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authorGeert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>2013-11-12 18:10:19 -0500
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2013-11-12 22:09:26 -0500
commit65321547c8be5b00427ac8de23fd15801b68de1f (patch)
treeef6c7e1491d6ab5fde602496915128fb3b2fa057 /include/linux/init.h
parent67347fe4e6326338ee217d7eb826bedf30b2e155 (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.h6
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