linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 0/3] Mark literal strings in __init / _

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Date:	Tue, 24 Jun 2014 13:30:43 -0700
From:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:	Mathias Krause <minipli@...glemail.com>
Cc:	Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 0/3] Mark literal strings in __init / __exit code

On Tue, 2014-06-24 at 22:10 +0200, Mathias Krause wrote:
> I would like to handle the easy ones, too. E.g. strings used in
> parameter parsing, i.e. strcmp()s.

Sure, but that change is separable from printk conversions.

Any idea how much would be changed treewide and whether
or not those strings are not already in rodata?

Looking at it, I see generic strings like "on", "off",
"device", "high", "low".  All these are likely to be
duplications of strings in rodata.


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