At least some older gcc versions dislike mixing constant and non-const
data in the same section ("... causes a section type confict"). Newer
gcc simply emits the section as writable (which isn't what we want, but
also is not a big problem as it gets discarded post-init anyway).Also get the Knight's Corner definitions in sync. Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <[email protected]> --- arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_knc.c | 4 ++-- arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_p6.c | 2 +- 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) --- 3.7-rc6/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_knc.c +++ 3.7-rc6-x86-perf-initconst/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_knc.c @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ static const u64 knc_perfmon_event_map[] [PERF_COUNT_HW_BRANCH_MISSES] = 0x002b, }; -static __initconst u64 knc_hw_cache_event_ids +static const u64 __initconst knc_hw_cache_event_ids [PERF_COUNT_HW_CACHE_MAX] [PERF_COUNT_HW_CACHE_OP_MAX] [PERF_COUNT_HW_CACHE_RESULT_MAX] = @@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ static struct attribute *intel_knc_forma NULL, }; -static __initconst struct x86_pmu knc_pmu = { +static const struct x86_pmu knc_pmu __initconst = { .name = "knc", .handle_irq = knc_pmu_handle_irq, .disable_all = knc_pmu_disable_all, --- 3.7-rc6/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_p6.c +++ 3.7-rc6-x86-perf-initconst/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_p6.c @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ static const u64 p6_perfmon_event_map[] }; -static __initconst u64 p6_hw_cache_event_ids +static const u64 __initconst p6_hw_cache_event_ids [PERF_COUNT_HW_CACHE_MAX] [PERF_COUNT_HW_CACHE_OP_MAX] [PERF_COUNT_HW_CACHE_RESULT_MAX] = -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

