gas: S_GET_{NAME,SEGMENT}() don't alter their input symbol

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Series gas: S_GET_{NAME,SEGMENT}() don't alter their input symbol |

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Jan Beulich Nov. 6, 2023, 2:05 p.m. UTC
  Make their parameters pointer-to-const, thus allowing callers to also be
const-correct where possible.
  

Comments

Indu Bhagat Nov. 7, 2023, 1:09 a.m. UTC | #1
On 11/6/23 06:05, Jan Beulich wrote:
> Make their parameters pointer-to-const, thus allowing callers to also be
> const-correct where possible.
> 
> --- a/gas/symbols.c
> +++ b/gas/symbols.c
> @@ -2484,13 +2484,13 @@ S_IS_FORWARD_REF (const symbolS *s)
>   }
>   
>   const char *
> -S_GET_NAME (symbolS *s)
> +S_GET_NAME (const symbolS *s)
>   {
>     return s->name;
>   }
>   
>   segT
> -S_GET_SEGMENT (symbolS *s)
> +S_GET_SEGMENT (const symbolS *s)
>   {
>     if (s->flags.local_symbol)
>       return ((struct local_symbol *) s)->section;
> --- a/gas/symbols.h
> +++ b/gas/symbols.h
> @@ -109,8 +109,8 @@ extern int S_IS_STABD (symbolS *);
>   extern int S_CAN_BE_REDEFINED (const symbolS *);
>   extern int S_IS_VOLATILE (const symbolS *);
>   extern int S_IS_FORWARD_REF (const symbolS *);
> -extern const char *S_GET_NAME (symbolS *);
> -extern segT S_GET_SEGMENT (symbolS *);
> +extern const char *S_GET_NAME (const symbolS *);
> +extern segT S_GET_SEGMENT (const symbolS *);
>   extern void S_SET_SEGMENT (symbolS *, segT);
>   extern void S_SET_EXTERNAL (symbolS *);
>   extern void S_SET_NAME (symbolS *, const char *);

Thanks.

This will be enough for SCFI purposes for now.
  

Patch

--- a/gas/symbols.c
+++ b/gas/symbols.c
@@ -2484,13 +2484,13 @@  S_IS_FORWARD_REF (const symbolS *s)
 }
 
 const char *
-S_GET_NAME (symbolS *s)
+S_GET_NAME (const symbolS *s)
 {
   return s->name;
 }
 
 segT
-S_GET_SEGMENT (symbolS *s)
+S_GET_SEGMENT (const symbolS *s)
 {
   if (s->flags.local_symbol)
     return ((struct local_symbol *) s)->section;
--- a/gas/symbols.h
+++ b/gas/symbols.h
@@ -109,8 +109,8 @@  extern int S_IS_STABD (symbolS *);
 extern int S_CAN_BE_REDEFINED (const symbolS *);
 extern int S_IS_VOLATILE (const symbolS *);
 extern int S_IS_FORWARD_REF (const symbolS *);
-extern const char *S_GET_NAME (symbolS *);
-extern segT S_GET_SEGMENT (symbolS *);
+extern const char *S_GET_NAME (const symbolS *);
+extern segT S_GET_SEGMENT (const symbolS *);
 extern void S_SET_SEGMENT (symbolS *, segT);
 extern void S_SET_EXTERNAL (symbolS *);
 extern void S_SET_NAME (symbolS *, const char *);