-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know. --------------------- From: Ivan Kokshaysky [upstream commit: 91d35dd9] On alpha, ia64 and ppc64 only relocations to local data can go into read-only sections. The vast majority of module parameters use the global generic param_set_*/param_get_* functions, so the 'const' attribute for struct kernel_param is not only useless, but it also causes compile failures due to 'section type conflict' in those rare cases where param_set/get are local functions. This fixes http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8964 Signed-off-by: Ivan Kokshaysky Cc: Richard Henderson Cc: Tony Luck Cc: Anton Blanchard Cc: Paul Mackerras Cc: Adrian Bunk Cc: Kamalesh Babulal Cc: Rusty Russell Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds Cc: Mike Pagano [chrisw@sous-sol.org: backport to 2.6.24.3] Signed-off-by: Chris Wright Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- include/linux/moduleparam.h | 12 +++++++++++- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/include/linux/moduleparam.h +++ b/include/linux/moduleparam.h @@ -62,6 +62,16 @@ struct kparam_array void *elem; }; +/* On alpha, ia64 and ppc64 relocations to global data cannot go into + read-only sections (which is part of respective UNIX ABI on these + platforms). So 'const' makes no sense and even causes compile failures + with some compilers. */ +#if defined(CONFIG_ALPHA) || defined(CONFIG_IA64) || defined(CONFIG_PPC64) +#define __moduleparam_const +#else +#define __moduleparam_const const +#endif + /* This is the fundamental function for registering boot/module parameters. perm sets the visibility in sysfs: 000 means it's not there, read bits mean it's readable, write bits mean it's @@ -71,7 +81,7 @@ struct kparam_array static int __param_perm_check_##name __attribute__((unused)) = \ BUILD_BUG_ON_ZERO((perm) < 0 || (perm) > 0777 || ((perm) & 2)); \ static const char __param_str_##name[] = prefix #name; \ - static struct kernel_param const __param_##name \ + static struct kernel_param __moduleparam_const __param_##name \ __attribute_used__ \ __attribute__ ((unused,__section__ ("__param"),aligned(sizeof(void *)))) \ = { __param_str_##name, perm, set, get, { arg } } -- -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/