *dst, const void *src, size_t size)
 {
 	unsigned long count, aligned;
 	int offset, mask;
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ static long probe_kernel_write_odd(void *dst, void *src, size_t size)
 	return rc ? rc : count;
 }
 
-long probe_kernel_write(void *dst, void *src, size_t size)
+long probe_kernel_write(void *dst, const void *src, size_t size)
 {
 	long copied = 0;
 
diff --git a/include/linux/uaccess.h b/include/linux/uaccess.h
index d512d98dfb7d..5ca0951e1855 100644
--- a/include/linux/uaccess.h
+++ b/include/linux/uaccess.h
@@ -93,8 +93,8 @@ static inline unsigned long __copy_from_user_nocache(void *to,
  * Safely read from address @src to the buffer at @dst.  If a kernel fault
  * happens, handle that and return -EFAULT.
  */
-extern long probe_kernel_read(void *dst, void *src, size_t size);
-extern long __probe_kernel_read(void *dst, void *src, size_t size);
+extern long probe_kernel_read(void *dst, const void *src, size_t size);
+extern long __probe_kernel_read(void *dst, const void *src, size_t size);
 
 /*
  * probe_kernel_write(): safely attempt to write to a location
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ extern long __probe_kernel_read(void *dst, void *src, size_t size);
  * Safely write to address @dst from the buffer at @src.  If a kernel fault
  * happens, handle that and return -EFAULT.
  */
-extern long notrace probe_kernel_write(void *dst, void *src, size_t size);
-extern long notrace __probe_kernel_write(void *dst, void *src, size_t size);
+extern long notrace probe_kernel_write(void *dst, const void *src, size_t size);
+extern long notrace __probe_kernel_write(void *dst, const void *src, size_t size);
 
 #endif		/* __LINUX_UACCESS_H__ */
diff --git a/mm/maccess.c b/mm/maccess.c
index e2b6f5634e0d..4cee182ab5f3 100644
--- a/mm/maccess.c
+++ b/mm/maccess.c
@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@
  * happens, handle that and return -EFAULT.
  */
 
-long __weak probe_kernel_read(void *dst, void *src, size_t size)
+long __weak probe_kernel_read(void *dst, const void *src, size_t size)
     __attribute__((alias("__probe_kernel_read")));
 
-long __probe_kernel_read(void *dst, void *src, size_t size)
+long __probe_kernel_read(void *dst, const void *src, size_t size)
 {
 	long ret;
 	mm_segment_t old_fs = get_fs();
@@ -43,10 +43,10 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(probe_kernel_read);
  * Safely write to address @dst from the buffer at @src.  If a kernel fault
  * happens, handle that and return -EFAULT.
  */
-long __weak probe_kernel_write(void *dst, void *src, size_t size)
+long __weak probe_kernel_write(void *dst, const void *src, size_t size)
     __attribute__((alias("__probe_kernel_write")));
 
-long __probe_kernel_write(void *dst, void *src, size_t size)
+long __probe_kernel_write(void *dst, const void *src, size_t size)
 {
 	long ret;
 	mm_segment_t old_fs = get_fs();