The array of string pointers is put in __initconst, and the strings themselves are marke 'const' but the the pointers are not, which caused a warning when built with LTO:
arch/arm/mach-clps711x/board-dt.c:72:20: error: 'clps711x_compat' causes a section type conflict with 'feroceon_ids' static const char *clps711x_compat[] __initconst = { This marks the array itself const as well, which was certainly the intention originally. Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <a...@arndb.de> --- arch/arm/mach-clps711x/board-dt.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-clps711x/board-dt.c b/arch/arm/mach-clps711x/board-dt.c index ee1f83b1a332..4c89a8e9a2e3 100644 --- a/arch/arm/mach-clps711x/board-dt.c +++ b/arch/arm/mach-clps711x/board-dt.c @@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ static void clps711x_restart(enum reboot_mode mode, const char *cmd) soft_restart(0); } -static const char *clps711x_compat[] __initconst = { +static const char *const clps711x_compat[] __initconst = { "cirrus,ep7209", NULL }; -- 2.9.0