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* [PATCH] init.h: Document the existence of __initconst
@ 2013-09-15  9:58 Geert Uytterhoeven
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From: Geert Uytterhoeven @ 2013-09-15  9:58 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Andrew Morton; +Cc: linux-kernel, Geert Uytterhoeven

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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