linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Kbuild: Disable the -Wformat-security gcc flag

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Message-ID: <adaocxgk0vc.fsf@cisco.com>
Date:	Thu, 05 Feb 2009 13:52:23 -0800
From:	Roland Dreier <rdreier@...co.com>
To:	Andreas Schwab <schwab@...e.de>
Cc:	Floris Kraak <randakar@...il.com>,
	Robert Hancock <hancockrwd@...il.com>,
	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>,
	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Trivial Patch Monkey <trivial@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Kbuild: Disable the -Wformat-security gcc flag

 > > So what is this "warn_no_rtc" thing?
 > >
 > >         static char             warn_no_rtc[] __initdata =
 > >                 KERN_WARNING "PM: no wakealarm-capable RTC driver is ready\n";
 > 
 > Does it help to make it const?

You can't make __initdata const, because the initdata section is not
read-only.

 - R.
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