On 02/10/2015 00:48, Linus Torvalds wrote: > It's quite likely that you will find that compilers put read-only > constants in the text section, knowing that executable means readable. Not on x86 (because it has large immediates; RISC machines and s390 do put large constants in the text section). But at the very least jump tables reside in the .text seection. Paolo -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx";> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>