RE: Unresolved symbol memset

["Michael Smith" <smithmg@agere.com>]

Taking your advice I removed the header memory.h and switched the
include for string.h to be linux/string.h.  This seemed to fix the
problem.  I thank you all for your input and appreciate the time you all
took

Michael

-----Original Message-----
From: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org
[mailto:linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org] On Behalf Of Tommy Reynolds
Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2001 2:17 PM
To: Michael Smith
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Unresolved symbol memset

More important activities lacking, "Michael Smith" <smithmg@agere.com>
wrote:

> That particular header is included.  As I mentioned, I am using memset
> in other areas of the code, as well as the same file.  If I take this
> one call out of the source, it compiles, links and I am able to
perform
> and insmod correctly.  Below are the headers that are included in the
> file, and the area of the code that is causing the problem.  Let me
say
> that the code, even with this particular call in, compiles and links.
> The problem happens when I go to perform the insmod on it.
> 
> #include <memory.h>
> #include <string.h>
> #include "myownheaders.h"
> 
> 
> void myfunction( void *a, int len )
> {
> ....
> Mymemmove() //used because NdisMoveMemory can not be used
> memset( &a->WORD[NUMWORDS-len], 0, len*4);
> ...
> }

Inside a driver (or module) file, any include reference that doesn't
begin with
either <linux/foo.h> or <asm/foo.h> should always raise a red flag.
There are
user-land header files ("/usr/include") and kernel header files
("/usr/src/linux/include") and never the twain shall meet.

Mixing includes is always a bad idea.

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