Re: [PATCH 03/17] ARM: mark const init data with __initconstinstead of __initdata

[Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD]

On 23:12 Thu 29 Mar     , Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
> As long as there is no other non-const variable marked __initdata in the
> same compilation unit it doesn't hurt. If there were one however
> compilation would fail with
> 
> 	error: $variablename causes a section type conflict
> 
> because a section containing const variables is marked read only and so
> cannot contain non-const variables.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Andrew Victor <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Jean-Christophe Plagniol-Villard <plagnioj@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Russell King <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Sekhar Nori <nsekhar@xxxxxx>
> Cc: Kevin Hilman <khilman@xxxxxx>
> Cc: Kukjin Kim <kgene.kim@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Sascha Hauer <kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Shawn Guo <shawn.guo@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Lennert Buytenhek <kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Nicolas Pitre <nico@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Eric Miao <eric.y.miao@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Haojian Zhuang <haojian.zhuang@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: David Brown <davidb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Daniel Walker <dwalker@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Bryan Huntsman <bryanh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Tony Lindgren <tony@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Barry Song <baohua.song@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Andrew Lunn <andrew@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Lucas De Marchi <lucas.demarchi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: linux-arm-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: davinci-linux-open-source@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: linux-samsung-soc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: linux-arm-msm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: linux-omap@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> ---
>  arch/arm/mach-at91/board-dt.c                 |    2 +-
>  arch/arm/mach-at91/clock.c                    |    2 +-
for at91
Acked-by: Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD <plagnioj@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Best Regards,
J.
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