Re: [2.6 patch] kill IN_STRING_C

[Adrian Bunk]

On Mon, Nov 08, 2004 at 05:57:12PM -0500, linux-os wrote:
>...
> 	call	strcpy
>...
> strcpy:
> 	subl	$8, %esp
>...
> It clearly invents strcpy, having never been referenced in the
> source.

The asm code you sent does _not_ call a global strcpy function.
It calls an asm procedure named "strcpy" it ships itself.

BTW: You are the second person in this thread I have to explain this to...

> Cheers,
> Dick Johnson

cu
Adrian

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