From 65321547c8be5b00427ac8de23fd15801b68de1f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Geert Uytterhoeven Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2013 15:10:19 -0800 Subject: [PATCH 1/1] 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 Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- include/linux/init.h | 6 ++---- 1 file 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 @@ * extern int initialize_foobar_device(int, int, int) __init; * * For initialized data: - * You should insert __initdata between the variable name and equal - * sign followed by value, e.g.: + * You should insert __initdata or __initconst between the variable name + * and equal sign followed by value, e.g.: * * static int init_variable __initdata = 0; * static const char linux_logo[] __initconst = { 0x32, 0x36, ... }; @@ -35,8 +35,6 @@ * Don't forget to initialize data not at file scope, i.e. within a function, * as gcc otherwise puts the data into the bss section and not into the init * section. - * - * Also note, that this data cannot be "const". */ /* These are for everybody (although not all archs will actually -- 2.20.1