Re: const __init

[Jamie Lokier <lk@tantalophile.demon.co.uk>]

Richard Henderson wrote:
> No, the problem is not with which section, but what flags that
> section should have.  If you put only "const" data in a section,
> then the section should have SHF_WRITE clear.  Conversely, if
> you put writable data in a section then SHF_WRITE should be set.
> 
> Now, one could argue that gcc should scan the entire file to
> see if there are any non-constant data members added to a 
> particular section, and set SHF_WRITE if any such exist.
> 
> My answer is: you would not like gcc's memory usage under these
> conditions.

No, I'd argue that gcc should offer a `section_flags' attribute to be
used along with the `section' attribute.  Then we change the definition
of __init.

-- Jamie.