Add "const" to some functions that return fixed strings.

Most of the "GetName" - style functions can return "const char *"
with no ill side-effects. Original linux patch from
LABBE Corentin <clabbe.montjoie@gmail.com> and backported to
ACPICA.

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/source/include/acutils.h b/source/include/acutils.h
index 4fc44ff3f..f9372a2d8 100644
--- a/source/include/acutils.h
+++ b/source/include/acutils.h
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ AcpiUtInitGlobals (
 
 #if defined(ACPI_DEBUG_OUTPUT) || defined(ACPI_DEBUGGER)
 
-char *
+const char *
 AcpiUtGetMutexName (
     UINT32                  MutexId);
 
@@ -288,15 +288,15 @@ AcpiUtGetNotifyName (
     ACPI_OBJECT_TYPE        Type);
 #endif
 
-char *
+const char *
 AcpiUtGetTypeName (
     ACPI_OBJECT_TYPE        Type);
 
-char *
+const char *
 AcpiUtGetNodeName (
     void                    *Object);
 
-char *
+const char *
 AcpiUtGetDescriptorName (
     void                    *Object);
 
@@ -304,15 +304,15 @@ const char *
 AcpiUtGetReferenceName (
     ACPI_OPERAND_OBJECT     *Object);
 
-char *
+const char *
 AcpiUtGetObjectTypeName (
     ACPI_OPERAND_OBJECT     *ObjDesc);
 
-char *
+const char *
 AcpiUtGetRegionName (
     UINT8                   SpaceId);
 
-char *
+const char *
 AcpiUtGetEventName (
     UINT32                  EventId);