3 files changed, 11 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/security/selinux/hooks.c b/security/selinux/hooks.c
index 04acb5af8317..047365ac9faa 100644
--- a/security/selinux/hooks.c
+++ b/security/selinux/hooks.c
@@ -2619,7 +2619,7 @@ static int selinux_inode_getattr(struct vfsmount *mnt, struct dentry *dentry)
 	return dentry_has_perm(current, mnt, dentry, FILE__GETATTR);
 }
 
-static int selinux_inode_setotherxattr(struct dentry *dentry, char *name)
+static int selinux_inode_setotherxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name)
 {
 	if (!strncmp(name, XATTR_SECURITY_PREFIX,
 		     sizeof XATTR_SECURITY_PREFIX - 1)) {
@@ -2638,7 +2638,8 @@ static int selinux_inode_setotherxattr(struct dentry *dentry, char *name)
 	return dentry_has_perm(current, NULL, dentry, FILE__SETATTR);
 }
 
-static int selinux_inode_setxattr(struct dentry *dentry, char *name, void *value, size_t size, int flags)
+static int selinux_inode_setxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
+				  const void *value, size_t size, int flags)
 {
 	struct task_security_struct *tsec = current->security;
 	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
@@ -2687,8 +2688,9 @@ static int selinux_inode_setxattr(struct dentry *dentry, char *name, void *value
 			    &ad);
 }
 
-static void selinux_inode_post_setxattr(struct dentry *dentry, char *name,
-					void *value, size_t size, int flags)
+static void selinux_inode_post_setxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
+                                        const void *value, size_t size,
+					int flags)
 {
 	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
 	struct inode_security_struct *isec = inode->i_security;
@@ -2711,7 +2713,7 @@ static void selinux_inode_post_setxattr(struct dentry *dentry, char *name,
 	return;
 }
 
-static int selinux_inode_getxattr(struct dentry *dentry, char *name)
+static int selinux_inode_getxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name)
 {
 	return dentry_has_perm(current, NULL, dentry, FILE__GETATTR);
 }
@@ -2721,7 +2723,7 @@ static int selinux_inode_listxattr(struct dentry *dentry)
 	return dentry_has_perm(current, NULL, dentry, FILE__GETATTR);
 }
 
-static int selinux_inode_removexattr(struct dentry *dentry, char *name)
+static int selinux_inode_removexattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name)
 {
 	if (strcmp(name, XATTR_NAME_SELINUX))
 		return selinux_inode_setotherxattr(dentry, name);
diff --git a/security/selinux/include/security.h b/security/selinux/include/security.h
index 6445b6440648..cdb14add27d2 100644
--- a/security/selinux/include/security.h
+++ b/security/selinux/include/security.h
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ int security_change_sid(u32 ssid, u32 tsid,
 int security_sid_to_context(u32 sid, char **scontext,
 	u32 *scontext_len);
 
-int security_context_to_sid(char *scontext, u32 scontext_len,
+int security_context_to_sid(const char *scontext, u32 scontext_len,
 	u32 *out_sid);
 
 int security_context_to_sid_default(char *scontext, u32 scontext_len,
diff --git a/security/selinux/ss/services.c b/security/selinux/ss/services.c
index 2daaddbb301d..25cac5a2aa8e 100644
--- a/security/selinux/ss/services.c
+++ b/security/selinux/ss/services.c
@@ -708,7 +708,7 @@ out:
 
 }
 
-static int security_context_to_sid_core(char *scontext, u32 scontext_len,
+static int security_context_to_sid_core(const char *scontext, u32 scontext_len,
 					u32 *sid, u32 def_sid, gfp_t gfp_flags)
 {
 	char *scontext2;
@@ -835,7 +835,7 @@ out:
  * Returns -%EINVAL if the context is invalid, -%ENOMEM if insufficient
  * memory is available, or 0 on success.
  */
-int security_context_to_sid(char *scontext, u32 scontext_len, u32 *sid)
+int security_context_to_sid(const char *scontext, u32 scontext_len, u32 *sid)
 {
 	return security_context_to_sid_core(scontext, scontext_len,
 					    sid, SECSID_NULL, GFP_KERNEL);