netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: mark some potential candidates __read

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Message-ID: <54CA5BB8.1010204@redhat.com>
Date:	Thu, 29 Jan 2015 17:11:36 +0100
From:	Daniel Borkmann <dborkman@...hat.com>
To:	Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@...hat.com>
CC:	davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: mark some potential candidates __read_mostly

On 01/29/2015 04:40 PM, Hannes Frederic Sowa wrote:
...
> Why not const?

Because all these candidates have a list member and are being
registered at respective places during __init/__exit. Similar
structs in other places already have __read_mostly, but these
ones can still be converted to it.

Cheers,
Daniel
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