Re: Why exported const value modified by another driver not updated in original driver

2012-09-05 Thread Manavendra Nath Manav
On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 5:55 PM, Dan Carpenter wrote: > On Tue, Sep 04, 2012 at 03:58:20PM +0530, Manavendra Nath Manav wrote: >> Is the above a genuine kernel bug, or i am missing something out here. Pls >> help. >> > > When you declare something as const then the c

Re: Why exported const value modified by another driver not updated in original driver

2012-09-05 Thread Manavendra Nath Manav
On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 5:55 PM, Dan Carpenter dan.carpen...@oracle.com wrote: On Tue, Sep 04, 2012 at 03:58:20PM +0530, Manavendra Nath Manav wrote: Is the above a genuine kernel bug, or i am missing something out here. Pls help. When you declare something as const then the compiler assumes

Re: Why exported const value modified by another driver not updated in original driver

2012-09-04 Thread Manavendra Nath Manav
On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 4:09 PM, Julian Andres Klode wrote: > On Tue, Sep 04, 2012 at 03:58:20PM +0530, Manavendra Nath Manav wrote: >> On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 3:00 PM, Manavendra Nath Manav >> wrote: >> > Hi, >> > >> > I have declared a static con

Re: Why exported const value modified by another driver not updated in original driver

2012-09-04 Thread Manavendra Nath Manav
On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 3:00 PM, Manavendra Nath Manav wrote: > Hi, > > I have declared a static const int variable in one driver and exported > that variable symbol. In another driver i am modifying that variable. > The other driver prints the modified value but the original d

Why exported const value modified by another driver not updated in original driver

2012-09-04 Thread Manavendra Nath Manav
"987" during rmmod and the original value "123" is lost. What is the difference between this and previous declaration? Please forgive if you find this question silly? -- Manavendra Nath Manav -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

Why exported const value modified by another driver not updated in original driver

2012-09-04 Thread Manavendra Nath Manav
declaration? Please forgive if you find this question silly? -- Manavendra Nath Manav -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe linux-kernel in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ

Re: Why exported const value modified by another driver not updated in original driver

2012-09-04 Thread Manavendra Nath Manav
On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 3:00 PM, Manavendra Nath Manav mnm.ker...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I have declared a static const int variable in one driver and exported that variable symbol. In another driver i am modifying that variable. The other driver prints the modified value but the original driver

Re: Why exported const value modified by another driver not updated in original driver

2012-09-04 Thread Manavendra Nath Manav
On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 4:09 PM, Julian Andres Klode j...@jak-linux.org wrote: On Tue, Sep 04, 2012 at 03:58:20PM +0530, Manavendra Nath Manav wrote: On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 3:00 PM, Manavendra Nath Manav mnm.ker...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I have declared a static const int variable in one