[PATCH 03/17] ARM: mark const init data with __initconst instead of __initdata
Tony Lindgren
tony at atomide.com
Fri Mar 30 12:11:31 EDT 2012
* Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig at pengutronix.de> [120329 14:16]:
> 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.
Acked-by: Tony Lindgren <tony at atomide.com>
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