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+/* vi: set sw=4 ts=4: */
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2008 by Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>
+ *
+ * Licensed under GPLv2, see file LICENSE in this tarball for details.
+ */
+
+struct globals_misc;
+struct globals_memstack;
+struct globals_var;
+
+#ifndef GCC_COMBINE
+
+/* We cheat here. They are declared as const ptr in ash.c,
+ * but here we make them live in R/W memory */
+struct globals_misc *ash_ptr_to_globals_misc;
+struct globals_memstack *ash_ptr_to_globals_memstack;
+struct globals_var *ash_ptr_to_globals_var;
+
+#else
+
+/* gcc -combine will see through and complain */
+/* Using alternative method which is more likely to break
+ * on weird architectures, compilers, linkers and so on */
+struct globals_misc *const ash_ptr_to_globals_misc __attribute__ ((section (".data")));
+struct globals_memstack *const ash_ptr_to_globals_memstack __attribute__ ((section (".data")));
+struct globals_var *const ash_ptr_to_globals_var __attribute__ ((section (".data")));
+
+#endif