Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] Fonts: Replace discarded const qualifier

[Lee Jones]

On Mon, 02 Nov 2020, Peilin Ye wrote:

> From: Lee Jones <lee.jones@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Commit 6735b4632def ("Fonts: Support FONT_EXTRA_WORDS macros for built-in
> fonts") introduced the following error when building rpc_defconfig (only
> this build appears to be affected):
> 
>  `acorndata_8x8' referenced in section `.text' of arch/arm/boot/compressed/ll_char_wr.o:
>     defined in discarded section `.data' of arch/arm/boot/compressed/font.o
>  `acorndata_8x8' referenced in section `.data.rel.ro' of arch/arm/boot/compressed/font.o:
>     defined in discarded section `.data' of arch/arm/boot/compressed/font.o
>  make[3]: *** [/scratch/linux/arch/arm/boot/compressed/Makefile:191: arch/arm/boot/compressed/vmlinux] Error 1
>  make[2]: *** [/scratch/linux/arch/arm/boot/Makefile:61: arch/arm/boot/compressed/vmlinux] Error 2
>  make[1]: *** [/scratch/linux/arch/arm/Makefile:317: zImage] Error 2
> 
> The .data section is discarded at link time.  Reinstating acorndata_8x8 as
> const ensures it is still available after linking.  Do the same for the
> other 12 built-in fonts as well, for consistency purposes.
> 
> Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Russell King <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Fixes: 6735b4632def ("Fonts: Support FONT_EXTRA_WORDS macros for built-in fonts")
> Signed-off-by: Lee Jones <lee.jones@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Co-developed-by: Peilin Ye <yepeilin.cs@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Peilin Ye <yepeilin.cs@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Changes in v2:
>   - Fix commit ID to 6735b4632def in commit message (Russell King
>     <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>)
>   - Add `const` back for all 13 built-in fonts (Daniel Vetter
>     <daniel.vetter@xxxxxxxx>)
>   - Add a Fixes: tag
> 
>  lib/fonts/font_10x18.c     | 2 +-
>  lib/fonts/font_6x10.c      | 2 +-
>  lib/fonts/font_6x11.c      | 2 +-
>  lib/fonts/font_6x8.c       | 2 +-
>  lib/fonts/font_7x14.c      | 2 +-
>  lib/fonts/font_8x16.c      | 2 +-
>  lib/fonts/font_8x8.c       | 2 +-
>  lib/fonts/font_acorn_8x8.c | 2 +-
>  lib/fonts/font_mini_4x6.c  | 2 +-
>  lib/fonts/font_pearl_8x8.c | 2 +-
>  lib/fonts/font_sun12x22.c  | 2 +-
>  lib/fonts/font_sun8x16.c   | 2 +-
>  lib/fonts/font_ter16x32.c  | 2 +-
>  13 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

LGTM.

Thanks for keeping my authorship.  Much appreciated.

-- 
Lee Jones [李琼斯]
Senior Technical Lead - Developer Services
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