linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 06/15] mfd: mark const init data with __initconst instead of _

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Message-ID: <20120416103023.GE1647@sortiz-mobl>
Date:	Mon, 16 Apr 2012 12:30:23 +0200
From:	Samuel Ortiz <sameo@...ux.intel.com>
To:	Uwe Kleine-König 
	<u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	kernel@...gutronix.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 06/15] mfd: mark const init data with __initconst
 instead of __initdata

Hi Uwe,

On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 10:04:56PM +0200, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
> As long as there is no other non-const variable marked __initdata in the
> same compilation unit it doesn't hurt. If there were one however
> compilation would fail with
> 
> 	error: $variablename causes a section type conflict
> 
> because a section containing const variables is marked read only and so
> cannot contain non-const variables.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>
> Cc: Samuel Ortiz <sameo@...ux.intel.com>
Patch applied, thanks.

Cheers,
Samuel.

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