From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from ipmail01.adl6.internode.on.net ([150.101.137.136]:55505 "EHLO ipmail01.adl6.internode.on.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752770AbdIBWUf (ORCPT ); Sat, 2 Sep 2017 18:20:35 -0400 Date: Sun, 3 Sep 2017 08:20:03 +1000 From: Dave Chinner Subject: Re: [PATCH] Rename progname as it is provided by libc Message-ID: <20170902222003.GD10621@dastard> References: <20170902215451.29265-1-raj.khem@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20170902215451.29265-1-raj.khem@gmail.com> Sender: linux-xfs-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: List-Id: xfs To: Khem Raj Cc: linux-xfs@vger.kernel.org On Sat, Sep 02, 2017 at 02:54:51PM -0700, Khem Raj wrote: > Rename local variable progname to avoid a clash with libc > global symbols What libc is causing this problem? And why is it considered ok for that libc to pollute the global variable namespace with it's own internal variables? Cheers, Dave. -- Dave Chinner david@fromorbit.com