linux-kernel - Re: C++ in linux kernel

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Message-Id: <20080208142638.87EB.KOSAKI.MOTOHIRO@jp.fujitsu.com>
Date:	Fri, 08 Feb 2008 14:28:34 +0900
From:	KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>
To:	"rohit h" <hrohit85@...il.com>
Cc:	kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: C++ in linux kernel

Hi

>  I am a kernel newbie.
>  I tried to insmod a C++ module containing classes, inheritance.
>  I am getting 'unresolved symbol' error when I use the 'new' keyword.
>  What could the problem be?

under using gcc, new operator use malloc by default.
but linux doesn't have malloc.

Could you create custom allocater?

>  What kind of runtime support is needed ( arm linux kernel)? Is a
> patch available for it?

may be nothing.

- kosaki


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