linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v8 4/5] x86/paravirt: Remove const mark from x86_hyper_xen

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Message-ID: <9791d12717bba784f24f35c29ddfaab9ccb78965.camel@perches.com>
Date:   Tue, 16 Jul 2019 23:46:41 -0700
From:   Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:     Zhenzhong Duan <zhenzhong.duan@...cle.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org, boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com,
        jgross@...e.com, sstabellini@...nel.org, tglx@...utronix.de,
        mingo@...hat.com, bp@...en8.de, x86@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 4/5] x86/paravirt: Remove const mark from
 x86_hyper_xen_hvm variable

On Tue, 2019-07-16 at 12:26 +0800, Zhenzhong Duan wrote:
> .. as "nopv" support needs it to be changeable at boot up stage.
> 
> Checkpatch reports warning, so move variable declarations from
> hypervisor.c to hypervisor.h
[]
> diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/enlighten_hvm.c b/arch/x86/xen/enlighten_hvm.c
[]
> @@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ static __init void xen_hvm_guest_late_init(void)
>  #endif
>  }
>  
> -const __initconst struct hypervisor_x86 x86_hyper_xen_hvm = {
> +struct hypervisor_x86 x86_hyper_xen_hvm __initdata = {

static?