Re: [PATCH] tst_libext2fs: Avoid multiple definition of global variables

[Lukas Czerner <lczerner@redhat.com>]

On Thu, Feb 06, 2020 at 11:52:17AM -0600, Eric Sandeen wrote:
> On 1/30/20 7:21 AM, Lukas Czerner wrote:
> > gcc version 10 changed the default from -fcommon to -fno-common and as a
> > result e2fsprogs unit tests fail because tst_libext2fs.c end up with a
> > build error.
> > 
> > This is because it defines two global variables debug_prog_name and
> > extra_cmds that are already defined in debugfs/debugfs.c. With -fcommon
> > linker was able to resolve those into the same object, however with
> > -fno-common it's no longer able to do it and we end up with
> > multiple definition errors.
> > 
> > Fix the problem by creating an extern declaration of said variables in
> > debugfs.h and just setting them in tst_libext2fs.c without additional
> > declaration.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Lukas Czerner <lczerner@redhat.com>
> 
> This looks fine to me.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@redhat.com>
> 
> Is there any need to fix the one in lib/ext2fs/extent.c ?  It's only there
> under #ifdef DEBUG though.

Yeah, but if we ever want to use DEBUG macro it would fail with
-fno-common. Uff, I guess I have to fix this one as well.

Thanks Eric,
-Lukas

> 
> Thanks,
> -Eric
>