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x86: move a few device initialization objects into .devinit.rodata
authorJan Beulich <jbeulich@novell.com>
Thu, 12 Mar 2009 12:09:57 +0000 (12:09 +0000)
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Thu, 12 Mar 2009 12:12:19 +0000 (13:12 +0100)
commit821508d4ef7920283b960057903505fed609fd16
tree13b6ed4f21454ab5345499a3d0e8f04be4b8ed9ctree | snapshot
parenta98fe7f3425c6b4e90de16f8da63b0429a8fed08commit | diff
x86: move a few device initialization objects into .devinit.rodata

Impact: debuggability and micro-optimization

Putting whatever is possible into the (final) .rodata section increases
the likelihood of catching memory corruption bugs early, and reduces
false cache line sharing.

Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@novell.com>
LKML-Reference: <49B909A5.76E4.0078.0@novell.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
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