Commit 65321547 authored by Geert Uytterhoeven's avatar Geert Uytterhoeven Committed by Linus Torvalds

init.h: document the existence of __initconst

Initdata can be const since more than 5 years, using the __initconst
keyword.
Signed-off-by: default avatarGeert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
Signed-off-by: default avatarAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: default avatarLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
parent 67347fe4
...@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ ...@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@
* extern int initialize_foobar_device(int, int, int) __init; * extern int initialize_foobar_device(int, int, int) __init;
* *
* For initialized data: * For initialized data:
* You should insert __initdata between the variable name and equal * You should insert __initdata or __initconst between the variable name
* sign followed by value, e.g.: * and equal sign followed by value, e.g.:
* *
* static int init_variable __initdata = 0; * static int init_variable __initdata = 0;
* static const char linux_logo[] __initconst = { 0x32, 0x36, ... }; * static const char linux_logo[] __initconst = { 0x32, 0x36, ... };
...@@ -35,8 +35,6 @@ ...@@ -35,8 +35,6 @@
* Don't forget to initialize data not at file scope, i.e. within a function, * 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 * as gcc otherwise puts the data into the bss section and not into the init
* section. * section.
*
* Also note, that this data cannot be "const".
*/ */
/* These are for everybody (although not all archs will actually /* These are for everybody (although not all archs will actually
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