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author | Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org> | 2013-11-12 18:10:19 -0500 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2013-11-12 22:09:26 -0500 |
commit | 65321547c8be5b00427ac8de23fd15801b68de1f (patch) | |
tree | ef6c7e1491d6ab5fde602496915128fb3b2fa057 /include/linux/init.h | |
parent | 67347fe4e6326338ee217d7eb826bedf30b2e155 (diff) |
init.h: document the existence of __initconst
Initdata can be const since more than 5 years, using the __initconst
keyword.
Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/init.h')
-rw-r--r-- | include/linux/init.h | 6 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/init.h b/include/linux/init.h index f1c27a71d03c..8e68a64bfe00 100644 --- a/include/linux/init.h +++ b/include/linux/init.h | |||
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ | |||
26 | * extern int initialize_foobar_device(int, int, int) __init; | 26 | * extern int initialize_foobar_device(int, int, int) __init; |
27 | * | 27 | * |
28 | * For initialized data: | 28 | * For initialized data: |
29 | * You should insert __initdata between the variable name and equal | 29 | * You should insert __initdata or __initconst between the variable name |
30 | * sign followed by value, e.g.: | 30 | * and equal sign followed by value, e.g.: |
31 | * | 31 | * |
32 | * static int init_variable __initdata = 0; | 32 | * static int init_variable __initdata = 0; |
33 | * static const char linux_logo[] __initconst = { 0x32, 0x36, ... }; | 33 | * static const char linux_logo[] __initconst = { 0x32, 0x36, ... }; |
@@ -35,8 +35,6 @@ | |||
35 | * Don't forget to initialize data not at file scope, i.e. within a function, | 35 | * Don't forget to initialize data not at file scope, i.e. within a function, |
36 | * as gcc otherwise puts the data into the bss section and not into the init | 36 | * as gcc otherwise puts the data into the bss section and not into the init |
37 | * section. | 37 | * section. |
38 | * | ||
39 | * Also note, that this data cannot be "const". | ||
40 | */ | 38 | */ |
41 | 39 | ||
42 | /* These are for everybody (although not all archs will actually | 40 | /* These are for everybody (although not all archs will actually |