apply const to prefetch parameter

Disservin · vondele · commit b0287dcb1c43 · 2024-05-28T18:31:06.000+02:00
closes #5296 No functional change
diff --git a/src/misc.cpp b/src/misc.cpp
@@ -415,14 +415,14 @@ void start_logger(const std::string& fname) { Logger::start(fname); }
 
 #ifdef NO_PREFETCH
 
-void prefetch(void*) {}
+void prefetch(const void*) {}
 
 #else
 
-void prefetch(void* addr) {
+void prefetch(const void* addr) {
 
     #if defined(_MSC_VER)
-    _mm_prefetch((char*) addr, _MM_HINT_T0);
+    _mm_prefetch((char const*) addr, _MM_HINT_T0);
     #else
     __builtin_prefetch(addr);
     #endif
diff --git a/src/misc.h b/src/misc.h
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ std::string compiler_info();
 // Preloads the given address in L1/L2 cache. This is a non-blocking
 // function that doesn't stall the CPU waiting for data to be loaded from memory,
 // which can be quite slow.
-void prefetch(void* addr);
+void prefetch(const void* addr);
 
 void  start_logger(const std::string& fname);
 void* std_aligned_alloc(size_t alignment, size_t size);
