linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] [Blackfin try #2] char driver for Blackfin on-chip OTP memory

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Date:	Wed, 26 Mar 2008 19:34:03 +0100
From:	Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...il.com>
To:	Mike Frysinger <vapier.adi@...il.com>
CC:	Bryan Wu <cooloney@...nel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@...ana.be>,
	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] [Blackfin try #2] char driver for Blackfin on-chip
 OTP memory

On 03/26/2008 03:31 PM, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 6:33 AM, Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...il.com> wrote:
>> On 03/27/2008 02:08 AM, Bryan Wu wrote:
>>  > From: Mike Frysinger <vapier.adi@...il.com>
>>> +static int __init bfin_otp_init(void)
>>  > +{
>>  > +     int ret;
>>  > +
>>  > +     stampit();
>>  > +
>>  > +     ret = misc_register(&bfin_otp_misc_device);
>>  > +     if (ret) {
>>  > +             pr_init(KERN_ERR PFX "unable to register a misc device\n");
>>  > +             return ret;
>>  > +     }
>>  > +
>>  > +     pr_init(KERN_INFO PFX "initialized\n");
>>
>>  except the fact, that pr_init definition seems to be broken. Its defined __fmt
>>  is const, so it should reside in .init.rodata (__initconst), not .init.data
>>  (__initdata).
> 
> i dont see an __initconst macro anywhere ?

It's in include/linux/init.h as of 2.6.25-rc2.

> also, it isnt "broken" in the sense that it "doesnt work" ;)

Gcc simply doesn't allow that, you likely got 2 sections with init.data, with 
and without readonly bit set, which is wrong, and it seems, that on some systems 
(debian) you won't even compile it.
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