Re: [PATCH 1/3] ARM: OMAP2+: make of_device_ids const

["Uwe Kleine-König" <u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de>]

Hello Tony,

On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 12:14:50PM -0700, Tony Lindgren wrote:
> * Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de> [140911 12:02]:
> > On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 10:39:43AM -0700, Tony Lindgren wrote:
> > > * Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de> [140910 01:27]:
> > > > of_device_ids (i.e. compatible strings and the respective data) are not
> > > > supposed to change at runtime. All functions working with of_device_ids
> > > > provided by <linux/of.h> work with const of_device_ids. So mark the
> > > > non-const function parameters and structs for OMAP2+ as const, too.
> > > 
> > > Hmm this does not seem to compile with omap2plus_defconfig because
> > > of section type conflicts. Looks like there's some issue now with the
> > > use of __initconst:
> > > 
> > > arch/arm/mach-omap2/board-generic.c:262:20: error: dra72x_boards_compat causes a section type conflict with omap_dt_match_table
> > > arch/arm/mach-omap2/board-generic.c:30:34: note: ‘omap_dt_match_table’ was declared here
> > > scripts/Makefile.build:257: recipe for target 'arch/arm/mach-omap2/board-generic.o' failed
> > The problem is dra74x_boards_compat though:
> > 
> > 	static const char *dra74x_boards_compat[] __initconst = {
> > 		...
> > 
> > *dra74x_boards_compat is const, but dra74x_boards_compat isn't, so
> > either the variable must go into __initdata or it must be declared as:
> > 
> > 	static const char * const dra74x_boards_compat[] __initconst = {
> > 		...
> 
> Ah OK.
>  
> > (but then I guess you get another warning because struct machine_desc's
> > dt_compat is declared as
> > 
> > 	const char **dt_compat;
> > 
> > .)
> > 
> > With the patch below, arch/arm/mach-omap2/board-generic.c compiles just
> > fine. Don't know yet if the additional const in <asm/mach_desc.h> is
> > problematic ...
> 
> Yes OK thanks. It Would be nice to have those as __initconst to discard
> the unused ones.
__initdata is discarded, too, but I already send a patch that adds the
additional consts. On top of this one the patch from this thread is
fine.

Best regards
Uwe

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