Re: [RFC PATCH 0/3] Mark literal strings in __init / __exit code

[Joe Perches]

On Tue, 2014-06-24 at 23:06 +0200, Mathias Krause wrote:
> On 24 June 2014 22:57, Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Tue, 2014-06-24 at 22:41 +0200, Mathias Krause wrote:
> >> And all of those strings should be in the .rodata section, now. But
> >> why you're asking?
> > Because now they will be duplicated in .rodata
> > and the __init section no?
> No. A string marked with __init_str() will only life in the
> .init.rodata section. No duplication.

Unless the same string is used in another bit
of code.  Then there's duplication.

> Having duplicated strings in .rodata and .init.rodata is also no
> problem as the latter will be freed.

They increase image size.


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