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From: Martin Mares <mj@suse.cz>
To: pazke@orbita1.ru
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH][RFC][REPOST] __init_msg(x) and friends macro
Date: Mon, 28 May 2001 17:31:52 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20010528173152.A808@albireo.ucw.cz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20010528155841.A24736@orbita1.ru>
In-Reply-To: <20010528155841.A24736@orbita1.ru>; from pazke@orbita1.ru on Mon, May 28, 2001 at 03:58:41PM +0400

Hi!

> Patch adds __init_msg (and friends) macro that places its argument 
> (string constant) into corresponding .data.init section and returns
> pointer to it. The goal of this patch is to allow constructions like this:
> 
>         static void __init foo(void)
> 	{
> 		printk(__init_msg(KERN_INFO "Some random long message "
> 				  "going to .data.init and then to bit bucket\n"));
> 	}
> 
> I hope this patch can save some memory and will be usefull :))

I think it's better to teach GCC understanding another function attribute
defining the default section of all read-only data defined in the function.

				Have a nice fortnight
-- 
Martin `MJ' Mares <mj@ucw.cz> <mj@suse.cz> http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~mj/
Even nostalgia isn't what it used to be.

      reply	other threads:[~2001-05-28 15:32 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2001-05-28 11:58 pazke
2001-05-28 15:31 ` Martin Mares [this message]

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