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Preventing code from using code

Jan 23rd, 2009

Hello,
I had no idea which title I should have chosen. Anyway, I'll try to explain my problem.
What I'm trying to do is to prevent some code using functions in a header. This problem causes invulnerabilities in my application. I made a test program to show what exactly I'm trying to do. I think it's called macros, but I have no idea if what I'm doing is good, I read some tutorials on macros, but it didn't work.
I'm using Linux and GCC 4.2.4.

main.c

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#define _MAIN_
#include "test.h"
 
int main(){
    fcn1();
    fcn2();
 
    return 0;
}
#define _MAIN_
#include "test.h"

int main(){
    fcn1();
    fcn2();

    return 0;
}

test.h

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#ifdef _MAIN_
void fcn1();
#endif
 
#ifndef _MAIN_
void fcn2();
#endif
#ifdef _MAIN_
void fcn1();
#endif

#ifndef _MAIN_
void fcn2();
#endif

code.c

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#include <stdio.h>
#include "test.h"
 
void fcn1(){
    printf("No problem, you can enter here.\n");
}
 
void fcn2(){
    printf("Who let you in here?!\n");
}
#include <stdio.h>
#include "test.h"

void fcn1(){
    printf("No problem, you can enter here.\n");
}

void fcn2(){
    printf("Who let you in here?!\n");
}

Commands:
gcc -c main.c
gcc -c code.c
gcc main.o code.o -o test

Output:
No problem, you can enter here.
Who let you in here?!

What I want to know:
- Are macros enough to solve this problem?
- Are there any mistakes in the way I use macros?
- What might be a solution to this problem? (if macros aren't enough to solve this problem)

Thanks for your help.
-Marek

Last edited by venomxxl; Jan 23rd, 2009 at 7:38 pm.

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Re: Preventing code from using code

Jan 23rd, 2009

I'm not sure what you are trying to accomplish, but that header file is really unnecessary. Both functions are coded in code.c and the header file will not prevent that. But you should get an error in main.c because fcn2() was not declared (because ifdef'ed out in the header file).

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Re: Preventing code from using code

Jan 23rd, 2009

You mean like the keyword static, to keep it from external linkage; or volatile to keep the compiler from messing with it?
I'm thinking you're meaning static.

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Re: Preventing code from using code

Jan 24th, 2009

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Originally Posted by Ancient Dragon

I'm not sure what you are trying to accomplish, but that header file is really unnecessary. Both functions are coded in code.c and the header file will not prevent that. But you should get an error in main.c because fcn2() was not declared (because ifdef'ed out in the header file).

Yes, I expected to get an error, but didn't get one.
What I'm trying to accomplish:
"What I'm trying to do is to prevent some code using functions in a header."
It may be lacking something like "(...)prevent some code using some of the functions(...)", but I thought it would be enough for an explanation.

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Originally Posted by MosaicFuneral

You mean like the keyword static, to keep it from external linkage; or volatile to keep the compiler from messing with it?
I'm thinking you're meaning static.

Might be, I tried using it in the header and what I got was what I wanted to get:
main.c:(.text+0x17): undefined reference to `fcn2'
But I also got:
test.h:3: warning: ‘fcn2’ used but never defined
Which doesn't solve my problem.

Some further words of explanation:
My application actually calls function using the name of function in user's input. It's like a command prompt of sorts. So I expect to get that error when the application is running, not on compilation like the test application does. But it's like a "good error"