Re: [PATCH 1/1] unifdef.c change "getline" to "get_line" to avoid C library confusion.

[Justin Mattock <justinmattock@gmail.com>]

On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 10:04 PM, Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 04, 2009 at 09:41:09PM -0800, Justin Mattock wrote:
>> From: Justin P. Mattock <justinmattock@gmail.com>
>>
>> This fixes an error when compiling the kernel.
>>
>>   CHK     include/linux/version.h
>>   HOSTCC  scripts/unifdef
>> scripts/unifdef.c:209: error: conflicting types for 'getline'
>> /usr/include/stdio.h:651: note: previous declaration of 'getline' was here
>> make[1]: *** [scripts/unifdef] Error 1
>> make: *** [__headers] Error 2
>>
>> --
>> scripts/unifdef.c  |  3 +++
>> 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+),0 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/scripts/unifdef.c b/scripts/unifdef.c
>> ---a/scripts/unifdef.c
>> +++b/scripts/unifdef.c
>> @@ -203,1 +203,0 @@ static void             addsym(bool, bool, char *);
>>
>>
>> static void             done(void);
>> static void             error(const char *);
>> static int              findsym(const char *);
>> static void             flushline(bool);
>> -static Linetype         getline(void);
>> +static Linetype         get_line(void);
>> static Linetype         ifeval(const char **);
>> static void             ignoreoff(void);
>> static void             ignoreon(void);
>> static void             keywordedit(const char *);
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> @@ -509,1 +509,0 @@ process(void)
>>
>>
>> {
>>       Linetype lineval;
>>
>>       for (;;) {
>>               linenum++;
>> -               lineval = getline();
>> +             lineval = get_line();
>>               trans_table[ifstate[depth]][lineval]();
>>               debug("process %s -> %s depth %d",
>>                   linetype_name[lineval],
>>                   ifstate_name[ifstate[depth]], depth);
>>       }
>> }
>>
>>
>> @@ -528,1 +528,0 @@ static Linetype
>> -getline(void)
>> +get_line(void)
>> {
>>       const char *cp;
>>
>> --
>>
>>
>> keep in mind I've never created a patch before,
>> (so go easy on me);
>
>
> Hi,
>
> You forgot to put your Signed-off-by: Justin P. Mattock <justinmattock@gmail.com>
> :)
>
> See Documentation/SubmittingPatches
>
> I don't know who is the maintainer of this file.
> Adding Andrew in Cc.
>
>
>> regards;
>>
>> --
>> Justin P. Mattock
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>

Cool,
thanks for the help.
I'll look at the doc's and google
as much as possible, so I get this
correct.

regards;

-- 
Justin P. Mattock