Kallsyms data is never written to, so it can as well benefit from
CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA.
Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
--- linux-2.6.19/kernel/kallsyms.c 2006-11-29 22:57:37.000000000 +0100
+++ 2.6.19-kallsyms-rodata/kernel/kallsyms.c 2006-12-04 15:20:16.000000000
+0100
@@ -30,14 +30,14 @@
#endif
/* These will be re-linked against their real values during the second link
stage */
-extern unsigned long kallsyms_addresses[] __attribute__((weak));
-extern unsigned long kallsyms_num_syms __attribute__((weak,section("data")));
-extern u8 kallsyms_names[] __attribute__((weak));
+extern const unsigned long kallsyms_addresses[] __attribute__((weak));
+extern const unsigned long kallsyms_num_syms __attribute__((weak));
+extern const u8 kallsyms_names[] __attribute__((weak));
-extern u8 kallsyms_token_table[] __attribute__((weak));
-extern u16 kallsyms_token_index[] __attribute__((weak));
+extern const u8 kallsyms_token_table[] __attribute__((weak));
+extern const u16 kallsyms_token_index[] __attribute__((weak));
-extern unsigned long kallsyms_markers[] __attribute__((weak));
+extern const unsigned long kallsyms_markers[] __attribute__((weak));
static inline int is_kernel_inittext(unsigned long addr)
{
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ static int is_ksym_addr(unsigned long ad
static unsigned int kallsyms_expand_symbol(unsigned int off, char *result)
{
int len, skipped_first = 0;
- u8 *tptr, *data;
+ const u8 *tptr, *data;
/* get the compressed symbol length from the first symbol byte */
data = &kallsyms_names[off];
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ static char kallsyms_get_symbol_type(uns
* kallsyms array */
static unsigned int get_symbol_offset(unsigned long pos)
{
- u8 *name;
+ const u8 *name;
int i;
/* use the closest marker we have. We have markers every 256 positions,
--- linux-2.6.19/scripts/kallsyms.c 2006-11-29 22:57:37.000000000 +0100
+++ 2.6.19-kallsyms-rodata/scripts/kallsyms.c 2006-12-04 15:25:57.000000000
+0100
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ static void write_src(void)
printf("#define ALGN .align 4\n");
printf("#endif\n");
- printf(".data\n");
+ printf("\t.section .rodata, \"a\"\n");
output_label("kallsyms_addresses");
for (i = 0; i < table_cnt; i++) {
-
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