linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] Fonts: Replace discarded const qualifier

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Date:   Tue, 3 Nov 2020 08:53:24 +0000
From:   Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>
To:     Peilin Ye <yepeilin.cs@...il.com>
Cc:     daniel.vetter@...ll.ch, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org,
        linux@...linux.org.uk, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] Fonts: Replace discarded const qualifier

On Mon, 02 Nov 2020, Peilin Ye wrote:

> From: Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>
> 
> Commit 6735b4632def ("Fonts: Support FONT_EXTRA_WORDS macros for built-in
> fonts") introduced the following error when building rpc_defconfig (only
> this build appears to be affected):
> 
>  `acorndata_8x8' referenced in section `.text' of arch/arm/boot/compressed/ll_char_wr.o:
>     defined in discarded section `.data' of arch/arm/boot/compressed/font.o
>  `acorndata_8x8' referenced in section `.data.rel.ro' of arch/arm/boot/compressed/font.o:
>     defined in discarded section `.data' of arch/arm/boot/compressed/font.o
>  make[3]: *** [/scratch/linux/arch/arm/boot/compressed/Makefile:191: arch/arm/boot/compressed/vmlinux] Error 1
>  make[2]: *** [/scratch/linux/arch/arm/boot/Makefile:61: arch/arm/boot/compressed/vmlinux] Error 2
>  make[1]: *** [/scratch/linux/arch/arm/Makefile:317: zImage] Error 2
> 
> The .data section is discarded at link time.  Reinstating acorndata_8x8 as
> const ensures it is still available after linking.  Do the same for the
> other 12 built-in fonts as well, for consistency purposes.
> 
> Cc: <stable@...r.kernel.org>
> Cc: Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>
> Fixes: 6735b4632def ("Fonts: Support FONT_EXTRA_WORDS macros for built-in fonts")
> Signed-off-by: Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>
> Co-developed-by: Peilin Ye <yepeilin.cs@...il.com>
> Signed-off-by: Peilin Ye <yepeilin.cs@...il.com>
> ---
> Changes in v2:
>   - Fix commit ID to 6735b4632def in commit message (Russell King
>     <linux@...linux.org.uk>)
>   - Add `const` back for all 13 built-in fonts (Daniel Vetter
>     <daniel.vetter@...ll.ch>)
>   - Add a Fixes: tag
> 
>  lib/fonts/font_10x18.c     | 2 +-
>  lib/fonts/font_6x10.c      | 2 +-
>  lib/fonts/font_6x11.c      | 2 +-
>  lib/fonts/font_6x8.c       | 2 +-
>  lib/fonts/font_7x14.c      | 2 +-
>  lib/fonts/font_8x16.c      | 2 +-
>  lib/fonts/font_8x8.c       | 2 +-
>  lib/fonts/font_acorn_8x8.c | 2 +-
>  lib/fonts/font_mini_4x6.c  | 2 +-
>  lib/fonts/font_pearl_8x8.c | 2 +-
>  lib/fonts/font_sun12x22.c  | 2 +-
>  lib/fonts/font_sun8x16.c   | 2 +-
>  lib/fonts/font_ter16x32.c  | 2 +-
>  13 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

LGTM.

Thanks for keeping my authorship.  Much appreciated.

-- 
Lee Jones [李琼斯]
Senior Technical Lead - Developer Services
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