1 files changed, 15 insertions, 15 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
index dff1c9e1c2ee..8cb5dbbd9c2e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
@@ -63,11 +63,11 @@ __setup("noreplace-paravirt", setup_noreplace_paravirt);
 /* Use inline assembly to define this because the nops are defined
    as inline assembly strings in the include files and we cannot
    get them easily into strings. */
-asm("\t.data\nintelnops: "
+asm("\t.section .rodata, \"a\"\nintelnops: "
         GENERIC_NOP1 GENERIC_NOP2 GENERIC_NOP3 GENERIC_NOP4 GENERIC_NOP5 GENERIC_NOP6
         GENERIC_NOP7 GENERIC_NOP8);
-extern unsigned char intelnops[];
-static unsigned char *intel_nops[ASM_NOP_MAX+1] = {
+extern const unsigned char intelnops[];
+static const unsigned char *const intel_nops[ASM_NOP_MAX+1] = {
         NULL,
         intelnops,
         intelnops + 1,
@@ -81,11 +81,11 @@ static unsigned char *intel_nops[ASM_NOP_MAX+1] = {
 #endif
 
 #ifdef K8_NOP1
-asm("\t.data\nk8nops: "
+asm("\t.section .rodata, \"a\"\nk8nops: "
         K8_NOP1 K8_NOP2 K8_NOP3 K8_NOP4 K8_NOP5 K8_NOP6
         K8_NOP7 K8_NOP8);
-extern unsigned char k8nops[];
-static unsigned char *k8_nops[ASM_NOP_MAX+1] = {
+extern const unsigned char k8nops[];
+static const unsigned char *const k8_nops[ASM_NOP_MAX+1] = {
         NULL,
         k8nops,
         k8nops + 1,
@@ -99,11 +99,11 @@ static unsigned char *k8_nops[ASM_NOP_MAX+1] = {
 #endif
 
 #ifdef K7_NOP1
-asm("\t.data\nk7nops: "
+asm("\t.section .rodata, \"a\"\nk7nops: "
         K7_NOP1 K7_NOP2 K7_NOP3 K7_NOP4 K7_NOP5 K7_NOP6
         K7_NOP7 K7_NOP8);
-extern unsigned char k7nops[];
-static unsigned char *k7_nops[ASM_NOP_MAX+1] = {
+extern const unsigned char k7nops[];
+static const unsigned char *const k7_nops[ASM_NOP_MAX+1] = {
         NULL,
         k7nops,
         k7nops + 1,
@@ -119,25 +119,25 @@ static unsigned char *k7_nops[ASM_NOP_MAX+1] = {
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
 
 extern char __vsyscall_0;
-static inline unsigned char** find_nop_table(void)
+static inline const unsigned char*const * find_nop_table(void)
 {
         return k8_nops;
 }
 
 #else /* CONFIG_X86_64 */
 
-static struct nop {
+static const struct nop {
         int cpuid;
-        unsigned char **noptable;
+        const unsigned char *const *noptable;
 } noptypes[] = {
         { X86_FEATURE_K8, k8_nops },
         { X86_FEATURE_K7, k7_nops },
         { -1, NULL }
 };
 
-static unsigned char** find_nop_table(void)
+static const unsigned char*const * find_nop_table(void)
 {
-        unsigned char **noptable = intel_nops;
+        const unsigned char *const *noptable = intel_nops;
         int i;
 
         for (i = 0; noptypes[i].cpuid >= 0; i++) {
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ static unsigned char** find_nop_table(void)
 /* Use this to add nops to a buffer, then text_poke the whole buffer. */
 static void add_nops(void *insns, unsigned int len)
 {
-        unsigned char **noptable = find_nop_table();
+        const unsigned char *const *noptable = find_nop_table();
 
         while (len > 0) {
                 unsigned int noplen = len;