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Re: [PATCH] binutils/nm.c: Skip sbrk() under Darwin when _POSIX_C_SOURCE not defined


On 15 Sep 2014, at 15:31, Chen Gang <gang.chen.5i5j@gmail.com> wrote:

> 
> 
> On 9/15/14 21:21, Tristan Gingold wrote:
>> Hello,
>> 
>> On 15 Sep 2014, at 15:20, Chen Gang <gang.chen.5i5j@gmail.com> wrote:
>> [...]
>>> --- a/binutils/nm.c
>>> +++ b/binutils/nm.c
>>> @@ -1698,6 +1698,7 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
>>>  END_PROGRESS (program_name);
>>> 
>>> #ifdef HAVE_SBRK
>>> +#if !defined (__DARWIN_C_LEVEL) || defined (_POSIX_C_SOURCE)
>>>  if (show_stats)
>>>    {
>>>      char *lim = (char *) sbrk (0);
>>> @@ -1705,6 +1706,7 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
>>>      non_fatal (_("data size %ld"), (long) (lim - (char *) &environ));
>>>    }
>>> #endif
>>> +#endif
>> 
>> Enable code on machine specific macro is not recommended by the GNU standard.
>> Also note that sbrk is also used by gas.
>> 
>> Maybe the test of sbrk in configure should be done using warnings flags.
>> 
>> (the work-around is to configure using --disable-werror).
>> 
> 
> Originally, I really tried to do that, but I found that HAVE_SBRK really
> need be true under Darwin, but may report warning.

Can you clarify that ?  IIRC, the only use of sbrk within binutils is to
compute the amount of memory used.

Tristan.


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