Why is the kfree() argument const?

[Johannes Weiner]

Hi,

is there any reason why kfree() takes a const pointer just to degrade it
with the call to slab_free()/__cache_free() again?  The promise that the
pointee is not modified is just bogus in this case, anyway, isn't it?

	Hannes
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