name is never mutated by the core HID stack. Making name a const char*
simplifies passing the string from Rust to C. Otherwise, it becomes
difficult to pass a 'static lifetime CStr from Rust to a char*, rather than
a const char*, due to lack of guarantee that the underlying data of the
CStr will not be mutated by the C code.
Signed-off-by: Rahul Rameshbabu <sergeantsagara@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/hid.h | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/hid.h b/include/linux/hid.h
index 568a9d8c749b..d65c202783da 100644
--- a/include/linux/hid.h
+++ b/include/linux/hid.h
@@ -816,7 +816,7 @@ struct hid_usage_id {
* zero from them.
*/
struct hid_driver {
- char *name;
+ const char *name;
const struct hid_device_id *id_table;
struct list_head dyn_list;
--
2.47.2
