lib: crc8: pointer to data block should be const
authorRichard Fitzgerald <rf@opensource.cirrus.com>
Fri, 7 May 2021 01:03:37 +0000 (18:03 -0700)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Fri, 7 May 2021 02:24:12 +0000 (19:24 -0700)
commite18baa7cc3598999317d6c2fe255756f6b3b7562
tree8384513fa290cba884373e3963ae79abe4735029
parentade29d4fdbe675d72ee6115baaf3b3382942fd12
lib: crc8: pointer to data block should be const

crc8() does not change the data passed to it, so the pointer argument
should be declared const.  This avoids callers that receive const data
having to cast it to a non-const pointer to call crc8().

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210329122409.3291-1-rf@opensource.cirrus.com
Signed-off-by: Richard Fitzgerald <rf@opensource.cirrus.com>
Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
include/linux/crc8.h
lib/crc8.c