On 02.09.2026 09:27, Roger Pau Monné wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 02, 2026 at 09:15:46AM +0200, Jan Beulich wrote:
>> Forever since the introduction of the .priv member it has been wrong to
>> record the section as r/o.
>>
>> .alt_call_sites, otoh, is legitimately r/o, hence
>> __alt_call_sites_{start,end}[] would better reflect that.
>
> Right, we don't however have a .init.rodata section, and hence it gets
> placed in the .init.data section which is r/w. No objection about the
> addition of const, it's the right thing.
>
>> Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <[email protected]>
>
> Acked-by: Roger Pau Monné <[email protected]>
Thanks.
> I think you want:
>
> Fixes: 4008c71d7af2 ("x86/alt: Support for automatic padding calculations")
I was pondering to add this, but then decided against (it's an inconsistency,
not really a bug). Since you ask for it, let me add it then.
Jan
