tree f3e590db15b6f5fac82efbc8b5353d9c382b715d
parent d7fe8065ad891a2ad38b73ff10b97d08f0fb3b0b
author Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> 1429213482 -0700
committer Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> 1429275838 -0400

checkpatch: add a test for const with __read_mostly uses

const objects shouldn't be __read_mostly.  They are read-only.

Marking these objects as __read_mostly causes section conflicts with LTO
linking.

So add a test to try to avoid this issue.

Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Cc: Andy Whitcroft <apw@shadowen.org>
Cc: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>