The patch titled Subject: init/main.c: make "initcall_level_names[]" const char * has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is make-initcall_level_names-const-char.patch This patch should soon appear at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/make-initcall_level_names-const-char.patch and later at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/make-initcall_level_names-const-char.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/process/submit-checklist.rst when testing your code *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next and is updated there every 3-4 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@xxxxxxxxx> Subject: init/main.c: make "initcall_level_names[]" const char * Initcall names should not be changed. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20181124091829.GD10969@avx2 Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@xxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- --- a/init/main.c~make-initcall_level_names-const-char +++ a/init/main.c @@ -934,7 +934,7 @@ static initcall_entry_t *initcall_levels }; /* Keep these in sync with initcalls in include/linux/init.h */ -static char *initcall_level_names[] __initdata = { +static const char *initcall_level_names[] __initdata = { "pure", "core", "postcore", _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from adobriyan@xxxxxxxxx are proc-update-maintainers-with-proctxt.patch mm-make-migratetype_names-const-char.patch mm-make-migrate_reason_names-const-char.patch mm-make-free_reserved_area-return-const-char.patch make-initcall_level_names-const-char.patch coding-style-dont-use-extern-with-function-prototypes.patch