tcp: add const qualifiers where possible

Adding const qualifiers to pointers can ease code review, and spot some
bugs. It might allow compiler to optimize code further.

For example, is it legal to temporary write a null cksum into tcphdr
in tcp_md5_hash_header() ? I am afraid a sniffer could catch the
temporary null value...

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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Eric Dumazet
2011-10-21 05:22:42 -04:00
committed by David S. Miller
parent f04565ddf5
commit cf533ea53e
11 changed files with 160 additions and 152 deletions

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@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ extern u32 secure_ipv6_port_ephemeral(const __be32 *saddr, const __be32 *daddr,
__be16 dport);
extern __u32 secure_tcp_sequence_number(__be32 saddr, __be32 daddr,
__be16 sport, __be16 dport);
extern __u32 secure_tcpv6_sequence_number(__be32 *saddr, __be32 *daddr,
extern __u32 secure_tcpv6_sequence_number(const __be32 *saddr, const __be32 *daddr,
__be16 sport, __be16 dport);
extern u64 secure_dccp_sequence_number(__be32 saddr, __be32 daddr,
__be16 sport, __be16 dport);