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Message-ID: <20230726163705.3ade6aa6@canb.auug.org.au>
Date:   Wed, 26 Jul 2023 16:37:05 +1000
From:   Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
To:     "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>
Cc:     Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Next Mailing List <linux-next@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: linux-next: build warning after merge of the rcu tree

Hi Paul,

On Tue, 25 Jul 2023 20:48:13 -0700 "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> Does the following incremental diff (to be squashed into the original) help?
> 
> 							Thanx, Paul
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> diff --git a/init/main.c b/init/main.c
> index c946ab87783a..981170da0b1c 100644
> --- a/init/main.c
> +++ b/init/main.c
> @@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(system_state);
>  void (*__initdata late_time_init)(void);
>  
>  /* Untouched command line saved by arch-specific code. */
> -char __initdata boot_command_line[COMMAND_LINE_SIZE];
> +char boot_command_line[COMMAND_LINE_SIZE] __ro_after_init;
>  /* Untouched saved command line (eg. for /proc) */
>  char *saved_command_line __ro_after_init;
>  unsigned int saved_command_line_len __ro_after_init;

I needed the following (only tested x86_64 allmodconfig build):

diff --git a/include/linux/init.h b/include/linux/init.h
index 9a5973324072..e3ce68988e1b 100644
--- a/include/linux/init.h
+++ b/include/linux/init.h
@@ -112,6 +112,9 @@
 #define __REFCONST       .section       ".ref.rodata", "a"
 
 #ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
+
+#include <linux/cache.h>
+
 /*
  * Used for initialization calls..
  */
@@ -143,7 +146,7 @@ struct file_system_type;
 
 /* Defined in init/main.c */
 extern int do_one_initcall(initcall_t fn);
-extern char __initdata boot_command_line[];
+extern char boot_command_line[] __ro_after_init;
 extern char *saved_command_line;
 extern unsigned int saved_command_line_len;
 extern unsigned int reset_devices;
diff --git a/init/main.c b/init/main.c
index c946ab87783a..981170da0b1c 100644
--- a/init/main.c
+++ b/init/main.c
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(system_state);
 void (*__initdata late_time_init)(void);
 
 /* Untouched command line saved by arch-specific code. */
-char __initdata boot_command_line[COMMAND_LINE_SIZE];
+char boot_command_line[COMMAND_LINE_SIZE] __ro_after_init;
 /* Untouched saved command line (eg. for /proc) */
 char *saved_command_line __ro_after_init;
 unsigned int saved_command_line_len __ro_after_init;

-- 
Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell

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