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previously, commit e7b9887e8b65253087ab0b209dc8dd85c9f09614 aligned the sizes with the glibc ABI. subsequent discussion during the merge of the aarch64 port reached a conclusion that we should reject larger arch-specific sizes, which have significant cost and no benefit, and stick with the existing common 32-bit sizes for all 32-bit/ILP32 archs and the x86_64 sizes for 64-bit archs. one peculiarity of this change is that x32 pthread_attr_t is now larger in musl than in the glibc x32 ABI, making it unsafe to call pthread_attr_init from x32 code that was compiled against glibc. with all the ABI issues of x32, it's not clear that ABI compatibility will ever work, but if it's needed, pthread_attr_init and related functions could be modified not to write to the last slot of the object. this is not a regression versus previous releases, since on previous releases the x32 pthread type sizes were all severely oversized already (due to incorrectly using the x86_64 LP64 definitions). moreover, x32 is still considered experimental and not ABI-stable.
musl libc
musl, pronounced like the word "mussel", is an MIT-licensed
implementation of the standard C library targetting the Linux syscall
API, suitable for use in a wide range of deployment environments. musl
offers efficient static and dynamic linking support, lightweight code
and low runtime overhead, strong fail-safe guarantees under correct
usage, and correctness in the sense of standards conformance and
safety. musl is built on the principle that these goals are best
achieved through simple code that is easy to understand and maintain.
The 1.1 release series for musl features coverage for all interfaces
defined in ISO C99 and POSIX 2008 base, along with a number of
non-standardized interfaces for compatibility with Linux, BSD, and
glibc functionality.
For basic installation instructions, see the included INSTALL file.
Information on full musl-targeted compiler toolchains, system
bootstrapping, and Linux distributions built on musl can be found on
the project website:
http://www.musl-libc.org/