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authorGeert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>2013-11-13 03:10:19 +0400
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2013-11-13 07:09:26 +0400
commit65321547c8be5b00427ac8de23fd15801b68de1f (patch)
treeef6c7e1491d6ab5fde602496915128fb3b2fa057 /include
parent67347fe4e6326338ee217d7eb826bedf30b2e155 (diff)
downloadlinux-65321547c8be5b00427ac8de23fd15801b68de1f.tar.xz
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 <geert@linux-m68k.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'include')
-rw-r--r--include/linux/init.h6
1 files 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