linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] modpost: reduce visibility of symbols and constify r/o arrays

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Date:	Wed, 27 Aug 2014 20:29:21 +0930
From:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
To:	Mathias Krause <minipli@...glemail.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Mathias Krause <minipli@...glemail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] modpost: reduce visibility of symbols and constify r/o arrays

Mathias Krause <minipli@...glemail.com> writes:
> Internally used symbols of modpost don't need to be externally visible;
> make them static. Also constify the string arrays so they resist in the
> r/o section instead of being runtime writable.

I'm not convinced of the second patch, but I've applied it anyway.

Thanks,
Rusty.
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