diff -r 8a3f14eda1c5 -r 1044405ba1d1 tools/libxl/libxl.c
--- a/tools/libxl/libxl.c
+++ b/tools/libxl/libxl.c
@@ -3717,7 +3717,7 @@ int libxl_get_freecpus(libxl_ctx *ctx, l
     return 0;
 }
 
-int libxl_create_cpupool(libxl_ctx *ctx, char *name, int schedid,
+int libxl_create_cpupool(libxl_ctx *ctx, const char *name, int schedid,
                          libxl_cpumap cpumap, libxl_uuid *uuid,
                          uint32_t *poolid)
 {
diff -r 8a3f14eda1c5 -r 1044405ba1d1 tools/libxl/libxl.h
--- a/tools/libxl/libxl.h
+++ b/tools/libxl/libxl.h
@@ -516,7 +516,7 @@ int libxl_device_net2_del(libxl_ctx *ctx
                           int wait);
 
 int libxl_get_freecpus(libxl_ctx *ctx, libxl_cpumap *cpumap);
-int libxl_create_cpupool(libxl_ctx *ctx, char *name, int schedid,
+int libxl_create_cpupool(libxl_ctx *ctx, const char *name, int schedid,
                          libxl_cpumap cpumap, libxl_uuid *uuid,
                          uint32_t *poolid);
 int libxl_destroy_cpupool(libxl_ctx *ctx, uint32_t poolid);