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neither is correct; different commands take different argument types, and some take no arguments at all. I have a much larger overhaul of fcntl prepared to address this, but it's not appropriate to commit during freeze. the immediate problem being addressed affects forward-compatibility on x32: if new commands are added and they take pointers, but the libc-level fcntl function is not aware of them, using long would sign-extend the pointer to 64 bits and give the kernel an invalid pointer. on the kernel side, the argument to fcntl is always treated as unsigned long, so no harm is done by treating possibly-signed integer arguments as unsigned. for every command that takes an integer argument except for F_SETOWN, large integer arguments and negative arguments are handled identically anyway. in the case of F_SETOWN, the kernel is responsible for converting the argument which it received as unsigned long to int, so the sign of negative arguments is recovered. the other problem that will be addressed later is that the type passed to va_arg does not match the type in the caller of fcntl. an advanced compiler doing cross-translation-unit analysis could potentially see this mismatch and issue warnings or otherwise make trouble. on i386, this patch was confirmed not to alter the code generated by gcc 4.7.3. in principle the generated code should not be affected on any arch except x32. |
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musl libc - a new standard library to power a new generation of
Linux-based devices. musl is lightweight, fast, simple, free, and
strives to be correct in the sense of standards-conformance and
safety.
musl is an alternative to glibc, eglibc, uClibc, dietlibc, and klibc.
For reasons why one might prefer musl, please see the FAQ and libc
comparison chart on the project website,
http://www.musl-libc.org/
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Greetings!
The 0.9.x release series for musl features interface 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. As the release series progresses, we are
gradually adding support for incomplete functionality in existing
interfaces, additional functions that are deemed to be important due
to their use in real-world software, and support for new library and
language features in C11 such as thread-local storage, which is now
supported on all targets. In addition, support for additional target
cpu architectures is being added.
The number of packages build successfully against musl - either
out-of-the-box or with minor patches to address portability errors -
has exceeded 5000 and is steadily growing. In addition to application
compatibility testing, unit testing has been conducted using three
separate test frameworks and numerous additional standalone test cases
to verify the correctness of the implementation.
Included with this package is a gcc wrapper script (musl-gcc) which
allows you to build musl-linked programs using an existing gcc 3.x or
4.x toolchain on the host. There are also now at several mini
distributions (in the form of build scripts) which provide a
self-hosting musl-based toolchain and system root. These are much
better options than the wrapper script if you wish to use dynamic
linking or build packages with many library dependencies. See the musl
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Rich Felker / dalias