linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] [kernel/ subdirectory] constifications

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Date:	Mon, 9 Oct 2006 20:16:18 +0200
From:	Helge Deller <deller@....de>
To:	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...l.org>,
	Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [kernel/ subdirectory] constifications

On Monday 09 October 2006 08:59, Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> On Sun, 2006-10-08 at 21:21 +0200, Helge Deller wrote:
> > - completely constify string arrays,  thus move them to the rodata section
> 
> note that gcc 4.1 and later will do this automatically for static things
> at least...

Are you sure ?

At least with gcc-4.1.0 from SUSE 10.1 the strings array _pointers_ are not moved into the rodata section without the second "const":
const static char * const x[] = { "value1", "value2" };

Helge
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