On Wed, Aug 03, 2005 at 06:29:25AM -0700, David S. Miller wrote: > From: Eric Dumazet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Tue, 02 Aug 2005 23:45:27 +0200 > > > Please move kmem_cache_t *bind_bucket_cachep; in a better place, not > > just after spinlock_t portalloc_lock; > > [ Eric, I haven't had time to respond to this thread because I'm > in the UK for UKUUG2005 this week, so email access is sporadic] > > Please use __read_mostly attribute to achieve this. > > The linker can otherwise arrange the data section symbols > however it likes, and therefore placing it in some specific > spot in some C file makes no guarentees where it'll end up > in the final image. > > Section attributes, such as __read_mostly, are the only way to > make guarentees about symbol placement.
Umm, that's inside a dynamically allocated structure. __read_mostly doesn't do anything in that case. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
