linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.23-rc8-mm1 -- powerpc link failure

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Date:	Thu, 27 Sep 2007 15:13:17 -0700
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>
Cc:	apw@...dowen.org, vagabon.xyz@...il.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kamalesh@...ux.vnet.ibm.com
Subject: Re: 2.6.23-rc8-mm1 -- powerpc link failure

On Thu, 27 Sep 2007 14:13:21 +0200 (CEST)
Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz> wrote:

> i386 and x86_64: randomize brk()
> 
> ...
>
> --- a/arch/x86_64/ia32/ia32_binfmt.c
> +++ b/arch/x86_64/ia32/ia32_binfmt.c
> @@ -262,6 +262,7 @@ static void elf32_init(struct pt_regs *);
>  #define ARCH_HAS_SETUP_ADDITIONAL_PAGES 1
>  #define arch_setup_additional_pages syscall32_setup_pages
>  extern int syscall32_setup_pages(struct linux_binprm *, int exstack);
> +extern void arch_randomize_brk(void);
>  
>  #include "../../../fs/binfmt_elf.c" 

Is this sinful extern-decl-in-C acually needed?
 
> index b4fbe47..5a1adf9 100644
> --- a/include/asm-x86_64/elf.h
> +++ b/include/asm-x86_64/elf.h
> @@ -177,4 +177,6 @@ do if (vdso_enabled) {						\
>  
>  #endif
>  
> +extern void arch_randomize_brk(void);
> +
>  #endif

Because we already have a declaration in the correct place?
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