Re: [TRIVIAL PATCH] /init/version.c

[Denis Vlasenko]

On Wednesday 03 November 2004 18:34, vlobanov wrote:
> It seems to compile just fine. Here are the relevant snippets:
> 
>   UPD     include/asm-i386/asm_offsets.h
>   CC      init/main.o
>   CHK     include/linux/compile.h
>   UPD     include/linux/compile.h
>   CC      init/version.o
>   CC      init/do_mounts.o
> 
> ...and...
> 
>   CC      fs/proc/proc_tty.o
>   CC      fs/proc/proc_misc.o
>   CC      fs/proc/kcore.o
> 
> Why did you believe it would not compile? (Just so I can be extra
> careful about this kind of code in the future.)

I was wrong. It compiles but won't work right:

a.c:
char msg[] = "boo";

b.c:
#include <stdio.h>
extern char *msg;
int main() {
	puts(msg);
	return 0;
}

# gcc b.c a.c
# ./a.out
Segmentation fault

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vda

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