Where should I declare the global variable

[Irfan Ahmed]

Hi,

I have added a new system call that is used to initialize a global variable through userspace program. After initialization, I need to use that global variable  in ~/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c file. let say printing the value of that global variable.
So where should I declare that global variable.

Right now I have declare it in system call but  the following error occured
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 CC [M]  net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.o
net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c: In function ‘tcp_v6_rcv’:
net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c:1313: error: ‘global_fd’ undeclared (first use in this function)
net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c:1313: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c:1313: error: for each function it appears in.)
make[2]: *** [net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [net/ipv6] Error 2
make: *** [net] Error 2

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Regards,

Irfan

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[Mike Frysinger]

On 5/3/07, Irfan Ahmed <ahm...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I have added a new system call that is used to initialize a global variable
> through userspace program. After initialization, I need to use that global
> variable in ~/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c file. let say printing the value of that
> global variable.

ignoring the fact that is just plain wrong ...

> So where should I declare that global variable.

just put an 'extern ...' in the tcp_ipv6.c file since i doubt you have
any sort of real linux API for other linux kernel things to utilize
-mike

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