Re: [patch 0/4] Series to allow a "const" file_operations struct

> 
> Confused.   Why should this result in an aggregate reduction in vmlinux size?

there shouldn't be. It's just moving these things from the .data section
(where cachelines get dirtied all the time) to .rodata (where they're
not)

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References:
- [patch 0/4] Series to allow a "const" file_operations struct
  - From: Arjan van de Ven <[email protected]>
- Re: [patch 0/4] Series to allow a "const" file_operations struct
  - From: Arjan van de Ven <[email protected]>
- Re: [patch 0/4] Series to allow a "const" file_operations struct
  - From: Eric Dumazet <[email protected]>
- Re: [patch 0/4] Series to allow a "const" file_operations struct
  - From: Andrew Morton <[email protected]>

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