x86: move various CPU initialization objects into .cpuinit.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: <49B90961.76E4.0078.0@novell.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cyrix.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cyrix.c
index ffd0f5e..593171e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cyrix.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cyrix.c
@@ -61,23 +61,23 @@
*/
static unsigned char Cx86_dir0_msb __cpuinitdata = 0;
-static char Cx86_model[][9] __cpuinitdata = {
+static const char __cpuinitconst Cx86_model[][9] = {
"Cx486", "Cx486", "5x86 ", "6x86", "MediaGX ", "6x86MX ",
"M II ", "Unknown"
};
-static char Cx486_name[][5] __cpuinitdata = {
+static const char __cpuinitconst Cx486_name[][5] = {
"SLC", "DLC", "SLC2", "DLC2", "SRx", "DRx",
"SRx2", "DRx2"
};
-static char Cx486S_name[][4] __cpuinitdata = {
+static const char __cpuinitconst Cx486S_name[][4] = {
"S", "S2", "Se", "S2e"
};
-static char Cx486D_name[][4] __cpuinitdata = {
+static const char __cpuinitconst Cx486D_name[][4] = {
"DX", "DX2", "?", "?", "?", "DX4"
};
static char Cx86_cb[] __cpuinitdata = "?.5x Core/Bus Clock";
-static char cyrix_model_mult1[] __cpuinitdata = "12??43";
-static char cyrix_model_mult2[] __cpuinitdata = "12233445";
+static const char __cpuinitconst cyrix_model_mult1[] = "12??43";
+static const char __cpuinitconst cyrix_model_mult2[] = "12233445";
/*
* Reset the slow-loop (SLOP) bit on the 686(L) which is set by some old
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@
}
}
-static struct cpu_dev cyrix_cpu_dev __cpuinitdata = {
+static const struct cpu_dev __cpuinitconst cyrix_cpu_dev = {
.c_vendor = "Cyrix",
.c_ident = { "CyrixInstead" },
.c_early_init = early_init_cyrix,
@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@
cpu_dev_register(cyrix_cpu_dev);
-static struct cpu_dev nsc_cpu_dev __cpuinitdata = {
+static const struct cpu_dev __cpuinitconst nsc_cpu_dev = {
.c_vendor = "NSC",
.c_ident = { "Geode by NSC" },
.c_init = init_nsc,