Re: [PATCH] perf bench: Share 'start', 'end', 'runtime' global vars

[Thomas Gleixner]

Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <arnaldo.melo@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Hi,
>
> 	Noticed with gcc 10 (fedora rawhide) that those variables were
> not being declared as static, so end up with:
>
> ld: /tmp/build/perf/bench/epoll-wait.o:/git/perf/tools/perf/bench/epoll-wait.c:93: multiple definition of `end'; /tmp/build/perf/bench/futex-hash.o:/git/perf/tools/perf/bench/futex-hash.c:40: first defined here
> ld: /tmp/build/perf/bench/epoll-wait.o:/git/perf/tools/perf/bench/epoll-wait.c:93: multiple definition of `start'; /tmp/build/perf/bench/futex-hash.o:/git/perf/tools/perf/bench/futex-hash.c:40: first defined here
> ld: /tmp/build/perf/bench/epoll-wait.o:/git/perf/tools/perf/bench/epoll-wait.c:93: multiple definition of `runtime'; /tmp/build/perf/bench/futex-hash.o:/git/perf/tools/perf/bench/futex-hash.c:40: first defined here
> ld: /tmp/build/perf/bench/epoll-ctl.o:/git/perf/tools/perf/bench/epoll-ctl.c:38: multiple definition of `end'; /tmp/build/perf/bench/futex-hash.o:/git/perf/tools/perf/bench/futex-hash.c:40: first defined here
> ld: /tmp/build/perf/bench/epoll-ctl.o:/git/perf/tools/perf/bench/epoll-ctl.c:38: multiple definition of `start'; /tmp/build/perf/bench/futex-hash.o:/git/perf/tools/perf/bench/futex-hash.c:40: first defined here
> ld: /tmp/build/perf/bench/epoll-ctl.o:/git/perf/tools/perf/bench/epoll-ctl.c:38: multiple definition of `runtime'; /tmp/build/perf/bench/futex-hash.o:/git/perf/tools/perf/bench/futex-hash.c:40: first defined here
> make[4]: *** [/git/perf/tools/build/Makefile.build:145: /tmp/build/perf/bench/perf-in.o] Error 1
>
> 	Just prefixing them with 'extern' in all but one (futex-hash.c)
> seems to be enough, ok?

Don't we have header files for that?