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From:   Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] proc: make struct proc_dir_entry::name const
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On Wed, 29 Nov 2023 12:46:57 +0300 Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com> wrote:

> Multiply ::name into "mut_name" and "name" which is "const char*".
> 
> PDE's name must not be mutated on live PDE, hint modules they should not
> do it.

Do any modules do this?  If so, we just broke them.  If not, why bother
with this change?