On Sun, Sep 03, 2017 at 08:20:03AM +1000, Dave Chinner wrote: > On Sat, Sep 02, 2017 at 02:54:51PM -0700, Khem Raj wrote: > > Rename local variable progname to avoid a clash with libc > > global symbols > > What libc is causing this problem? > > And why is it considered ok for that libc to pollute the global > variable namespace with it's own internal variables? I don't think it's libc. It's our own little mess where we want to set a global progname for libxfs use in the tools. The right interface is to have a private libxfs_progname routine that isn't accessible by the tools.. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-xfs" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
