linux-kernel - [PATCH v2] hexdump: Make test data really const

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Date:	Tue, 21 Apr 2015 12:13:12 +0200
From:	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
	Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
Subject: [PATCH v2] hexdump: Make test data really const

The test data arrays, containing pointers to test strings, are never
modified, so they can be const, too. Hence mark them "const" and
"__initconst".

This moves 28 pointers from ".init.data" to ".init.rodata".

Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
---
v2:
  - Drop changing the "result" variable, as this got fixed in commit
    17974c054db3 ("hexdump: avoid warning in test function")
---
 lib/test-hexdump.c | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/test-hexdump.c b/lib/test-hexdump.c
index c227cc43ec0a39e6..5241df36eedf922b 100644
--- a/lib/test-hexdump.c
+++ b/lib/test-hexdump.c
@@ -25,19 +25,19 @@ static const char * const test_data_1_le[] __initconst = {
 	"4c", "d1", "19", "99", "43", "b1", "af", "0c",
 };
 
-static const char *test_data_2_le[] __initdata = {
+static const char * const test_data_2_le[] __initconst = {
 	"32be", "7bdb", "180a", "b293",
 	"ba70", "24c4", "837d", "9b34",
 	"9ca6", "ad31", "0f9c", "e9ac",
 	"d14c", "9919", "b143", "0caf",
 };
 
-static const char *test_data_4_le[] __initdata = {
+static const char * const test_data_4_le[] __initconst = {
 	"7bdb32be", "b293180a", "24c4ba70", "9b34837d",
 	"ad319ca6", "e9ac0f9c", "9919d14c", "0cafb143",
 };
 
-static const char *test_data_8_le[] __initdata = {
+static const char * const test_data_8_le[] __initconst = {
 	"b293180a7bdb32be", "9b34837d24c4ba70",
 	"e9ac0f9cad319ca6", "0cafb1439919d14c",
 };
-- 
1.9.1

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