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    DateMon, 17 Dec 2007 13:40:23 +0100
    FromAdrian Bunk <>
    SubjectRe: RFC: remove __read_mostly
    On Mon, Dec 17, 2007 at 01:15:56PM +0100, Andi Kleen wrote:
    > > So...  once we've moved all read-mostly variables into __read_mostly, what
    > > is left behind in bss?
    > 
    > I had already covered that in the next paragraph which you conveniently
    > snipped :)
    > 
    > Anyways I suspect the right solution for that would be more classes
    > of variables for even better grouping.
    >...
    
    Is there any way to tell gcc that it's still allowed to omit the 
    variable when it's able to prove it's read-only?
    
    My basic fear with all the __read_mostly, immediate values,... stuff is 
    that it might interfere with gcc optimizations.
    
    > -Andi
    
    cu
    Adrian
    
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