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

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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0709280015260.7567@jikos.suse.cz>
Date:	Fri, 28 Sep 2007 00:17:16 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
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, Andrew Morton wrote:

> > +extern void arch_randomize_brk(void);
> >  #include "../../../fs/binfmt_elf.c" 
> Is this sinful extern-decl-in-C acually needed?

Some time passed since I have written the patch, but I remember that this 
was needed, otherwise under some circumstances the build failed, but I 
don't remember details ... I will try to look at it more in a while.

But it definitely was needed to work with that horrible 
include-huge-c-file-from-another-one.

Thanks,

-- 
Jiri Kosina
SUSE Labs
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