[PATCH 4/4] ARM: remove duplicate const qualifier
Eric Engestrom
eric.engestrom at imgtec.com
Mon Apr 25 07:37:31 PDT 2016
On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 10:12:16AM -0400, Nicolas Pitre wrote:
> Beware.
>
> I added many of those exactly because gcc did not ignore them when
> compiling with LTO where the lack of a const qualifier to qualify the
> actual array content, and not only the reference to that content,
> generated build errors due to section mismatches from the __initconst
> annotation.
I believe the first `const` does that, without the need for a second.
> So this is a NAK from me unless you may confirm that LTO builds are
> unaffected by your changes.
I can't confirm it (haven't tried), and don't care enough to do it :]
I guess I'm just dropping the patch then. Like I said, it can't hurt to
leave them in.
Cheers,
Eric
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