Fix ARM posix_fadvise64 namespace (bug 17793) [committed]

Joseph Myers joseph@codesourcery.com
Mon Jan 5 16:07:00 GMT 2015


ARM posix_fadvise calls __posix_fadvise64_l64, to which
posix_fadvise64 is a strong alias, but posix_fadvise is a POSIX
function and posix_fadvise64 isn't.  This patch changes it into a weak
alias.

Tested for ARM that this fixes the corresponding linknamespace test
failures.  Committed.

2015-01-05  Joseph Myers  <joseph@codesourcery.com>

	[BZ #17793]
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/arm/posix_fadvise64.c (posix_fadvise64):
	Define as weak alias not strong alias.

diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/arm/posix_fadvise64.c b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/arm/posix_fadvise64.c
index 1f76e67..b58c4c0 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/arm/posix_fadvise64.c
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/arm/posix_fadvise64.c
@@ -35,4 +35,4 @@ __posix_fadvise64_l64 (int fd, off64_t offset, off64_t len, int advise)
     return 0;
   return INTERNAL_SYSCALL_ERRNO (ret, err);
 }
-strong_alias (__posix_fadvise64_l64, posix_fadvise64);
+weak_alias (__posix_fadvise64_l64, posix_fadvise64);

-- 
Joseph S. Myers
joseph@codesourcery.com



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