[PATCH 03/17] ARM: mark const init data with __initconst instead of __initdata

[u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de (Uwe Kleine-König)]

Hello Shawn,

On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 02:11:36PM +0800, Shawn Guo wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 11:12:20PM +0200, Uwe Kleine-K?nig wrote:
> ...
> > diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-imx/imx51-dt.c b/arch/arm/mach-imx/imx51-dt.c
> > index 5cca573..7e00748 100644
> > --- a/arch/arm/mach-imx/imx51-dt.c
> > +++ b/arch/arm/mach-imx/imx51-dt.c
> > @@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ static struct sys_timer imx51_timer = {
> >  	.init = imx51_timer_init,
> >  };
> >  
> > -static const char *imx51_dt_board_compat[] __initdata = {
> > +static const char *imx51_dt_board_compat[] __initconst = {
> >  	"fsl,imx51-babbage",
> >  	"fsl,imx51",
> >  	NULL
> 
>   CC      arch/arm/mach-imx/imx51-dt.o
> arch/arm/mach-imx/imx51-dt.c:105:20: error: imx51_dt_board_compat causes a section type conflict
> make[2]: *** [arch/arm/mach-imx/imx51-dt.o] Error 1
> 
> I do not understand why though.
that's because the strings are constant, but the array is not. The fix
is:

-static const char *imx51_dt_board_compat[] __initconst = {
+static const char *const imx51_dt_board_compat[] __initconst = {

or keeping __initdata.

Best regards
Uwe

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