linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Fix section type conflict in arch/ia64/xen/xen_pv

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Date:	Tue, 11 Nov 2008 18:45:34 +0100
From:	Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de>
To:	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>
Cc:	Isaku Yamahata <yamahata@...inux.co.jp>,
	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>,
	Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix section type conflict in arch/ia64/xen/xen_pv_ops.c

At Tue, 11 Nov 2008 09:43:27 -0800,
Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote:
> 
> Isaku Yamahata wrote:
> > Here is.
> >
> > __initdata and const cannot be always a happy pair and
> > x86 xen has the potential issue.
> > This patch simply removes const from data with __initdata
> > under arch/x86/xen/.
> >   
> 
> No, I think the proper fix is to use __initconst.

The problem is that it depends on gcc version which section it goes.
Thus __initconst could break some gcc versions as well.


Takashi
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