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[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2010, 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc."]]
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Here's what's to be done for maintaining Boehm GC.
This one does need Hurd-specific configuration.
It is, for example, used by [[/GCC]] (which has its own fork), so any changes
committed upstream should very like also be made there.
# [[General information|/boehm_gc]]
# [[Sources|source_repositories/boehm_gc]]
# Configuration
[[tschwinge]] reviewed its GNU/Hurd port's configuration on 2010-12-08, based
on CVS HEAD sources from 2010-12-02, converted to [[Git, correspondingly
1c2455988a8f59a5f83b986b9156f03be395b3b6|source_repositories/boehm_gc]].
* `configure.ac`
* `PARALLEL_MARK` is not enabled; doesn't make sense so far.
* `*-*-kfreebsd*-gnu` defines `USE_COMPILER_TLS`. What's this, and
why does not other config?
* TODO
[ if test "$enable_gc_debug" = "yes"; then
AC_MSG_WARN("Should define GC_DEBUG and use debug alloc. in clients.")
AC_DEFINE([KEEP_BACK_PTRS], 1,
[Define to save back-pointers in debugging headers.])
keep_back_ptrs=true
AC_DEFINE([DBG_HDRS_ALL], 1,
[Define to force debug headers on all objects.])
case $host in
x86-*-linux* | i586-*-linux* | i686-*-linux* | x86_64-*-linux* )
AC_DEFINE(MAKE_BACK_GRAPH)
AC_MSG_WARN("Client must not use -fomit-frame-pointer.")
AC_DEFINE(SAVE_CALL_COUNT, 8)
;;
AM_CONDITIONAL([KEEP_BACK_PTRS], [test x"$keep_back_ptrs" = xtrue])
* `configure.host`
Nothing.
* `Makefile.am`, `include/include.am`, `cord/cord.am`, `doc/doc.am`,
`tests/tests.am`
Nothing.
* `include/gc_config_macros.h`
Should be OK.
* `include/private/gcconfig.h`
Hairy. But should be OK. Search for *HURD*, compare to *LINUX*,
*I386* case.
See `doc/porting.html` and `doc/README.macros` (and others) for
documentation.
*LINUX* has:
* `#define LINUX_STACKBOTTOM`
Defined instead of `STACKBOTTOM` to have the value read from `/proc/`.
* `#define HEAP_START (ptr_t)0x1000`
May want to define it for us, too?
* `#ifdef USE_I686_PREFETCH`, `USE_3DNOW_PREFETCH` --- [...]
Apparently these are optimization that we also could use. Have a
look at *LINUX* for *X86_64*, which uses `__builtin_prefetch`
(which Linux x86 could use, too?).
* TODO
#if defined(LINUX) && defined(USE_MMAP)
/* The kernel may do a somewhat better job merging mappings etc. */
/* with anonymous mappings. */
# define USE_MMAP_ANON
#endif
* TODO
#if defined(GC_LINUX_THREADS) && defined(REDIRECT_MALLOC)
/* Nptl allocates thread stacks with mmap, which is fine. But it */
/* keeps a cache of thread stacks. Thread stacks contain the */
/* thread control blocks. These in turn contain a pointer to */
/* (sizeof (void *) from the beginning of) the dtv for thread-local */
/* storage, which is calloc allocated. If we don't scan the cached */
/* thread stacks, we appear to lose the dtv. This tends to */
/* result in something that looks like a bogus dtv count, which */
/* tends to result in a memset call on a block that is way too */
/* large. Sometimes we're lucky and the process just dies ... */
/* There seems to be a similar issue with some other memory */
/* allocated by the dynamic loader. */
/* This should be avoidable by either: */
/* - Defining USE_PROC_FOR_LIBRARIES here. */
/* That performs very poorly, precisely because we end up */
/* scanning cached stacks. */
/* - Have calloc look at its callers. */
/* In spite of the fact that it is gross and disgusting. */
/* In fact neither seems to suffice, probably in part because */
/* even with USE_PROC_FOR_LIBRARIES, we don't scan parts of stack */
/* segments that appear to be out of bounds. Thus we actually */
/* do both, which seems to yield the best results. */
# define USE_PROC_FOR_LIBRARIES
#endif
* TODO
# if defined(GC_LINUX_THREADS) && defined(REDIRECT_MALLOC) \
&& !defined(INCLUDE_LINUX_THREAD_DESCR)
/* Will not work, since libc and the dynamic loader use thread */
/* locals, sometimes as the only reference. */
# define INCLUDE_LINUX_THREAD_DESCR
# endif
* TODO
# if defined(UNIX_LIKE) && defined(THREADS) && !defined(NO_CANCEL_SAFE) \
&& !defined(PLATFORM_ANDROID)
/* Make the code cancellation-safe. This basically means that we */
/* ensure that cancellation requests are ignored while we are in */
/* the collector. This applies only to Posix deferred cancellation;*/
/* we don't handle Posix asynchronous cancellation. */
/* Note that this only works if pthread_setcancelstate is */
/* async-signal-safe, at least in the absence of asynchronous */
/* cancellation. This appears to be true for the glibc version, */
/* though it is not documented. Without that assumption, there */
/* seems to be no way to safely wait in a signal handler, which */
/* we need to do for thread suspension. */
/* Also note that little other code appears to be cancellation-safe.*/
/* Hence it may make sense to turn this off for performance. */
# define CANCEL_SAFE
# endif
* `CAN_SAVE_CALL_ARGS` vs. -fomit-frame-pointer now being on by
default for Linux x86 IIRC? (Which is an [[!taglink
open_issue_gcc]] for not including us.)
* TODO
# if defined(REDIRECT_MALLOC) && defined(THREADS) && !defined(LINUX)
# error "REDIRECT_MALLOC with THREADS works at most on Linux."
# endif
*HURD* has:
* `#define STACK_GROWS_DOWN`
* `#define HEURISTIC2`
Defined instead of `STACKBOTTOM` to have the value probed.
Linux also has this:
#if defined(LINUX_STACKBOTTOM) && defined(NO_PROC_STAT) \
&& !defined(USE_LIBC_PRIVATES)
/* This combination will fail, since we have no way to get */
/* the stack base. Use HEURISTIC2 instead. */
# undef LINUX_STACKBOTTOM
# define HEURISTIC2
/* This may still fail on some architectures like IA64. */
/* We tried ... */
#endif
Being on [[glibc]], we could perhaps do similar as `USE_LIBC_PRIVATES`
instead of `HEURISTIC2`. Pro: avoid `SIGSEGV` (and general fragility)
during probing at startup (if I'm understanding this correctly). Con:
rely on glibc internals. Or we instead add support to parse
[[`/proc/`|hurd/translator/procfs]] (can even use the same as Linux?),
or use some other interface. [[!tag open_issue_glibc]]
* `#define SIG_SUSPEND SIGUSR1`, `#define SIG_THR_RESTART SIGUSR2`
* We don't `#define MPROTECT_VDB` (WIP comment); but Linux neither.
* Where does our `GETPAGESIZE` come from? Should we `#include
<unistd.h>` like it is done for *LINUX*?
* `include/gc_pthread_redirects.h`
* TODO
Cancellation stuff is Linux-only. In other places, too.
* `mach_dep.c`
* `#define NO_GETCONTEXT`
[[!taglink open_issue_glibc]], but this is not a real problem here,
because we can use the following GCC internal function without much
overhead:
* `GC_with_callee_saves_pushed`
The `HAVE_BUILTIN_UNWIND_INIT` case is ours.
* `os_dep.c`
* `read`
Sure that it doesn't internally (in [[glibc]]) use `malloc`. Probably
only / mostly (?) a problem for `--enable-redirect-malloc`
configurations? Linux with threads uses `readv`.
* TODO.
* `dyn_load.c`
For `DYNAMIC_LOADING`. TODO.
* `pthread_support.c`, `pthread_stop_world.c`
TODO.
* TODO.
Other files also contain *LINUX* and other conditionals.
* `libatomic_ops/`
* `configure.ac`
Nothing.
* `Makefile`, `src/Makefile`, `src/atomic_ops/Makefile`,
`src/atomic_ops/sysdeps/Makefile`, `doc/Makefile`, `tests/Makefile`
Nothing.
* `src/atomic_ops/sysdeps/gcc/x86.h`
Nothing.
# Testsuite
There are different configurations possible, but in general, the testsuite
restults of GNU/Linux and GNU/Hurd look very similar.
It has last been run and compared on 2010-11-10, based on CVS HEAD sources from
2010-11-04, converted to [[Git, correspondingly
9abb37b2e581b415bb1f482085891a289c2c0be1|source_repositories/boehm_gc]].
## `--enable-cplusplus --enable-gc-debug`
* GNU/Hurd is missing *Call chain at allocation: [...] output*.
`os_dep.c`:`GC_print_callers`
# TODO
* Port stuff to [[GCC]], and test it there.
* What are other applications to test Boehm GC? Also especially in
combination with [[/libpthread]] and dynamic loading of shared libraries?
* There's been some talking about it on GNU guile mailing lists, and two
Git branches (2010-12-15: last change 2009-09).
* <http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Hans_Boehm/gc/#users>
## IRC, OFTC, #debian-hurd, 2012-02-05
[[!tag open_issue_porting]]
<pinotree> youpi: i think i found out the possible cause of the ecl and
mono issuess
<pinotree> -s
<youpi> oh
<pinotree> basically, we don't have the realtime signals (so no
SIGRTMIN/SIGRTMAX defined), hence things use either SIGUSR1 or
SIGUSR2... which are used in libgc to resp. stop/resume threads when
"collecting"
<pinotree> i just patched ecl to use SIGINFO instead of SIGUSR1 (used when
no SIGRTMIN+2 is available), and it seems going on for a while
<youpi> uh, why would SIGINFO work better than SIGUSR1?
<pinotree> it was a test, i tried the first "not common" signal i saw
<pinotree> my test was, use any signal different than USR1/2
<youpi> ah, sorry, I hadn't understood
<youpi> you mean there's a conflict between ecl and mono using SIGUSR1, as
well as libgc?
<pinotree> yes
<pinotree> for example, in ecl sources see src/c/unixint.d,
install_process_interrupt_handler()
<youpi> SIGINFO seems a sane choice
<youpi> SIGPWR could have been a better choice if it was available :)
<pinotree> i would have chose an "unassigned" number, say SIGLOST (the
bigger one) + 10, but it would be greater than _NSIG (and thus discarded)
<youpi> not a good idea indeed
<pinotree> it seems that linux, beside the range for rt signals, has some
"free space"
<pinotree> i'll start now another ecl build, from scratch this time, with
s/SIGUSR1/SIGINFO/ (making sure ctags won't bother), and if it works i'll
update svante's bug
<pinotree> mmap(...PROT_NONE...) failed
<pinotree> hmm...
<pinotree> apparently enabling MMAP_ANON in mono's libgc copy was a good
step, let's see
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