From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from sc8-sf-mx2-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.12] helo=sc8-sf-mx2.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1D9nsr-00021Q-FU for user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Fri, 11 Mar 2005 09:25:09 -0800 Received: from smtp005.mail.ukl.yahoo.com ([217.12.11.36]) by sc8-sf-mx2.sourceforge.net with smtp (Exim 4.41) id 1D9nsm-0002Da-M8 for user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Fri, 11 Mar 2005 09:25:09 -0800 From: Blaisorblade Subject: Re: [uml-devel] Re: [PATCH 4/9] UML - Export gcov symbol based on gcc version References: <200503100216.j2A2G2DN015232@ccure.user-mode-linux.org> <20050310225340.GD3205@stusta.de> In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200503111800.56423.blaisorblade@yahoo.it> Sender: user-mode-linux-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: user-mode-linux-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Unsubscribe: , List-Id: The user-mode Linux development list List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 18:00:56 +0100 To: user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Cc: Linus Torvalds , Adrian Bunk , Jeff Dike , akpm@osdl.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Friday 11 March 2005 00:21, Linus Torvalds wrote: > On Thu, 10 Mar 2005, Adrian Bunk wrote: > > This patch is still wrong. > > Can't we just fix it by havign an alias for both names? No, because the patch is wrong. It should export both symbols in the second case. > It seems stupid to > jump through hoops and worry about compiler versions, when afaik we could > just do something like > > extern xxxx(...) __attribute__((alias("yyyy"))); > > instead. Exact details left to the reader who knows more about all the > magic gcc/linker things.. > > Linus -- Paolo Giarrusso, aka Blaisorblade Linux registered user n. 292729 http://www.user-mode-linux.org/~blaisorblade ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click _______________________________________________ User-mode-linux-devel mailing list User-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/user-mode-linux-devel