On Mon, Nov 03, 2008 at 03:34:36PM +0100, Stefan Assmann wrote: > In purgatory/string.c the definition of memcmp is > int memcmp(void *src1, void *src2, size_t len) > man memcmp reveals > int memcmp(const void *s1, const void *s2, size_t n) > > Signed-off-by: Stefan Assmann <sassmann at suse.de> > > --- > purgatory/string.c | 4 ++-- > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > --- a/purgatory/string.c > +++ b/purgatory/string.c > @@ -36,9 +36,9 @@ void* memcpy(void *dest, const void *src > } > > > -int memcmp(void *src1, void *src2, size_t len) > +int memcmp(const void *src1, const void *src2, size_t len) > { > - unsigned char *s1, *s2; > + const unsigned char *s1, *s2; > size_t i; > s1 = src1; > s2 = src2; Hi Stefan, this change seems reasonable to me, but I think that the declaration also needs to be updated. If the change below is fine by you, could you please add it to your patch and repost ? # gcc --version gcc (Debian 4.3.2-1) 4.3.2 Copyright (C) 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. # make ... gcc -Wall -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -fno-strict-aliasing -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fno-zero-initialized-in-bss -Os -fno-builtin -ffreestanding -I./purgatory/include -I./purgatory/arch/i386/include -I./util_lib/include -I/usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.3.2/include -c -MD -o purgatory/string.o purgatory/string.c purgatory/string.c:39: error: conflicting types for ‘memcmp’ ./purgatory/include/string.h:9: error: previous declaration of ‘memcmp’ was here make: *** [purgatory/string.o] Error 1 Index: kexec-tools/purgatory/include/string.h =================================================================== --- kexec-tools.orig/purgatory/include/string.h 2008-11-04 09:07:48.000000000 +1100 +++ kexec-tools/purgatory/include/string.h 2008-11-04 09:08:02.000000000 +1100 @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ size_t strnlen(const char *s, size_t max); void* memset(void* s, int c, size_t n); void* memcpy(void *dest, const void *src, size_t len); -int memcmp(void *src1, void *src2, size_t len); +int memcmp(const void *src1, const void *src2, size_t len); #endif /* STRING_H */ -- Simon Horman VA Linux Systems Japan K.K., Sydney, Australia Satellite Office H: www.vergenet.net/~horms/ W: www.valinux.co.jp/en