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Re: [PATCH] add a printk_init variant storing format strings in __initdata

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From: Alan Cox
Subject: Re: [PATCH] add a printk_init variant storing format strings in __initdata
Date: Wednesday, June 4, 2008 - 4:43 am

> > When using printk from __init functions it would be desirable to place

Russell played with this years ago I seem to remember and broke the ARM
gcc in the process. If we have any compilers generating near pointer
references for string constants then suddenely hiding them in another
section is going to be interesting.


Can we have a 'correctpatch' to go with it someday perhaps ;)
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[PATCH] add a printk_init variant storing format strings i ..., Andy Whitcroft, (Tue Jun 3, 2:27 am)
Re: [PATCH] add a printk_init variant storing format strin ..., Johannes Weiner, (Tue Jun 3, 9:41 am)
Re: [linux-pm] [PATCH] add a printk_init variant storing f ..., Johannes Berg, (Tue Jun 3, 10:49 am)
Re: [PATCH] add a printk_init variant storing format strin ..., Andrew Morton, (Wed Jun 4, 1:16 am)
Re: [PATCH] add a printk_init variant storing format strin ..., MinChan Kim, (Wed Jun 4, 1:32 am)
Re: [PATCH] add a printk_init variant storing format strin ..., David Woodhouse, (Wed Jun 4, 1:56 am)
Re: [PATCH] add a printk_init variant storing format strin ..., David Woodhouse, (Wed Jun 4, 1:59 am)
Re: [linux-pm] [PATCH] add a printk_init variant storing f ..., Johannes Berg, (Wed Jun 4, 2:10 am)
Re: [linux-pm] [PATCH] add a printk_init variant storing f ..., David Woodhouse, (Wed Jun 4, 2:17 am)
Re: [linux-pm] [PATCH] add a printk_init variant storing f ..., Johannes Berg, (Wed Jun 4, 3:51 am)
Re: [PATCH] add a printk_init variant storing format strin ..., Alan Cox, (Wed Jun 4, 4:43 am)