--- linux-2.5.3-pre4/include/linux/reiserfs_fs.h.orig	Thu Jan 24 12:56:56 2002
+++ linux-2.5.3-pre4/include/linux/reiserfs_fs.h	Thu Jan 24 13:03:25 2002
@@ -369,9 +369,9 @@
     __u64 linear;
 } __attribute__ ((__packed__)) offset_v2_esafe_overlay;
 
-static inline __u16 offset_v2_k_type( struct offset_v2 *v2 )
+static inline __u16 offset_v2_k_type( const struct offset_v2 *v2 )
 {
-    offset_v2_esafe_overlay tmp = *(offset_v2_esafe_overlay *)v2;
+    offset_v2_esafe_overlay tmp = *(const offset_v2_esafe_overlay *)v2;
     tmp.linear = le64_to_cpu( tmp.linear );
     return tmp.offset_v2.k_type;
 }
@@ -384,9 +384,9 @@
     tmp->linear = le64_to_cpu(tmp->linear);
 }
  
-static inline loff_t offset_v2_k_offset( struct offset_v2 *v2 )
+static inline loff_t offset_v2_k_offset( const struct offset_v2 *v2 )
 {
-    offset_v2_esafe_overlay tmp = *(offset_v2_esafe_overlay *)v2;
+    offset_v2_esafe_overlay tmp = *(const offset_v2_esafe_overlay *)v2;
     tmp.linear = le64_to_cpu( tmp.linear );
     return tmp.offset_v2.k_offset;
 }

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