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Date:	Thu, 12 Mar 2009 12:15:29 GMT
From:	Jan Beulich <jbeulich@...ell.com>
To:	linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, hpa@...or.com, mingo@...hat.com,
	jbeulich@...ell.com, tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...e.hu
Subject: [tip:x86/debug] x86: move a few device initialization objects into .devinit.rodata

Commit-ID:  821508d4ef7920283b960057903505fed609fd16
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/821508d4ef7920283b960057903505fed609fd16
Author:     "Jan Beulich" <jbeulich@...ell.com>
AuthorDate: Thu, 12 Mar 2009 12:09:57 +0000
Commit:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
CommitDate: Thu, 12 Mar 2009 13:12:19 +0100

x86: move a few device initialization objects into .devinit.rodata

Impact: debuggability and micro-optimization

Putting whatever is possible into the (final) .rodata section increases
the likelihood of catching memory corruption bugs early, and reduces
false cache line sharing.

Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@...ell.com>
LKML-Reference: <49B909A5.76E4.0078.0@...ell.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>


---
 arch/x86/pci/common.c |    4 ++--
 arch/x86/pci/fixup.c  |    4 ++--
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/pci/common.c b/arch/x86/pci/common.c
index 82d22fc..8c362b9 100644
--- a/arch/x86/pci/common.c
+++ b/arch/x86/pci/common.c
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ static int __devinit can_skip_ioresource_align(const struct dmi_system_id *d)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static struct dmi_system_id can_skip_pciprobe_dmi_table[] __devinitdata = {
+static const struct dmi_system_id can_skip_pciprobe_dmi_table[] __devinitconst = {
 /*
  * Systems where PCI IO resource ISA alignment can be skipped
  * when the ISA enable bit in the bridge control is not set
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ static int __devinit assign_all_busses(const struct dmi_system_id *d)
 }
 #endif
 
-static struct dmi_system_id __devinitdata pciprobe_dmi_table[] = {
+static const struct dmi_system_id __devinitconst pciprobe_dmi_table[] = {
 #ifdef __i386__
 /*
  * Laptops which need pci=assign-busses to see Cardbus cards
diff --git a/arch/x86/pci/fixup.c b/arch/x86/pci/fixup.c
index 7d388d5..9c49919 100644
--- a/arch/x86/pci/fixup.c
+++ b/arch/x86/pci/fixup.c
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ static void __devinit pci_fixup_video(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 DECLARE_PCI_FIXUP_FINAL(PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID, pci_fixup_video);
 
 
-static struct dmi_system_id __devinitdata msi_k8t_dmi_table[] = {
+static const struct dmi_system_id __devinitconst msi_k8t_dmi_table[] = {
 	{
 		.ident = "MSI-K8T-Neo2Fir",
 		.matches = {
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ DECLARE_PCI_FIXUP_RESUME(PCI_VENDOR_ID_VIA, PCI_DEVICE_ID_VIA_8237,
  */
 static u16 toshiba_line_size;
 
-static struct dmi_system_id __devinitdata toshiba_ohci1394_dmi_table[] = {
+static const struct dmi_system_id __devinitconst toshiba_ohci1394_dmi_table[] = {
 	{
 		.ident = "Toshiba PS5 based laptop",
 		.matches = {
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