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Message-ID: <CAKv+Gu_ci37u6av9gjchBTVwoMCiqdnwtnDHxLT3cV3+kG0wUw@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2016 14:02:40 +0200
From: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>
To: Jisheng Zhang <jszhang@...vell.com>
Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>,
Lorenzo Pieralisi <lorenzo.pieralisi@....com>,
Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
"linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org"
<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 3/4] arm64: kaslr: Fix incorrect placement of
__initdata and __read_mostly
Hi Jisheng,
On 12 August 2016 at 10:01, Jisheng Zhang <jszhang@...vell.com> wrote:
> __initdata and __read_mostly should be placed after the variable name
> for the variable to be placed in the intended section.
>
Why?
> Signed-off-by: Jisheng Zhang <jszhang@...vell.com>
> ---
> arch/arm64/kernel/kaslr.c | 4 ++--
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/kaslr.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/kaslr.c
> index b054691..8ebabc4 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/kaslr.c
> +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/kaslr.c
> @@ -20,8 +20,8 @@
> #include <asm/pgtable.h>
> #include <asm/sections.h>
>
> -u64 __read_mostly module_alloc_base;
> -u16 __initdata memstart_offset_seed;
> +u64 module_alloc_base __read_mostly;
> +u16 memstart_offset_seed __initdata;
>
> static __init u64 get_kaslr_seed(void *fdt)
> {
> --
> 2.8.1
>
>
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