linux-kernel - Re: [patch 03/26] Dynamic kernel command-line

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Message-ID: <20070118141359.GB31418@flint.arm.linux.org.uk>
Date:	Thu, 18 Jan 2007 14:14:00 +0000
From:	Russell King <rmk+lkml@....linux.org.uk>
To:	Bernhard Walle <bwalle@...e.de>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Alon Bar-Lev <alon.barlev@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [patch 03/26] Dynamic kernel command-line - arm

On Thu, Jan 18, 2007 at 01:58:52PM +0100, Bernhard Walle wrote:
> 2. Set command_line as __initdata.

You can't.

> -static char command_line[COMMAND_LINE_SIZE];
> +static char __initdata command_line[COMMAND_LINE_SIZE];

Uninitialised data is placed in the BSS.  Adding __initdata to BSS
data causes grief.

-- 
Russell King
 Linux kernel    2.6 ARM Linux   - http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/
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