Re: [BUG] [2.5.49] symbol_get doesn't work

Rusty Russell (rusty@rustcorp.com.au)
Wed, 27 Nov 2002 10:27:33 +1100

In message <957BD1C2BF3CD411B6C500A0C944CA2601F11696@pdsmsx32.pd.intel.com> you
write:
> Hello,
> I found the symbol_get()/symbol_put() didn't work on my 2.5.49 build.
> I think the root cause is a wrong macro definition. The following patch
> could
> fix this bug.

Hi Wang,

Thanks for the bug report, but I think you misunderstand.
symbol_get() does not take a string, it takes an identifier. This
way, we can ensure the type is correct. eg.

/* In header somewhere. */
extern int their_integer;

....
int *ptr = symbol_get(their_integer);
if (!ptr) ...

Does that help?
Rusty.

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