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

[Justin Mattock]

On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 11:51 PM, Justin Mattock <justinmattock@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 10:04 PM, Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On Wed, Mar 04, 2009 at 09:41:09PM -0800, Justin Mattock wrote:
>>> From: Justin P. Mattock <justinmattock@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>
>>> 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@xxxxxxxxx>
>> :)
>>
>> See Documentation/SubmittingPatches
>>
>> I don't know who is the maintainer of this file.
>> Adding Andrew in Cc.
>>
>>
>>> regards;
>>>
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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
>

O.K. after doing some reading,
I have a better idea of how to make a
patch. I used diff, used patch -Np1, and compiled.
and added the signed off part.
I'll post after this post.
and take any suggestions on what to do next.

-- 
Justin P. Mattock
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