From e5880bef39fd0593bfa51a01b12485f87de4251a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Corinna Vinschen Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2023 10:51:39 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Cygwin: wincap.h: clarify NO_COPY_RO usage ...and drop one unnecessary usage of NO_COPY_RO. Signed-off-by: Corinna Vinschen --- winsup/cygwin/forkable.cc | 2 +- winsup/cygwin/local_includes/winsup.h | 6 ++++++ 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/forkable.cc b/winsup/cygwin/forkable.cc index 350a95c3e..fbc30ae30 100644 --- a/winsup/cygwin/forkable.cc +++ b/winsup/cygwin/forkable.cc @@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ struct namepart { bool create_dir; }; /* mutex name is formed along dir names */ -static namepart NO_COPY_RO const +static namepart const forkable_nameparts[] = { /* text textfunc mutex_from_dir create */ { L"", rootname, false, false, }, diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/local_includes/winsup.h b/winsup/cygwin/local_includes/winsup.h index c54440fa8..c9788de8f 100644 --- a/winsup/cygwin/local_includes/winsup.h +++ b/winsup/cygwin/local_includes/winsup.h @@ -10,6 +10,12 @@ details. */ #define __INSIDE_CYGWIN__ +/* Use "static NO_COPY_RO" instead of "static const", if the datastructure + should be R/O, but without the "const" qualifier. Typically this is only + required if the static datastructure is "const" in reality, but the Windows + function is defined with a R/W type as argument. Unfortunately this is + often the case. However, make sure to try "const" first, and use + "NO_COPY_RO" as seldom as possible. */ #define NO_COPY_RO __attribute__((nocommon)) __attribute__((section(".rdata_cygwin_nocopy"))) #define NO_COPY __attribute__((nocommon)) __attribute__((section(".data_cygwin_nocopy"))) #define NO_COPY_INIT __attribute__((section(".data_cygwin_nocopy"))) -- 2.43.5