Close to the top of sys/alpha/alpha/alpha-gdbstub.c i found out this,
as i was randomly browsing the kernel sources today:
1 /* $FreeBSD: src/sys/alpha/alpha/alpha-gdbstub.c,v 1.11 2001/03/28 01:54:05
jhb Exp $ */
...
130 #define strlen gdb_strlen
131 #define strcpy
On 2001-Jul-02 11:34:25 +0300, Giorgos Keramidas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
130 #define strlen gdb_strlen
131 #define strcpy gdb_strcpy
Is it really necessary to do this funny thing with the #defines? I
mean, why not replace the calls with gdb_XXX() ourselves and be done
with it?
On Tue, Jul 03, 2001 at 09:04:23AM +1000, Peter Jeremy wrote:
Alternatively, given the XXX comment, why not delete the local copies
of str{cpy,len}() and just usr the library versions? The original
reason appears to be to avoid the possibility that str{cpy,len}() are
not re-entrant. The
