Index: kernel/generic/src/mm/slab.c
===================================================================
--- kernel/generic/src/mm/slab.c	(revision 98000fb4ea6015506f059c9b121e417ce991ecfd)
+++ kernel/generic/src/mm/slab.c	(revision 371bd7d157f6602aa0ac4bd2e639fef084cecb89)
@@ -130,5 +130,5 @@
 /** Caches for malloc */
 static slab_cache_t *malloc_caches[SLAB_MAX_MALLOC_W - SLAB_MIN_MALLOC_W + 1];
-static char *malloc_names[] =  {
+static const char *malloc_names[] =  {
 	"malloc-16",
 	"malloc-32",
@@ -571,8 +571,7 @@
 
 /** Initialize allocated memory as a slab cache */
-static void
-_slab_cache_create(slab_cache_t *cache, char *name, size_t size, size_t align,
-    int (*constructor)(void *obj, int kmflag), int (*destructor)(void *obj),
-    int flags)
+static void _slab_cache_create(slab_cache_t *cache, const char *name,
+    size_t size, size_t align, int (*constructor)(void *obj, int kmflag),
+    int (*destructor)(void *obj), int flags)
 {
 	int pages;
@@ -631,6 +630,5 @@
 
 /** Create slab cache  */
-slab_cache_t *
-slab_cache_create(char *name, size_t size, size_t align,
+slab_cache_t *slab_cache_create(const char *name, size_t size, size_t align,
     int (*constructor)(void *obj, int kmflag), int (*destructor)(void *obj),
     int flags)
@@ -853,5 +851,5 @@
 		cache = list_get_instance(cur, slab_cache_t, link);
 
-		char *name = cache->name;
+		const char *name = cache->name;
 		uint8_t order = cache->order;
 		size_t size = cache->size;
@@ -896,5 +894,5 @@
 		    NULL, NULL, SLAB_CACHE_MAGDEFERRED);
 	}
-#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG       
+#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG
 	_slab_initialized = 1;
 #endif