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authorJan Beulich <jbeulich@novell.com>2007-10-17 20:04:37 +0400
committerThomas Gleixner <tglx@inhelltoy.tec.linutronix.de>2007-10-17 22:16:08 +0400
commit121d7bf5a246d282ba91234d03a4edf9ccc9c940 (patch)
treeea7c5e9da9b3a09e8cc482eab5039986056b841f /arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
parentdf5ddf620e101f6c7f968c71b327ded16a90ca03 (diff)
downloadlinux-121d7bf5a246d282ba91234d03a4edf9ccc9c940.tar.xz
x86: misc. constifications
Miscellaneous x86 stuff that can live in .rodata. [ tglx: arch/x86 adaptation ] Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@novell.com> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c')
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c30
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
index dff1c9e1c2ee..8cb5dbbd9c2e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
@@ -63,11 +63,11 @@ __setup("noreplace-paravirt", setup_noreplace_paravirt);
/* Use inline assembly to define this because the nops are defined
as inline assembly strings in the include files and we cannot
get them easily into strings. */
-asm("\t.data\nintelnops: "
+asm("\t.section .rodata, \"a\"\nintelnops: "
GENERIC_NOP1 GENERIC_NOP2 GENERIC_NOP3 GENERIC_NOP4 GENERIC_NOP5 GENERIC_NOP6
GENERIC_NOP7 GENERIC_NOP8);
-extern unsigned char intelnops[];
-static unsigned char *intel_nops[ASM_NOP_MAX+1] = {
+extern const unsigned char intelnops[];
+static const unsigned char *const intel_nops[ASM_NOP_MAX+1] = {
NULL,
intelnops,
intelnops + 1,
@@ -81,11 +81,11 @@ static unsigned char *intel_nops[ASM_NOP_MAX+1] = {
#endif
#ifdef K8_NOP1
-asm("\t.data\nk8nops: "
+asm("\t.section .rodata, \"a\"\nk8nops: "
K8_NOP1 K8_NOP2 K8_NOP3 K8_NOP4 K8_NOP5 K8_NOP6
K8_NOP7 K8_NOP8);
-extern unsigned char k8nops[];
-static unsigned char *k8_nops[ASM_NOP_MAX+1] = {
+extern const unsigned char k8nops[];
+static const unsigned char *const k8_nops[ASM_NOP_MAX+1] = {
NULL,
k8nops,
k8nops + 1,
@@ -99,11 +99,11 @@ static unsigned char *k8_nops[ASM_NOP_MAX+1] = {
#endif
#ifdef K7_NOP1
-asm("\t.data\nk7nops: "
+asm("\t.section .rodata, \"a\"\nk7nops: "
K7_NOP1 K7_NOP2 K7_NOP3 K7_NOP4 K7_NOP5 K7_NOP6
K7_NOP7 K7_NOP8);
-extern unsigned char k7nops[];
-static unsigned char *k7_nops[ASM_NOP_MAX+1] = {
+extern const unsigned char k7nops[];
+static const unsigned char *const k7_nops[ASM_NOP_MAX+1] = {
NULL,
k7nops,
k7nops + 1,
@@ -119,25 +119,25 @@ static unsigned char *k7_nops[ASM_NOP_MAX+1] = {
#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
extern char __vsyscall_0;
-static inline unsigned char** find_nop_table(void)
+static inline const unsigned char*const * find_nop_table(void)
{
return k8_nops;
}
#else /* CONFIG_X86_64 */
-static struct nop {
+static const struct nop {
int cpuid;
- unsigned char **noptable;
+ const unsigned char *const *noptable;
} noptypes[] = {
{ X86_FEATURE_K8, k8_nops },
{ X86_FEATURE_K7, k7_nops },
{ -1, NULL }
};
-static unsigned char** find_nop_table(void)
+static const unsigned char*const * find_nop_table(void)
{
- unsigned char **noptable = intel_nops;
+ const unsigned char *const *noptable = intel_nops;
int i;
for (i = 0; noptypes[i].cpuid >= 0; i++) {
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ static unsigned char** find_nop_table(void)
/* Use this to add nops to a buffer, then text_poke the whole buffer. */
static void add_nops(void *insns, unsigned int len)
{
- unsigned char **noptable = find_nop_table();
+ const unsigned char *const *noptable = find_nop_table();
while (len > 0) {
unsigned int noplen = len;