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* [PATCH] x86: move interrupts[] to .rodata/.init.data
@ 2007-12-13  9:37 Jan Beulich
  2007-12-17 13:33 ` Ingo Molnar
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Jan Beulich @ 2007-12-13  9:37 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: tglx, mingo, hpa; +Cc: linux-kernel

The array is never written, and on 64-bits it's not even being used
past initial boot.

Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@novell.com>

 arch/x86/kernel/entry_32.S  |    2 +-
 arch/x86/kernel/i8259_64.c  |    2 +-
 include/asm-x86/hw_irq_32.h |    2 +-
 3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

--- linux-2.6.24-rc5/arch/x86/kernel/entry_32.S	2007-12-12 11:28:18.000000000 +0100
+++ 2.6.24-rc5-x86-interrupt-section/arch/x86/kernel/entry_32.S	2007-12-04 16:25:04.000000000 +0100
@@ -583,7 +583,7 @@ END(syscall_badsys)
  * Build the entry stubs and pointer table with
  * some assembler magic.
  */
-.data
+.section .rodata,"a"
 ENTRY(interrupt)
 .text
 
--- linux-2.6.24-rc5/arch/x86/kernel/i8259_64.c	2007-12-12 11:28:18.000000000 +0100
+++ 2.6.24-rc5-x86-interrupt-section/arch/x86/kernel/i8259_64.c	2007-12-04 16:25:04.000000000 +0100
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ BUILD_16_IRQS(0xc) BUILD_16_IRQS(0xd) BU
 	IRQ(x,c), IRQ(x,d), IRQ(x,e), IRQ(x,f)
 
 /* for the irq vectors */
-static void (*interrupt[NR_VECTORS - FIRST_EXTERNAL_VECTOR])(void) = {
+static void (*__initdata interrupt[NR_VECTORS - FIRST_EXTERNAL_VECTOR])(void) = {
 					  IRQLIST_16(0x2), IRQLIST_16(0x3),
 	IRQLIST_16(0x4), IRQLIST_16(0x5), IRQLIST_16(0x6), IRQLIST_16(0x7),
 	IRQLIST_16(0x8), IRQLIST_16(0x9), IRQLIST_16(0xa), IRQLIST_16(0xb),
--- linux-2.6.24-rc5/include/asm-x86/hw_irq_32.h	2007-12-12 11:29:30.000000000 +0100
+++ 2.6.24-rc5-x86-interrupt-section/include/asm-x86/hw_irq_32.h	2007-12-04 16:25:04.000000000 +0100
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
  * Interrupt entry/exit code at both C and assembly level
  */
 
-extern void (*interrupt[NR_IRQS])(void);
+extern void (*const interrupt[NR_IRQS])(void);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
 fastcall void reschedule_interrupt(void);




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* Re: [PATCH] x86: move interrupts[] to .rodata/.init.data
  2007-12-13  9:37 [PATCH] x86: move interrupts[] to .rodata/.init.data Jan Beulich
@ 2007-12-17 13:33 ` Ingo Molnar
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Ingo Molnar @ 2007-12-17 13:33 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Jan Beulich; +Cc: tglx, mingo, hpa, linux-kernel


* Jan Beulich <jbeulich@novell.com> wrote:

> The array is never written, and on 64-bits it's not even being used
> past initial boot.

thanks - applied your patch to x86.git, queued up for v2.6.25.

	Ingo

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