7 files changed, 14 insertions, 11 deletions

diff --git a/vlib/vlib/buffer_funcs.h b/vlib/vlib/buffer_funcs.h
index cfe568e32e9..75716eca7f6 100644
--- a/vlib/vlib/buffer_funcs.h
+++ b/vlib/vlib/buffer_funcs.h
@@ -676,9 +676,9 @@ vlib_buffer_init_two_for_free_list (vlib_buffer_t * _dst0,
 }
 
 #if CLIB_DEBUG > 0
-u32 *vlib_buffer_state_validation_lock;
-uword *vlib_buffer_state_validation_hash;
-void *vlib_buffer_state_heap;
+extern u32 *vlib_buffer_state_validation_lock;
+extern uword *vlib_buffer_state_validation_hash;
+extern void *vlib_buffer_state_heap;
 #endif
 
 static inline void
diff --git a/vlib/vlib/main.c b/vlib/vlib/main.c
index fc294a72621..6c6cad98bba 100644
--- a/vlib/vlib/main.c
+++ b/vlib/vlib/main.c
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ CJ_GLOBAL_LOG_PROTOTYPE;
    speculative vector enqueues which overflow vector data in next frame. */
 #define VLIB_FRAME_SIZE_ALLOC (VLIB_FRAME_SIZE + 4)
 
+u32 wraps;
+
 always_inline u32
 vlib_frame_bytes (u32 n_scalar_bytes, u32 n_vector_bytes)
 {
diff --git a/vlib/vlib/main.h b/vlib/vlib/main.h
index 579ef09b255..d9ac1445ddd 100644
--- a/vlib/vlib/main.h
+++ b/vlib/vlib/main.h
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ typedef struct vlib_main_t
 } vlib_main_t;
 
 /* Global main structure. */
-vlib_main_t vlib_global_main;
+extern vlib_main_t vlib_global_main;
 
 always_inline f64
 vlib_time_now (vlib_main_t * vm)
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ vlib_last_vector_length_per_node (vlib_main_t * vm)
   return n == 0 ? 0 : (f64) v / (f64) n;
 }
 
-u32 wraps;
+extern u32 wraps;
 
 always_inline void
 vlib_increment_main_loop_counter (vlib_main_t * vm)
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ always_inline void vlib_set_queue_signal_callback
 int vlib_main (vlib_main_t * vm, unformat_input_t * input);
 
 /* Thread stacks, for os_get_cpu_number */
-u8 **vlib_thread_stacks;
+extern u8 **vlib_thread_stacks;
 
 /* Number of thread stacks that the application needs */
 u32 vlib_app_num_thread_stacks_needed (void) __attribute__ ((weak));
diff --git a/vlib/vlib/threads.c b/vlib/vlib/threads.c
index fb84c676cb3..27b622f5137 100644
--- a/vlib/vlib/threads.c
+++ b/vlib/vlib/threads.c
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ vl (void *p)
   return vec_len (p);
 }
 
+vlib_worker_thread_t *vlib_worker_threads;
 vlib_thread_main_t vlib_thread_main;
 
 uword
diff --git a/vlib/vlib/threads.h b/vlib/vlib/threads.h
index fd09c31181c..34ab5be8650 100644
--- a/vlib/vlib/threads.h
+++ b/vlib/vlib/threads.h
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 #include <vlib/main.h>
 #include <linux/sched.h>
 
-vlib_main_t **vlib_mains;
+extern vlib_main_t **vlib_mains;
 
 void vlib_set_thread_name (char *name);
 
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ typedef struct
   pthread_t thread_id;
 } vlib_worker_thread_t;
 
-vlib_worker_thread_t *vlib_worker_threads;
+extern vlib_worker_thread_t *vlib_worker_threads;
 
 typedef struct
 {
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ typedef struct
 
 } vlib_thread_main_t;
 
-vlib_thread_main_t vlib_thread_main;
+extern vlib_thread_main_t vlib_thread_main;
 
 #define VLIB_REGISTER_THREAD(x,...)                     \
   __VA_ARGS__ vlib_thread_registration_t x;             \
diff --git a/vlib/vlib/unix/plugin.h b/vlib/vlib/unix/plugin.h
index e905263f232..c17053bd306 100644
--- a/vlib/vlib/unix/plugin.h
+++ b/vlib/vlib/unix/plugin.h
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ typedef struct
   vlib_main_t *vlib_main;
 } plugin_main_t;
 
-plugin_main_t vlib_plugin_main;
+extern plugin_main_t vlib_plugin_main;
 
 int vlib_plugin_early_init (vlib_main_t * vm);
 int vlib_load_new_plugins (plugin_main_t * pm, int from_early_init);
diff --git a/vlib/vlib/unix/unix.h b/vlib/vlib/unix/unix.h
index 69688a62b76..ea0d417b2b1 100644
--- a/vlib/vlib/unix/unix.h
+++ b/vlib/vlib/unix/unix.h
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ vlib_unix_get_main (void)
 }
 
 /* thread stack array; vec_len = max number of threads */
-u8 **vlib_thread_stacks;
+extern u8 **vlib_thread_stacks;
 
 /* utils */