Re: [PATCH 21/25][V3] export cpu_gdt_descr

[Glauber de Oliveira Costa]

On 8/15/07, Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > +#ifdef CONFIG_PARAVIRT
> > +extern unsigned long *cpu_gdt_descr;
>
> No externs in .c files
>
> Normally they should be where the variable is defined
> anyways.
Given that this  variable is defined in head.S, what do you propose?
AFAICT, this is the very duty of this file (x8664_syms.c), and the
extern is also used in other symbols like the memcpy family

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