Re: [patch] Space.c and -fwritable-strings

From: Andrew Morton (andrewm@uow.edu.au)
Date: Tue Apr 04 2000 - 19:30:05 EST

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Tim Waugh wrote:
>
> Here is a patch to compile Space.c with -fwritable-strings, so that
> identical strings that will get overwritten don't all get put in the same
> memory location.

Tim,

-fwritable-strings causes Space.c to comsume an extra 2.5k of kernel
memory. When we discussed this last week it was suggested that this:

    static char lt2[] = "lt2" __PAD3;
    static struct net_device cops2_dev = { lt2, 0, 0,
        0, 0, 0x0, 0, 0, 0, 0, NEXT_DEV, cops_probe };

Was the way to go. Was there a problem with this approach?

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