[PATCH 03/17] ARM: mark const init data with __initconst instead of __initdata

Shawn Guo shawn.guo at linaro.org
Fri Mar 30 07:25:56 EDT 2012


On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 11:50:24AM +0200, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
> Hello Shawn,
> 
> On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 02:11:36PM +0800, Shawn Guo wrote:
> > On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 11:12:20PM +0200, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
> > ...
> > > diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-imx/imx51-dt.c b/arch/arm/mach-imx/imx51-dt.c
> > > index 5cca573..7e00748 100644
> > > --- a/arch/arm/mach-imx/imx51-dt.c
> > > +++ b/arch/arm/mach-imx/imx51-dt.c
> > > @@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ static struct sys_timer imx51_timer = {
> > >  	.init = imx51_timer_init,
> > >  };
> > >  
> > > -static const char *imx51_dt_board_compat[] __initdata = {
> > > +static const char *imx51_dt_board_compat[] __initconst = {
> > >  	"fsl,imx51-babbage",
> > >  	"fsl,imx51",
> > >  	NULL
> > 
> >   CC      arch/arm/mach-imx/imx51-dt.o
> > arch/arm/mach-imx/imx51-dt.c:105:20: error: imx51_dt_board_compat causes a section type conflict
> > make[2]: *** [arch/arm/mach-imx/imx51-dt.o] Error 1
> > 
> > I do not understand why though.
> that's because the strings are constant, but the array is not.

Ah, yes.  It indeed could be overlooked :)

-- 
Regards,
Shawn



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