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-rw-r--r--ChangeLog3
-rw-r--r--sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/brk.c3
2 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 9a78db660d..9b4a8cb820 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 Mon May 27 10:10:00 1996  Roland McGrath  <roland@delasyd.gnu.ai.mit.edu>
 
+	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/brk.c (__curbrk): Initialize it so it
+	can be aliased.
+
 	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/Makefile [$(subdir)=termios] (headers):
 	Append termio.h.
 
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/brk.c b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/brk.c
index f681734e48..f9e92dde5e 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/brk.c
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/brk.c
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.  */
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <sysdep.h>
 
-void *__curbrk;
+/* This must be initialized data because commons can't have aliases.  */
+void *__curbrk = 0;
 
 /* Old braindamage in GCC's crtstuff.c requires this symbol in an attempt
    to work around different old braindamage in the old Linux ELF dynamic