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-rw-r--r--coreutils/test_ptr_hack.c23
-rw-r--r--libbb/lineedit_ptr_hack.c23
2 files changed, 46 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/coreutils/test_ptr_hack.c b/coreutils/test_ptr_hack.c
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+/* vi: set sw=4 ts=4: */
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2008 by Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>
+ *
+ * Licensed under GPLv2, see file LICENSE in this tarball for details.
+ */
+
+struct test_statics;
+
+#ifndef GCC_COMBINE
+
+/* We cheat here. It is declared as const ptr in libbb.h,
+ * but here we make it live in R/W memory */
+struct test_statics *test_ptr_to_statics;
+
+#else
+
+/* gcc -combine will see through and complain */
+/* Using alternative method which is more likely to break
+ * on weird architectures, compilers, linkers and so on */
+struct test_statics *const test_ptr_to_statics __attribute__ ((section (".data")));
+
+#endif
diff --git a/libbb/lineedit_ptr_hack.c b/libbb/lineedit_ptr_hack.c
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+/* vi: set sw=4 ts=4: */
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2008 by Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>
+ *
+ * Licensed under GPLv2, see file LICENSE in this tarball for details.
+ */
+
+struct lineedit_statics;
+
+#ifndef GCC_COMBINE
+
+/* We cheat here. It is declared as const ptr in libbb.h,
+ * but here we make it live in R/W memory */
+struct lineedit_statics *lineedit_ptr_to_statics;
+
+#else
+
+/* gcc -combine will see through and complain */
+/* Using alternative method which is more likely to break
+ * on weird architectures, compilers, linkers and so on */
+struct lineedit_statics *const lineedit_ptr_to_statics __attribute__ ((section (".data")));
+
+#endif