[PATCH] small addition to <linux/init.h>

From: pazke@orbita1.ru
Date: Mon May 14 2001 - 07:21:18 EST

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Hi all,

please take a quick look at attached patch (IMHO it can be usefull :)

The code below is a common code pattern in Linux kernel:

static int __init foo(void)
{
        . . .
        printk("%s: blah blah blah\n", bar);
        . . .
}

this is bad because "blah blah blah\n" goes to .rodata section and plagues
the memory. With this small patch it's possibe to rewrite this fragment as:

static int __init foo(void)
{
        . . .
        printk(__init_msg("%s: blah blah blah\n"), bar);
        . . .
}

and thus "blah blah blah\n" goes to .data.init and then to bitbucket.
IMHO it can save some extra memory for us.

Best regadrs.

-- Andrey Panin | Embedded systems software engineer pazke@orbita1.ru | PGP key: http://www.orbita1.ru/~pazke/AndreyPanin.asc

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