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From: "Jan Beulich" <JBeulich@suse.com>
To: Feng Wu <feng.wu@intel.com>
Cc: "ian.campbell@citrix.com" <ian.campbell@citrix.com>,
	"andrew.cooper3@citrix.com" <andrew.cooper3@citrix.com>,
	"tim@xen.org" <tim@xen.org>,
	"xen-devel@lists.xen.org" <xen-devel@lists.xen.org>,
	"keir.xen@gmail.com" <keir.xen@gmail.com>,
	"stefano.stabellini@citrix.com" <stefano.stabellini@citrix.com>,
	"boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com" <boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 4/5] x86: Port the basic alternative mechanism from Linux to Xen
Date: Tue, 03 Jun 2014 12:59:44 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <538DD4D00200007800017539@mail.emea.novell.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E959C4978C3B6342920538CF579893F001FE4C35@SHSMSX104.ccr.corp.intel.com>

>>> On 03.06.14 at 13:42, <feng.wu@intel.com> wrote:
> I am a little curious, from xen.lds.S, we can see both *(.init.data) and 
> *(.init.rodata) go into section .init.data.
> So even we use __initconst and "const" modifier, the data is still not 
> constant, right?

The use of the "const" modifier makes it so the compiler guarantees
const-ness. But yes, this isn't being enforced at the processor level.

The same compiler issue as observed here prevents the use of
__initdata for "const" objects: Some older gcc versions produce
"section type conflict" warnings/errors if you try to put both const
and non-const data into the same section.

Jan

  reply	other threads:[~2014-06-03 11:59 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-05-30  8:56 [PATCH v3 0/5] x86: Use alternative mechanism to define CLAC/STAC Feng Wu
2014-05-30  8:56 ` [PATCH v3 1/5] Use __stringify() as the only method for performing preprocessor stringificaion Feng Wu
2014-05-30 11:35   ` Jan Beulich
2014-06-03  0:42     ` Wu, Feng
2014-06-03 12:37       ` Wu, Feng
2014-06-03 13:05         ` Jan Beulich
2014-06-03 13:13           ` Wu, Feng
2014-05-30  8:56 ` [PATCH v3 2/5] x86: Add definitions for NOP operation Feng Wu
2014-05-30  8:56 ` [PATCH v3 3/5] x86: Make set_nmi_callback return the old nmi callback Feng Wu
2014-05-30  8:56 ` [PATCH v3 4/5] x86: Port the basic alternative mechanism from Linux to Xen Feng Wu
2014-06-03 10:00   ` Jan Beulich
2014-06-03 10:13     ` Wu, Feng
2014-06-03 10:25       ` Jan Beulich
2014-06-03 10:35         ` Wu, Feng
2014-06-03 10:51           ` Jan Beulich
2014-06-03 11:42             ` Wu, Feng
2014-06-03 11:59               ` Jan Beulich [this message]
2014-06-03 13:05     ` Wu, Feng
2014-06-03 13:10       ` Jan Beulich
2014-06-03 13:27         ` Wu, Feng
2014-05-30  8:56 ` [PATCH v3 5/5] x86: Use alternative mechanism to define CLAC/STAC Feng Wu

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