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Does anyone know why this is happening?
# gcc -c ping.c -o ping.o
# gcc ping.o -o ping -L../lib -linet6 -lresolv
ping.o: In function `main':
ping.o(.text+0x7c0): undefined reference to `clear_bit'
ping.o(.text+0x7d1): undefined reference to `clear_bit'
ping.o(.text+0x7e2): undefined reference to `clear_bit'
ping.o(.text+0x7f3): undefined reference to `clear_bit'
ping.o(.text+0x807): undefined reference to `clear_bit'

This is clear_bit which is defined in <asm/bitops.h>, which is included:

extern __inline__ int clear_bit(int nr,   void * addr)
{
        int oldbit;

        __asm__ __volatile__(""
                "btrl %2,%1\n\tsbbl %0,%0"
                :"=r" (oldbit),"=m" ((*(struct __dummy *) addr) )
                :"ir" (nr));
        return oldbit;
}

So, I figure, I'll take the long way around to see where I'm losing clear_bit.

# rm -f ping.o
# gcc -E ping.c > pingnew.c
# grep clear_bit pingnew.c
extern __inline__ int clear_bit(int nr,   void * addr)
        clear_bit( 1   & 0x1f, &((  &filter )->data[ 1   >> 5])) ;
        clear_bit( 2   & 0x1f, &((  &filter )->data[ 2   >> 5])) ;
        clear_bit( 3   & 0x1f, &((  &filter )->data[ 3   >> 5])) ;
        clear_bit( 4   & 0x1f, &((  &filter )->data[ 4   >> 5])) ;
        clear_bit( 129   & 0x1f, &((  &filter )->data[ 129   >> 5])) ;

ok...there it is.  clear_bit is in there, and there are the 5 calls to
the function.  But watch this:

# /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i486-linux/2.7.2.1/cc1 pingnew.c
 ustat cmsg_nxthdr __ntohl __ntohs set_bit clear_bit change_bit test_bit find_first_zero_bit find_next_zero_bit ffz main catcher pinger pr_pack pr_icmph tvsub finish pr_addr fill usage
time in parse: 0.800000
time in integration: 0.000000
time in jump: 0.000000
time in cse: 0.000000
time in loop: 0.000000
time in cse2: 0.000000
time in flow: 0.090000
time in combine: 0.000000
time in sched: 0.000000
time in local-alloc: 0.000000
time in global-alloc: 0.510000
time in sched2: 0.000000
time in dbranch: 0.000000
time in shorten-branch: 0.000000
time in stack-reg: 0.010000
time in final: 0.150000
time in varconst: 0.030000
time in symout: 0.000000
time in dump: 0.000000
# grep clear_bit pingnew.s
        call clear_bit
        call clear_bit
        call clear_bit
        call clear_bit
        call clear_bit
# 

So where did clear_bit go?  

Needless to say, when I try to as the pingnew.s file, it fails with the
error message above (ping.o(.text+0x7c0): undefined reference to `clear_bit')
five times.  

Why is gcc dropping that definition.  For that matter, why is cc1 dropping 
it?

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