3 files changed, 9 insertions, 13 deletions

diff --git a/miscutils/eject.c b/miscutils/eject.c
index ff23b1666..8e37c84b5 100644
--- a/miscutils/eject.c
+++ b/miscutils/eject.c
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 int eject_main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
         unsigned long flags;
-        char *device;
+        const char *device;
         int dev, cmd;
 
         opt_complementary = "?:?1:t--T:T--t";
diff --git a/miscutils/hdparm.c b/miscutils/hdparm.c
index e60e642d6..afb4ecc7b 100644
--- a/miscutils/hdparm.c
+++ b/miscutils/hdparm.c
@@ -463,9 +463,7 @@ static void on_off(unsigned int value);
 
 static void print_flag_on_off(unsigned long get_arg, const char *s, unsigned long arg)
 {
-
-        if (get_arg)
-        {
+        if (get_arg) {
                 printf(" setting %s to %ld", s, arg);
                 on_off(arg);
         }
@@ -476,8 +474,7 @@ static void bb_ioctl_on_off(int fd, int request, void *argp, const char *string,
 {
         if (ioctl(fd, request, &argp) != 0)
                 bb_perror_msg(" %s", string);
-        else
-        {
+        else {
                 printf(" %s\t= %2ld", str, (unsigned long) argp);
                 on_off((unsigned long) argp);
         }
@@ -486,16 +483,15 @@ static void bb_ioctl_on_off(int fd, int request, void *argp, const char *string,
 #ifdef CONFIG_FEATURE_HDPARM_GET_IDENTITY
 static void print_ascii(uint16_t *p, uint8_t length);
 
-static void xprint_ascii(uint16_t *val ,int i, char * string, int n)
+static void xprint_ascii(uint16_t *val ,int i, const char *string, int n)
 {
-        if (val[i])
-        {
-                printf("\t%-20s",string);
+        if (val[i]) {
+                printf("\t%-20s", string);
                 print_ascii(&val[i], n);
         }
 }
 #endif
-/* end of  busybox specific stuff */
+/* end of busybox specific stuff */
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_FEATURE_HDPARM_GET_IDENTITY
 static uint8_t mode_loop(uint16_t mode_sup, uint16_t mode_sel, int cc, uint8_t *have_mode)
@@ -1587,7 +1583,7 @@ static void interpret_xfermode(unsigned int xfermode)
 }
 #endif /* HDIO_DRIVE_CMD */
 
-static void print_flag(unsigned long flag, char *s, unsigned long value)
+static void print_flag(unsigned long flag, const char *s, unsigned long value)
 {
         if (flag)
                 printf(" setting %s to %ld\n", s, value);
diff --git a/miscutils/strings.c b/miscutils/strings.c
index 0d5576e9b..691502dab 100644
--- a/miscutils/strings.c
+++ b/miscutils/strings.c
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ int strings_main(int argc, char **argv)
         FILE *file = stdin;
         char *string;
         const char *fmt = "%s: ";
-        char *n_arg = "4";
+        const char *n_arg = "4";
 
         opt = getopt32(argc, argv, "afon:", &n_arg);
         /* -a is our default behaviour */