libnuma numa_parse_cpustring and similar should take a const char* parameter

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Issue

  • libnuma numa_parse_cpustring and similar should take a const char* parameter
  • The declaration of the functions like numa_parse_cpustring are taking a char*:
struct bitmask *numa_parse_cpustring(char *);
struct bitmask *numa_parse_nodestring(char *);
  • However it should be declared a const char * to prevent warnings like:
testconst.c:10:45: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to ‘char*’ [-Wwrite-strings]
  • Looking at the source code, the string is handled like it was a const and it doesn't actually modify the string that it is parsing.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • numactl-2.0.3-9.el6

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