linux-kernel - [PATCH 5/5] Avoid section type conflict in dma/ioat/dma

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Date:	Tue,  7 Jun 2011 15:26:33 -0700
From:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>, dan.j.williams@...el.com
Subject: [PATCH 5/5] Avoid section type conflict in dma/ioat/dma_v3.c

From: Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>

const __read_mostly is not legal and causes section type conflicts.
That's because the read.mostly section is not read only.
Simply drop the const for the read mostly fields.

Cc: dan.j.williams@...el.com
Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>
---
 drivers/dma/ioat/dma_v3.c |    8 ++++----
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/dma/ioat/dma_v3.c b/drivers/dma/ioat/dma_v3.c
index d845dc4..e1e052a 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/ioat/dma_v3.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/ioat/dma_v3.c
@@ -73,10 +73,10 @@
 /* provide a lookup table for setting the source address in the base or
  * extended descriptor of an xor or pq descriptor
  */
-static const u8 xor_idx_to_desc __read_mostly = 0xd0;
-static const u8 xor_idx_to_field[] __read_mostly = { 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 0, 1, 2 };
-static const u8 pq_idx_to_desc __read_mostly = 0xf8;
-static const u8 pq_idx_to_field[] __read_mostly = { 1, 4, 5, 0, 1, 2, 4, 5 };
+static u8 xor_idx_to_desc __read_mostly = 0xd0;
+static u8 xor_idx_to_field[] __read_mostly = { 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 0, 1, 2 };
+static u8 pq_idx_to_desc __read_mostly = 0xf8;
+static u8 pq_idx_to_field[] __read_mostly = { 1, 4, 5, 0, 1, 2, 4, 5 };
 
 static dma_addr_t xor_get_src(struct ioat_raw_descriptor *descs[2], int idx)
 {
-- 
1.7.4.4

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