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Date:      Tue, 19 Nov 2024 22:01:33 -0700
From:      Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com>
To:        Jessica Clarke <jrtc27@freebsd.org>
Cc:        Warner Losh <imp@freebsd.org>, src-committers <src-committers@freebsd.org>,  "<dev-commits-src-all@freebsd.org>" <dev-commits-src-all@freebsd.org>,  "<dev-commits-src-main@freebsd.org>" <dev-commits-src-main@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: git: c29cba408d19 - main - stand: Narrow the 'signal emulation' we provide
Message-ID:  <CANCZdfraUbASy_Oc8Zo5KBq7ViTgMBWJXy3aZgRLpXDTsmt3TQ@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <CBB3C014-A7FB-4758-A77E-AC35ABD88EAD@freebsd.org>
References:  <202411200335.4AK3ZnVU099504@gitrepo.freebsd.org> <CBB3C014-A7FB-4758-A77E-AC35ABD88EAD@freebsd.org>

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On Tue, Nov 19, 2024, 8:56 PM Jessica Clarke <jrtc27@freebsd.org> wrote:

> On 20 Nov 2024, at 03:35, Warner Losh <imp@FreeBSD.org> wrote:
> >
> > The branch main has been updated by imp:
> >
> > URL:
> https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=c29cba408d197ed2c267d0605e4225bb54153e01
> >
> > commit c29cba408d197ed2c267d0605e4225bb54153e01
> > Author:     Warner Losh <imp@FreeBSD.org>
> > AuthorDate: 2024-11-20 03:05:11 +0000
> > Commit:     Warner Losh <imp@FreeBSD.org>
> > CommitDate: 2024-11-20 03:24:41 +0000
> >
> >    stand: Narrow the 'signal emulation' we provide
> >
> >    We only need to provide sig_atomic_t in emulation. However, including
> >    machine/signal.h brings in too much namespace pollution related to
> >    signals. Instead, define sig_atomic_t as long. Setting long is async
> >    atomic on all platforms (though powerpc64 defines it to an int),
> though
> >    that doesn't matter since the boot loader doesn't use signals.
> >
> >    Sponsored by:           Netflix
> > ---
> > stand/libsa/stand.h | 9 +++++++--
> > 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/stand/libsa/stand.h b/stand/libsa/stand.h
> > index 260defa3a33d..e1188fb73a26 100644
> > --- a/stand/libsa/stand.h
> > +++ b/stand/libsa/stand.h
> > @@ -82,8 +82,13 @@
> > #define EOFFSET (ELAST+8) /* relative seek not supported */
> > #define ESALAST (ELAST+8) /* */
> >
> > -/* Partial signal emulation for sig_atomic_t */
> > -#include <machine/signal.h>
> > +/*
> > + * LUA needs sig_atomic_t. This is defined to be long or int on all our
> > + * platforms. On all but powerpc, these are all the same thing as long.
> 64-bit
> > + * powerpc defines this as int, but long can also be accessed
> atomically. It's
> > + * also OK because we don't have signal handlers in the boot loader.
> > + */
>
> Presumably an oversight when adding the powerpc64* ports :( Probably we
> should fix this by taking advantage of being able to break ABI for tier
> 2 architectures between major versions. Shame it wasn’t done the same
> time as ELFv1 -> ELFv2. We fixed riscv and arm64’s SIG_ATOMIC_MIN/MAX
> recently, but the underlying types were still long in that case,
> thankfully.
>

Likely. But i already have too much on my plate. Just a weird thing i
noticed.

Warner

Jess
>
> > +typedef long sig_atomic_t;
> >
> > __BEGIN_DECLS
> >
>
>

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<div dir="auto"><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Nov 19, 2024, 8:56 PM Jessica Clarke &lt;<a href="mailto:jrtc27@freebsd.org">jrtc27@freebsd.org</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">On 20 Nov 2024, at 03:35, Warner Losh &lt;imp@FreeBSD.org&gt; wrote:<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; The branch main has been updated by imp:<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; URL: <a href="https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=c29cba408d197ed2c267d0605e4225bb54153e01" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=c29cba408d197ed2c267d0605e4225bb54153e01</a><br>;
&gt; <br>
&gt; commit c29cba408d197ed2c267d0605e4225bb54153e01<br>
&gt; Author:     Warner Losh &lt;imp@FreeBSD.org&gt;<br>
&gt; AuthorDate: 2024-11-20 03:05:11 +0000<br>
&gt; Commit:     Warner Losh &lt;imp@FreeBSD.org&gt;<br>
&gt; CommitDate: 2024-11-20 03:24:41 +0000<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt;    stand: Narrow the &#39;signal emulation&#39; we provide<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt;    We only need to provide sig_atomic_t in emulation. However, including<br>
&gt;    machine/signal.h brings in too much namespace pollution related to<br>
&gt;    signals. Instead, define sig_atomic_t as long. Setting long is async<br>
&gt;    atomic on all platforms (though powerpc64 defines it to an int), though<br>
&gt;    that doesn&#39;t matter since the boot loader doesn&#39;t use signals.<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt;    Sponsored by:           Netflix<br>
&gt; ---<br>
&gt; stand/libsa/stand.h | 9 +++++++--<br>
&gt; 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; diff --git a/stand/libsa/stand.h b/stand/libsa/stand.h<br>
&gt; index 260defa3a33d..e1188fb73a26 100644<br>
&gt; --- a/stand/libsa/stand.h<br>
&gt; +++ b/stand/libsa/stand.h<br>
&gt; @@ -82,8 +82,13 @@<br>
&gt; #define EOFFSET (ELAST+8) /* relative seek not supported */<br>
&gt; #define ESALAST (ELAST+8) /* */<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; -/* Partial signal emulation for sig_atomic_t */<br>
&gt; -#include &lt;machine/signal.h&gt;<br>
&gt; +/*<br>
&gt; + * LUA needs sig_atomic_t. This is defined to be long or int on all our<br>
&gt; + * platforms. On all but powerpc, these are all the same thing as long. 64-bit<br>
&gt; + * powerpc defines this as int, but long can also be accessed atomically. It&#39;s<br>
&gt; + * also OK because we don&#39;t have signal handlers in the boot loader.<br>
&gt; + */<br>
<br>
Presumably an oversight when adding the powerpc64* ports :( Probably we<br>
should fix this by taking advantage of being able to break ABI for tier<br>
2 architectures between major versions. Shame it wasn’t done the same<br>
time as ELFv1 -&gt; ELFv2. We fixed riscv and arm64’s SIG_ATOMIC_MIN/MAX<br>
recently, but the underlying types were still long in that case,<br>
thankfully.<br></blockquote></div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Likely. But i already have too much on my plate. Just a weird thing i noticed.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Warner</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Jess<br>
<br>
&gt; +typedef long sig_atomic_t;<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; __BEGIN_DECLS<br>
&gt; <br>
<br>
</blockquote></div></div></div>

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