As long as there's no write access to this variable there's no reason to
let gcc check it at runtime.

[ tglx: arch/x86 adaptation ]
Signed-off-by: NAdrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
Signed-off-by: NAndi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: NIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: NThomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>