Index: kernel/generic/include/proc/task.h
===================================================================
--- kernel/generic/include/proc/task.h	(revision 41df2827457b04499fb5258c1cecc1ba5c7670bd)
+++ kernel/generic/include/proc/task.h	(revision a000878c0dee83a08f032207ffd800c201fca95b)
@@ -130,5 +130,5 @@
 extern void task_init(void);
 extern void task_done(void);
-extern task_t *task_create(as_t *as, char *name);
+extern task_t *task_create(as_t *as, const char *name);
 extern void task_destroy(task_t *t);
 extern task_t *task_find_by_id(task_id_t id);
Index: kernel/generic/include/proc/thread.h
===================================================================
--- kernel/generic/include/proc/thread.h	(revision 41df2827457b04499fb5258c1cecc1ba5c7670bd)
+++ kernel/generic/include/proc/thread.h	(revision a000878c0dee83a08f032207ffd800c201fca95b)
@@ -52,5 +52,5 @@
 #define THREAD_NAME_BUFLEN	20
 
-extern char *thread_states[];
+extern const char *thread_states[];
 
 /* Thread flags */
@@ -225,6 +225,6 @@
 
 extern void thread_init(void);
-extern thread_t *thread_create(void (*)(void *), void *, task_t *, int, char *,
-    bool);
+extern thread_t *thread_create(void (*)(void *), void *, task_t *, int,
+    const char *, bool);
 extern void thread_attach(thread_t *, task_t *);
 extern void thread_ready(thread_t *);