From: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
Subject: [PATCH] init.h: Document the existence of __initconst
Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2013 11:58:09 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1379239089-6111-1-git-send-email-geert@linux-m68k.org> (raw)
Initdata can be const since more than 5 years, using the __initconst
keyword.
Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
---
include/linux/init.h | 6 ++----
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/init.h b/include/linux/init.h
index f1c27a7..8e68a64 100644
--- a/include/linux/init.h
+++ b/include/linux/init.h
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@
* extern int initialize_foobar_device(int, int, int) __init;
*
* For initialized data:
- * You should insert __initdata between the variable name and equal
- * sign followed by value, e.g.:
+ * You should insert __initdata or __initconst between the variable name
+ * and equal sign followed by value, e.g.:
*
* static int init_variable __initdata = 0;
* static const char linux_logo[] __initconst = { 0x32, 0x36, ... };
@@ -35,8 +35,6 @@
* Don't forget to initialize data not at file scope, i.e. within a function,
* as gcc otherwise puts the data into the bss section and not into the init
* section.
- *
- * Also note, that this data cannot be "const".
*/
/* These are for everybody (although not all archs will actually
--
1.7.9.5
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