4 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/sim/eventq.hh b/sim/eventq.hh
index 36cb402a8..31bf9d652 100644
--- a/sim/eventq.hh
+++ b/sim/eventq.hh
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ class Event : public Serializable, public FastAlloc
 
     ~Event() {}
 
-    virtual std::string name() const {
+    virtual const std::string name() const {
         return csprintf("Event_%x", (uintptr_t)this);
     }
 
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ class EventQueue : public Serializable
         : objName(n), head(NULL)
     {}
 
-    virtual std::string name() const { return objName; }
+    virtual const std::string name() const { return objName; }
 
     // schedule the given event on this queue
     void schedule(Event *ev);
diff --git a/sim/serialize.cc b/sim/serialize.cc
index 180cc38a0..d836e7c20 100644
--- a/sim/serialize.cc
+++ b/sim/serialize.cc
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ INSTANTIATE_PARAM_TEMPLATES(string)
 class Globals : public Serializable
 {
   public:
-    string name() const;
+    const string name() const;
     void serialize(ostream& os);
     void unserialize(Checkpoint *cp);
 };
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ class Globals : public Serializable
 /// The one and only instance of the Globals class.
 Globals globals;
 
-string
+const string
 Globals::name() const
 {
     return "Globals";
diff --git a/sim/serialize.hh b/sim/serialize.hh
index 9ab2fa833..43dbd2c85 100644
--- a/sim/serialize.hh
+++ b/sim/serialize.hh
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ class Serializable
     virtual ~Serializable() {}
 
     // manditory virtual function, so objects must provide names
-    virtual std::string name() const = 0;
+    virtual const std::string name() const = 0;
 
     virtual void serialize(std::ostream& os) {}
     virtual void unserialize(Checkpoint *cp, const std::string &section) {}
diff --git a/sim/sim_object.hh b/sim/sim_object.hh
index 165931b2b..aaaafc04b 100644
--- a/sim/sim_object.hh
+++ b/sim/sim_object.hh
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ class SimObject : public Serializable
 
     virtual ~SimObject() {}
 
-    virtual std::string name() const { return objName; }
+    virtual const std::string name() const { return objName; }
 
     // initialization pass of all objects.  Gets invoked by SimInit()
     virtual void init();