Re: [PATCH][RFC][REPOST] __init_msg(x) and friends macro

[Martin Mares]

Hi!

> Patch adds __init_msg (and friends) macro that places its argument 
> (string constant) into corresponding .data.init section and returns
> pointer to it. The goal of this patch is to allow constructions like this:
> 
>         static void __init foo(void)
> 	{
> 		printk(__init_msg(KERN_INFO "Some random long message "
> 				  "going to .data.init and then to bit bucket\n"));
> 	}
> 
> I hope this patch can save some memory and will be usefull :))

I think it's better to teach GCC understanding another function attribute
defining the default section of all read-only data defined in the function.

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