Re: [PATCH 12/17] gpio/samsung: mark const init data with __initconstinstead of __initdata

[Linus Walleij]

2012/3/29 Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:

> 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: Grant Likely <grant.likely@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks,
Linus Walleij
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