From: Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli Kprobes doesn't scribble the kprobe.symbol_name field. Its only set by the module when registering the probe. Modules that exercise good hygiene using the "const" qualifier will see warnings... warning: assignment discards qualifiers from pointer target type Make struct kprobe.symbol_name const char * Signed-off-by: Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli Signed-off-by: Jim Keniston Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton --- include/linux/kprobes.h | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff -puN include/linux/kprobes.h~kprobes-make-kprobesymbol_name-const include/linux/kprobes.h --- a/include/linux/kprobes.h~kprobes-make-kprobesymbol_name-const +++ a/include/linux/kprobes.h @@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ struct kprobe { kprobe_opcode_t *addr; /* Allow user to indicate symbol name of the probe point */ - char *symbol_name; + const char *symbol_name; /* Offset into the symbol */ unsigned int offset; _