Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 3 Nov 2004 13:19:41 -0800 (PST) | From | vlobanov <> | Subject | Re: [TRIVIAL PATCH] /init/version.c |
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Gotcha. Thanks.
I'll redo it correctly a bit later, with const char msg[]; and extern char msg[]; instead of const char * msg; and extern char * msg;
-Vadim Lobanov
On Wed, 3 Nov 2004, Denis Vlasenko wrote:
> On Wednesday 03 November 2004 18:34, vlobanov wrote: > > It seems to compile just fine. Here are the relevant snippets: > > > > UPD include/asm-i386/asm_offsets.h > > CC init/main.o > > CHK include/linux/compile.h > > UPD include/linux/compile.h > > CC init/version.o > > CC init/do_mounts.o > > > > ...and... > > > > CC fs/proc/proc_tty.o > > CC fs/proc/proc_misc.o > > CC fs/proc/kcore.o > > > > Why did you believe it would not compile? (Just so I can be extra > > careful about this kind of code in the future.) > > I was wrong. It compiles but won't work right: > > a.c: > char msg[] = "boo"; > > b.c: > #include <stdio.h> > extern char *msg; > int main() { > puts(msg); > return 0; > } > > # gcc b.c a.c > # ./a.out > Segmentation fault > > -- > vda > > - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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