HACKS revision 1.255 1 # $NetBSD: HACKS,v 1.255 2025/09/02 08:15:33 rin Exp $
2 #
3 # This file is intended to document workarounds for currently unsolved
4 # (mostly) compiler bugs.
5 #
6 # Format:
7 # hack title
8 # cdate creation date
9 # mdate mod date
10 # who responsible developer
11 # port ...
12 # affected ports, space separated, if not "all"
13 # file affected file : revision : line from : line to
14 # affected files and revision and line numbers describing hack
15 # multiple lines if necessary.
16 # pr NNNN ...
17 # problem reports this hack works around, if known. Space
18 # separated.
19 # regress src/regress/directory/where/test/found
20 # regression test directories, if available.
21 # descr
22 # insert short informal description (multi-line). (Longer ones
23 # should be in the PR database. More formal descriptions might
24 # be in the regress tree. See above).
25 # kcah
26 # closing bracket.
27 #
28 # this is a comment.
29
30 hack llvm needs no-unused-command-line-argument
31 mdate 10 May 2020
32 who maxv
33 file share/mk/bsd.lib.mk 1.380 -> 1.381
34 descr
35 To avoid LLVM warnings when compiling the kernel with special
36 CFLAGS such as KASAN on amd64 or ARMV83_PAC on aarch64, pass
37 -Wno-unused-command-line-argument.
38 kcah
39
40 hack static linking with libpthread
41 mdate 7 May 2019
42 who maya
43 file src/lib/libpthread/Makefile 1.92 -> 1.94
44 descr
45 To avoid some libc thread stub functions being picked up
46 in static builds, link pthread as one section.
47 kcah
48
49 hack disable optimization for gcc-9.3 in src/lib/libc/gdtoa/strtod.c
50 mdate 18 Sep 2020
51 who christos
52 file src/lib/libc/gdtoa/strtod.c 1.15 -> 1.16
53 descr
54 See PR/55668, the program there causes infinite loop
55 kcah
56
57 hack gcc-5.3 optimizes memset+malloc -> calloc inside calloc
58 mdate 4 May 2016
59 who christos
60 file external/gpl2/lib/libmalloc/lib/Makefile 1.3 -> 1.5
61 descr
62 resulting in infinite recursion; we prevent this with
63 -fno-builtin-malloc
64 kcah
65
66 hack turn off tree-vrp for parts of ufs_lookup.c
67 mdate 28 April 2016
68 who mrg christos
69 file src/sys/ufs/ufs/ufs_lookup.c : 1.144
70 pr 51094
71 descr
72 with -ftree-vrp enabled in ufs_lookup.c sometimes bad dir
73 panicks are see.
74 hcah
75
76 hack netstat ieee1394 address printing.
77 mdate 14 Nov 2000
78 who matt
79 file lib/libc/net/getnameinfo.c : 1.32 : 497 : 503
80 descr
81 Because the current implementation of IP over IEEE1394, the
82 fw device address contains more than just the IEEE1394 EUI-64.
83 So when printing out IEEE1394 addresses, ignore the extra stuff.
84 kcah
85
86 hack xterm vs. libterm
87 mdate 01 Aug 2000
88 who jdc
89 file xsrc/xc/programs/xterm/main.c : 1.2 : 3609 : 3614
90 pr 10383
91 descr
92 In order to extend the termcap string over 1023 bytes, a ZZ entry was
93 introduced to point to a memory location containing the full entry.
94 Without this hack, xterm will export a termcap containing the ZZ
95 entry, which will then be ignored by libterm. As xterm modifies the
96 exported termcap, this would cause those modifications to be ignored.
97 kcah
98
99 hack wi-at-big-endian-bus
100 cdate 15 Mar 2002
101 who martin
102 file dev/ic/wireg.h : 1.20
103 descr Add an option to access the underlying bus in big endian byte order
104 to work around deficiencies in bus_space_{read,write}_* macros.
105 Those don't allow the implementation of a proper pcmcia bus space
106 tag.
107 kcah
108
109 hack specific knowledge of colours in curses code
110 cdate Sun Apr 6 11:05:24 BST 2003
111 who jdc
112 file lib/libcurses/color.c : r1.24
113 descr
114 Swap red/blue and yellow/cyan colours for COLOR_OTHER.
115 Fix is to enhance libtermcap to understand terminfo-style % sequences.
116 See also:
117 http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/tech-userlevel/2003/04/06/0000.html
118 kcah
119
120 hack Compensation for differing types of LINUX_USRSTACK and USRSTACK
121 cdate 21 Aug 2003
122 who he
123 file sys/miscfs/procfs/procfs_linux.c : 1.14
124 descr
125 Not all ports have LINUX_USRSTACK and/or USRSTACK defined as
126 literals/constants, but refer to variables of a type which is
127 not "unsigned long", causing compilation of procfs_linux.c to
128 fail with "makes integer from pointer without a cast". This
129 is observed on e.g. the sun3 port. Ideally the "types" for
130 symbols should be consistent across all ports.
131 kcah
132
133 hack gcc4 wrong uninitialized variable
134 mdate 10 May 2006
135 who mrg
136 file bin/ksh/eval.c : 1.6
137 file bin/sh/histedit.c : 1.39
138 file bin/sh/parser.c : 1.60
139 file crypto/dist/heimdal/kdc/524.c : 1.10
140 file crypto/dist/ssh/sftp.c : 1.20
141 file crypto/dist/ssh/ssh-keysign.c : 1.11
142 file dist/ipf/lib/hostname.c : 1.2
143 file dist/ipf/tools/ipmon.c : 1.8
144 file dist/ntp/ntpd/ntp_request.c : 1.4
145 file dist/ntp/ntpd/refclock_shm.c : 1.4
146 file dist/ntp/sntp/timing.c : 1.3
147 file dist/pppd/pppstats/pppstats.c : 1.3
148 file dist/tcpdump/print-zephyr.c : 1.5
149 file distrib/utils/sysinst/aout2elf.c : 1.12
150 file gnu/libexec/uucp/uucico/uucico.c : 1.6
151 file lib/libc/citrus/citrus_csmapper.c : 1.6
152 file lib/libc/citrus/citrus_pivot_factory.c : 1.5
153 file lib/libc/inet/inet_cidr_ntop.c : 1.3
154 file lib/libc/inet/inet_ntop.c : 1.3
155 file lib/libc/stdio/vfwprintf.c : 1.8
156 file libexec/ld.elf_so/arch/m68k/mdreloc.c : 1.20
157 file libexec/ld.elf_so/arch/powerpc/ppc_reloc.c : 1.40
158 file libexec/ld.elf_so/arch/sh3/mdreloc.c : 1.22
159 file libexec/ld.elf_so/arch/sparc/mdreloc.c : 1.39
160 file libexec/ld.elf_so/arch/sparc64/mdreloc.c : 1.39
161 file libexec/ld.elf_so/arch/vax/mdreloc.c : 1.21
162 file libexec/ld.elf_so/arch/x86_64/mdreloc.c : 1.27
163 file sbin/fsck_ext2fs/dir.c : 1.19
164 file sbin/routed/rtquery/rtquery.c : 1.18
165 file sys/arch/amd64/amd64/pmap.c : 1.26
166 file sys/arch/i386/pci/piixpcib.c : 1.4
167 file sys/arch/m68k/m68k/pmap_motorola.c : 1.4
168 file sys/crypto/cast128/cast128.c : 1.9
169 file sys/ddb/db_command.c : 1.86
170 file sys/dev/cardbus/cardbus_map.c : 1.21
171 file sys/dev/fss.c : 1.25
172 file sys/dev/ic/igsfb.c : 1.39
173 file sys/dev/ic/mb86950.c : 1.5
174 file sys/dev/ic/midway.c : 1.71
175 file sys/dev/kttcp.c : 1.18
176 file sys/dev/rasops/rasops_bitops.h : 1.9
177 file sys/dev/pci/cmpci.c : 1.31
178 file sys/dev/pci/machfb.c : 1.45
179 file sys/dev/usb/ohci.c : 1.174
180 file sys/dev/usb/uhci.c : 1.196
181 file sys/dev/rasops/rasops_bitops.h : 1.9
182 file sys/dist/ipf/netinet/ip_nat.c : 1.10
183 file sys/dist/ipf/netinet/ip_rpcb_pxy.c : 1.8
184 file sys/dist/pf/net/pf.c : 1.22
185 file sys/fs/udf/udf_vnops.c : 1.4
186 file sys/kern/kern_sig.c : 1.219
187 file sys/kern/tty.c : 1.181
188 file sys/net/bpf.c : 1.116
189 file sys/net/zlib.c : 1.26
190 file sys/netccitt/if_x25subr.c : 1.37
191 file sys/netinet/in.c : 1.107
192 file sys/nfs/nfs_serv.c : 1.108
193 file sys/nfs/nfs_socket.c : 1.129
194 file sys/nfs/nfs_syscalls.c : 1.91
195 file sys/ufs/lfs/lfs_vfsops.c : 1.207 [also (char *)]
196 file usr.bin/ftp/ftp.c : 1.140
197 file usr.bin/find/function.c : 1.54
198 file usr.bin/mail/tty.c : 1.20
199 file usr.bin/msgc/msg_sys.def : 1.33-1.34
200 file usr.bin/nl/nl.c : 1.7
201 file usr.bin/systat/keyboard.c : 1.23
202 file usr.bin/usbhidctl/usbhid.c : 1.29
203 file usr.bin/vi/cl/cl_read.c : 1.5
204 file usr.bin/vi/ex/ex_cscope.c : 1.12
205 file usr.bin/vi/ex/ex_tag.c : 1.19
206 file usr.bin/vi/vi/v_txt.c : 1.15
207 file usr.sbin/altq/altqstat/qdisc_rio.c : 1.4
208 file usr.sbin/cron/do_command.c : 1.19
209 file usr.sbin/timed/timed/slave.c : 1.15
210 descr
211 GCC 4.1 gets many uninitialised variable warnings wrong. We should
212 really audit all the old hacks like this when older compilers are
213 removed from the tree, as many are probably no longer required.
214 The problem is that it does not recognize initialization via function
215 call pointer. I.e.
216 int p;
217 foo(&p);
218 does not mark p as initialized.
219 kcah
220
221 hack gcc4 pointer sign and strict aliasing problems
222 mdate 10 May 2006
223 who mrg
224 file bin/ed/Makefile : 1.33
225 file distrib/utils/sysinst/Makefile.inc : 1.44
226 file distrib/utils/x_dhclient/Makefile : 1.15
227 file games/bcd/Makefile : 1.5
228 file games/dab/Makefile : 1.5
229 file games/larn/Makefile : 1.17
230 file games/pom/Makefile : 1.5
231 file lib/libasn1/Makefile : 1.26
232 file lib/libcrypt/Makefile : 1.17
233 file lib/libgssapi/Makefile : 1.16
234 file lib/libhdb/Makefile : 1.20
235 file lib/libkadm5clnt/Makefile : 1.21
236 file lib/libkadm5srv/Makefile : 1.25
237 file lib/libkrb5/Makefile : 1.35
238 file lib/libssh/Makefile : 1.6
239 file lib/libtelnet/Makefile : 1.26
240 file libexec/getty/Makefile : 1.14
241 file libexec/kadmind/Makefile : 1.19
242 file libexec/kpasswdd/Makefile : 1.14
243 file sbin/atactl/Makefile : 1.3
244 file sbin/cgdconfig/Makefile : 1.7
245 file sbin/clri/Makefile : 1.13
246 file sbin/dkctl/Makefile : 1.4
247 file sbin/dump/Makefile : 1.33
248 file sbin/fdisk/Makefile : 1.35
249 file sbin/fsck_ext2fs/Makefile : 1.11
250 file sbin/fsck_ffs/Makefile : 1.29
251 file sbin/fsdb/Makefile : 1.18
252 file sbin/newfs/Makefile : 1.30
253 file sbin/newfs_sysvbfs/Makefile : 1.2
254 file sbin/restore/Makefile : 1.23
255 file sbin/veriexecctl/Makefile : 1.11
256 file sys/lib/libsa/Makefile : 1.59
257 file sys/arch/evbarm/adi_brh/brh_machdep.c : 1.24
258 file usr.bin/awk/Makefile : 1.9
259 file usr.bin/crontab/Makefile : 1.24
260 file usr.bin/ctags/Makefile : 1.8
261 file usr.bin/gzip/Makefile : 1.10
262 file usr.bin/ssh/sftp/Makefile : 1.10
263 file usr.bin/ssh/ssh/Makefile : 1.25
264 file usr.bin/vi/build/Makefile : 1.26
265 file usr.bin/telnet/Makefile : 1.40
266 file usr.bin/tn3270/tn3270/Makefile : 1.36
267 file usr.bin/tr/Makefile : 1.4
268 file usr.sbin/amd/amd/Makefile : 1.27
269 file usr.sbin/amd/amq/Makefile : 1.14
270 file usr.sbin/amd/libamu/Makefile : 1.20
271 file usr.sbin/amd/pawd/Makefile : 1.5
272 file usr.sbin/bind/Makefile.inc : 1.22
273 file usr.sbin/bind/libdns/Makefile : 1.3
274 file usr.sbin/bind/named/Makefile : 1.17
275 file usr.sbin/bootp/bootptest/Makefile : 1.2
276 file usr.sbin/chrtbl/Makefile : 1.6
277 file usr.sbin/cron/Makefile : 1.12
278 file usr.sbin/dhcp/Makefile.inc : 1.20
279 file usr.sbin/hprop/Makefile : 1.13
280 file usr.sbin/installboot/Makefile : 1.35
281 file usr.sbin/ipf/ipftest/Makefile : 1.32
282 file usr.sbin/isdn/isdnd/Makefile : 1.6
283 file usr.sbin/isdn/isdnmonitor/Makefile : 1.3
284 file usr.sbin/isdn/isdntel/Makefile : 1.2
285 file usr.sbin/isdn/isdntrace/Makefile : 126
286 file usr.sbin/mopd/common/Makefile : 1.10
287 file usr.sbin/mopd/mopd/Makefile : 1.9
288 file usr.sbin/mopd/mopprobe/Makefile : 1.7
289 file usr.sbin/makefs/Makefile : 1.17
290 file usr.sbin/mscdlabel/Makefile : 1.5
291 file usr.sbin/pkg_install/add/Makefile : 1.7
292 file usr.sbin/pkg_install/create/Makefile : 1.5
293 file usr.sbin/pkg_install/lib/Makefile : 1.28
294 file usr.sbin/ntp/ntpd/Makefile : 1.10/1.11
295 file usr.sbin/ntp/ntptime/Makefile : 1.4/1.5
296 file usr.sbin/pppd/Makefile.inc : 1.3
297 file usr.sbin/pppd/pppd/Makefile : 1.38
298 file usr.sbin/rarpd/Makefile : 1.10
299 file usr.sbin/rbootd/Makefile : 1.10
300 file usr.sbin/rpc.pcnfsd/Makefile : 1.17
301 file usr.sbin/tcpdump/Makefile : 1.42
302 descr
303 GCC 4.1 warns on pointer sign comparison/assignments and lots of
304 code does not conform. For now we use -Wno-pointer-sign and
305 -fno-strict-aliasing.
306 kcah
307
308 hack disable ctf for gcc-4.8 build
309 mdate April 3 2014
310 who christos
311 file external/gpl3/gcc/usr.bin/Makefile.frontend : 1.4
312 file external/gpl3/gcc/usr.bin/Makefile.backend : 1.5
313 descr
314 nbctfconvert -g -L VERSION -g fold-const.o
315 ERROR: fold-const.c: failed to get mapping for tid 79154 \
316 ((null)) <13532>
317 kcak
318
319 hack emacs aborting on exit (libgcc issue)
320 mdate 7 November 2011
321 who christos
322 file external/gpl3/gcc/dist/gcc/unwind-dw2-fde.c : 1.2
323 descr
324 GCC 4.5.3 now calls __unregister_frame_info_bases() on unloading/exit
325 to do just that. If the symbol requested is not found, then it aborts.
326 emacs 23.3 triggers this assertion. For now disable aborting, and
327 silently ignore.
328 kcah
329
330 hack cross-building hack on Darwin
331 mdate 20 July 2008
332 who agc
333 file src/distrib/common/Makefile.mdset : 1.33
334 descr
335 Darwin has problems with getopt() when used in mdsetimage -v,
336 due to the difference between BSD and libiberty() getopt
337 implementations, more fully described in
338 http://mail-index.netbsd.org/current-users/2008/06/27/msg003242.html
339 and the subsequent thread. For just now, we just have an ugly
340 workaround not to call mdsetimage with the -v argument on Darwin
341 kcah
342
343 hack avoid rebuilding asn1 libraries
344 mdate 03 August 2008
345 who veego
346 file src/crypto/dist/heimdal/lib/asn1/gen.c : 1.10
347 file src/lib/libasn1/Makefile : 1.32
348 file src/lib/libhdb/Makefile : 1.23
349 file src/lib/libgssapi/Makefile : 1.20
350 file src/lib/libhx509/Makefile : 1.3
351 pr 9702 39185
352 descr
353 asn1_compile does not check if generated header files do not have to
354 be rebuild.
355 Generate .hx files and copy it in the Makefiles if they changed.
356 kcah
357
358 hack Disable fortification for /usr/bin/makeinfo
359 cdata 24 Mar 2014
360 who tron
361 file src/external/gpl2/texinfo/bin/makeinfo/Makefile : 1.1
362 pr N/A
363 descr
364 If "makeinfo" is compiled with "-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2" using GCC 4.8.3
365 it fails to process certain texinfo files, e.g. "cl.texi"
366 included in the Emacs 24.3 distribution.
367 kcah
368
369 hack Disable Stack Smash Protection for /usr/X11R7/bin/xauth
370 cdata 05 Apr 2014
371 who tron
372 file src/external/mit/xorg/bin/xauth/Makefile : 1.4
373 pr N/A
374 descr
375 If "xauth" is compile with "USE_SSP" set to "yes" it fails
376 mysteriously with an error message like this:
377
378 /usr/X11R7/bin/xauth: file /foo/bar/.Xauthority does not exist
379 /usr/X11R7/bin/xauth: unable to link authority file /foo/bar/.Xauthority, use /foo/bar/.Xauthority
380
381 The compiler seems to get confused about the two filename variables
382 used in the link(2) system call.
383 kcah
384
385 hack g++ 5.x barfs on volatile in constexpr initializers
386 cdata 27 Aug 2015
387 who pooka
388 file src/lib/libpthread/pthread_types.h : 1.17
389 pr lib/49989
390 descr
391 Trying to use e.g. pthread_mutex_t m = PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER
392 in C++ results in:
393 error: temporary of non-literal type '__pthread_mutex_st'
394 in a constant expression
395 constexpr mutex() _NOEXCEPT : __m_(PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER) {}
396 [...]
397 include/pthread_types.h:101:8: note: '__pthread_mutex_st' is
398 not literal because:
399 struct __pthread_mutex_st {
400 ^
401 include/pthread_types.h:103:17: note: non-static data
402 member '__pthread_mutex_st::ptm_errorcheck' has volatile type
403 pthread_spin_t ptm_errorcheck;
404 kcah
405
406 hack libm cabs{,f,l} and g++
407 cdata 11 Jan 2016
408 who christos
409 pr lib/50646
410 file src/external/gpl3/gcc.old/dist/libstdc++-v3/include/std/complex : 1.2
411 file src/external/gpl3/gcc/dist/libstdc++-v3/include/std/complex : 1.2
412 descr
413 Our cabs and cabsf have a different argument format on some architectures
414 and for that we have created in libm/compat_cabs{,f}.c. The standard
415 versions in libc are __c99_cabs{,f,l} and there are __RENAME()'s in
416 <complex.h>. G++ uses __builtin_cabs{,f,l} to implement those and they
417 translate by default to cabs{,f,l} which gets defined to cabs{,f} (the
418 wrong function) and an undefined cabsl. I've changed <complex> to use
419 the __c99_cabs{,f,l} directly. Using the __builtin_cabs{,f,l} in gcc is
420 still broken.
421 kcah
422
423 hack xorg warnings
424 cdate 30 July 2008, 3 June, 2013
425 who mrg
426 file external/mit/xorg/lib/libSM/Makefile : 1.2
427 external/mit/xorg/lib/libX11/Makefile.libx11 : 1.10
428 external/mit/xorg/lib/libXext/Makefile : 1.2
429 external/mit/xorg/lib/libXfont/Makefile : 1.2
430 descr
431 Disable several warnings or use -Wno-error across Xorg sources
432 while we get them working
433 kcah
434
435 hack 32 bit time leftovers
436 cdate 11 January 2009
437 who christos
438 file lib/libc/time/localtime.c : 1.41
439 lib/libc/time/zic.c : 1.23
440 descr
441 The timezone compiled files still contain 32 bit time_t
442 quantities. I did not want to version the files because
443 the ``parser'' is too ugly for words. What needs to be
444 done, is to rewrite the parser from scratch also to avoid
445 potential core-dumps from parsing invalid files.
446 kcah
447
448 hack 32 bit time leftovers
449 cdate 11 January 2009
450 who christos
451 file various
452 descr
453 Many filesystem on-disk formats have 32 bit times.
454 kcah
455
456
457 port vax
458
459 hack gcc10/vax ICE
460 cdate Sun Jan 22 15:37:56 EST 2023
461 who christos
462 file external/mit/xorg/lib/fontconfig/src/Makefile : 1.28
463 descr
464 Disable optimization on some files
465 kcah
466
467 hack declare boolean_t in two IPF user-mode programs
468 cdate Tue Mar 7 19:19:20 CET 2006
469 who he
470 file dist/ipf/ipsend/iptests.c : 1.8
471 dist/ipf/ipsend/sock.c : 1.7
472 descr
473 The IPF user-mode programs ipsend and iptest first
474 include <sys/types.h> without _KERNEL defined, and
475 later include <sys/file.h> with _KERNEL defined.
476 This causes a build failure when building for vax,
477 since <sys/device.h> ends up being included without
478 bollean_t being defined by <sys/types.h>.
479 Build failure and further details documented in
480 PR#32907.
481 kcah
482
483 hack pcc 0.9.9 large string literals
484 cdat 8 July 2008
485 who gmcgarry
486 file sys/conf/param.c : 1.58
487 descr
488 Workaround for pcc 0.9.9 not handling large string literals
489 which causes kernels with 'options INCLUDE_CONFIG_FILE' to
490 fail compilation.
491 There is a proposal on the pcc mailing list to stuff config
492 file in ELF section.
493 kcah
494
495 hack Sprinkle -O0 to avoid ICE for GCC10/12
496 cdate Mon Sep 30 02:55:44 UTC 2024
497 mdate Sun Apr 13 08:29:42 UTC 2025
498 mdate 2025/04/13 08:31:12
499 who kalvisd, rin
500 file external/mit/xorg/lib/gallium/Makefile : 1.57 -
501 file external/mit/xorg/lib/gallium.old/Makefile : 1.10 -
502 descr
503 We have ICE for -O[21] even for GCC10/12.
504 Affected files varies b/w GCC and gallium versions.
505
506 Note that compiled binary does not work anyway on vax;
507 they manipulate floating-point numbers as binary, assuming
508 IEEE 754 format.
509 kcah
510
511 port arm
512
513 hack gcc-unsigned-compare
514 cdate 09 Mar 2002
515 mdate 18 Mar 2002
516 who bjh21
517 file dist/bind/lib/nameser/ns_parse.c : 1.3
518 file dist/dhcp/minires/ns_parse.c : 1.3
519 file dist/dhcp/omapip/result.c : 1.2
520 file dist/dhcp/server/failover.c : 1.3
521 file gnu/dist/toolchain/bfd/bfd.c : 1.2
522 file gnu/dist/toolchain/bfd/format.c : 1.2
523 file gnu/dist/toolchain/gdb/target.c : 1.2
524 file sys/kern/vfs_subr.c : 1.172
525 descr When checking that a potentially-unsigned enum is >= 0, assign
526 it to an int first. This is necessary to avoid "comparison is
527 always true" warnings with -fshort-enums. Casting to an int
528 really should be enough, but turns out not to be.
529 kcah
530
531 hack gcc-4.5 arm CNAME hostname lookup failure on
532 certain DNS environment (probably -ftree-ter problem)
533 cdate Sat Dec 24 04:59:00 UTC 2011
534 mdate
535 who tsutsui
536 file lib/libc/net/Makefile.inc 1.79
537 descr Hostname lookup against CNAMEs by some commands fails
538 on certain DNS environments if lib/libc/net/gethnamaddr.c
539 (ping(8) etc) and lib/libc/net/getaddrinfo.c (ftp(1) etc)
540 are compiled with -O2, even though nslookup(1) against
541 the same CNAME returns proper hostname.
542 They works properly if compiled with -O2 -fno-tree-ter.
543 Also -O2 fails but -O2 -fno-tree-ter works on the following
544 test case in gcc bugzilla:
545 http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=48863#c4
546 kcah
547
548 port sh3
549
550 hack gcc4-sh3-bz2
551 cdate Sun May 21 03:34:57 UTC 2006
552 mdate Fri May 16 13:13:00 UTC 2008
553 who mrg, tsutsui
554 file lib/libbz2/Makefile : 1.10
555 descr
556 The in-tree GCC 4.1-based compiler generated too-far
557 pc-relative addresses. Hack is to build with
558 -fno-loop-optimize.
559 kcah
560
561 port m68000
562
563 hack gcc4-m68000
564 cdate Fri Feb 8 10:29:37 PST 2008
565 mdate Sun May 4 15:37:19 UTC 2008
566 who mrg, tsutsui
567 file rescue/Makefile : 1.21
568 file sbin/dump_lfs/Makefile : 1.9
569 file sbin/fsck_ffs/Makefile : 1.35
570 file sbin/fsdb/Makefile : 1.22
571 file share/mk/sys.mk : 1.96
572 file usr.sbin/ndbootd/Makefile : 1.5
573 descr
574 Several internal compiler errors with gcc -O1
575 around 64bit integer arithmetic.
576 This hack uses -O1 and adds some -fno-tree-foo options
577 to avoid the problem.
578 This might be related with GCC Bugzilla Bug 32424.
579 kcah
580
581 port m68k,sh3,vax
582
583 hack gcc-4.8.1
584 cdate Wed Nov 6 20:41:35 EST 2013
585 mdate 2014/05/16 09:36:51
586 who christos
587 file src/external/gpl3/gcc/lib/libstdc++-v3/Makefile : 1.11
588 descr
589 compile the followings with -fimplicit-templates to
590 produce missing instantiation of std::lower_bound expansion
591 for unsigned long:
592 - concept-inst.cc
593 - hashtable_c++0x.cc
594 - bitmap_allocator.cc
595 kcah
596
597 port sparc
598
599 hack avoid NULL pointer derefs in savefpstate IPIs and GCC 4.5.3
600 cdate Sun Aug 14 19:26:48 PDT 2011
601 who mrg
602 file sys/arch/sparc64/sparc/cpu.c : 1.234
603 file sys/arch/sparc64/sparc/cpuvar.h : 1.90
604 file sys/arch/sparc64/sparc/genassym.cf : 1.67
605 file sys/arch/sparc64/sparc/locore.s : 1.265
606 descr
607 Something is wrong with GCC 4.5.3 and the savefpstate IPI.
608 Post newlock2 there was a bug where a lock was reduced from
609 IPL_SCHED to IPL_VM (?) and occasionally savefpstate IPI
610 would crash due to NULL IPI. This was fixed by re-using the
611 right IPL value. However, GCC 4.5.3 build kernels have the
612 same problems. For now, the hack is re-instated.
613 kcah
614
615
616 port mips
617
618 hack mips-shared-linker-load-address
619 cdate Fri Oct 7 08:33:10 UTC 2005
620 who simonb
621 file src/sys/kern/exec_elf32.c : 1.107
622 descr
623 With COMPAT_16 or previous enabled (which enables
624 ELF_INTERP_NON_RELOCATABLE) a recent ld.elf_so will
625 load and run at address 0. The check to fix this in
626 rev 1.107 only checks the first psection of the ELF
627 executable, which may not be loadable. A more correct
628 fix is to check the first loadable psection instead of
629 just the first psection.
630 kcah
631
632 hack mips-duplicate-ras-end-label
633 cdate Sat Sep 2 23:29:42 2006
634 who martin
635 file src/regress/sys/kern/ras/ras3/Makefile : 1.3
636 descr
637 Add -fno-reorder-blocks to CFLAGS to avoid duplicate
638 labels by duplicated __asm output from RAS_END()
639 macro.
640 kcah
641
642 hack mips-mcount-assembler-warning
643 cdate Tue Jul 29 14:16:52 UTC 2008
644 who lukem
645 file src/lib/libc/gmon/Makefile.inc : 1.8
646 descr
647 Workaround for PR port-mips/39192.
648 common/lib/libc/gmon/mcount.c generates a (fatal)
649 assembler warning on MIPS:
650 Warning: No .cprestore pseudo-op used in PIC code
651 Add COPTS.count.c+=-Wa,--no-warn to avoid -Wa,--fatal-warnings
652 kcah
653
654 hack mips-use-binutils-old
655 cdate Sun May 7 14:28:55 CEST 2023
656 who martin
657 file src/share/mk/bsd.own.mk : 1.1311, 1.1308
658 descr
659 Use binutils.old for 64bit mips with 32bit userland.
660 Version 2.39 causes random (cross-) build failures
661 that are hard to reproduce or analyze.
662 kcah
663
664 port i386
665
666 hack use volatile intermediate variable to enforce rounding
667 cdate Tue Aug 1 22:15:55 MEST 2006
668 who drochner
669 file src/lib/libm/src/lrintf.c : 1.4
670 file src/lib/libm/src/s_rintf.c : 1.8
671 descr
672 gcc-4 does subsequent operations on "float" values within
673 the i387 FPU without rounding the intermediate results
674 kcah
675
676 port x86
677 hack turn off optimization for biosdisk_ll.c because otherwise
678 we are pass the wrong arguments to biosdisk_read().
679 $ cd /usr/src/sys/arch/i386/floppies/bootflopp-com
680 $ qemu-system-i386 -nographic -fda boot-com1.fs -boot a
681 cdate Mon Apr 7 21:09:55 2014 UTC
682 who christos
683 file src/sys/arch/i386/stand/lib/Makefile : 1.38
684 descr
685 Turning on DISK_DEBUG shows the problem. We should find
686 out which option is causing this.
687 hcah
688
689 port powerpc
690
691 hack avoid using __builtin_return_address(0) because it fails in
692 Xorg's module loader
693 cdate Sat Sep 27 03:52:05 UTC 2008
694 who macallan
695 file src/libexec/ld.elf_so/rtld.c : 1.121
696 descr
697 workaround for PR port-macppc/37812
698 kcah
699
700 hack define TARGET_SECURE_PLT and HAVE_AS_TLS because when
701 building the native compiler via build.sh those don't defined
702 properly.
703 cdate Sat Mar 12 08:00:00 UTC 2011
704 who matt
705 file src/gnu/dist/gcc4/gcc/config/rs6000/netbsd.h : 1.7
706 descr
707 see above
708 kcah
709
710 port powerpc64
711
712 hack include _errno.c in libposix so that __errno resolves. It
713 should resolve from libc's errno, but somehow it does not.
714 Linker bug?
715 cdate Thu Oct 27 13:19:47 EDT 2011
716 who christos
717 file src/lib/libposix/Makefile: 1.15
718 file src/lib/librt/Makefile: 1.14
719 descr
720 workaround for:
721 libposix_pic.a(cerror.pico)(.text+0x14): unresolvable \
722 R_PPC64_REL24 relocation against symbol `.__errno'
723 kcah
724
725 hack rename data() function in mdocml to avoid redefined error.
726 Compiler/Assembler bug?
727 cdate Sat Oct 29 11:16:01 EDT 2011
728 who christos
729 file src/external/bsd/mdocml/tbl_data.c: 1.2
730 descr
731 workaround for:
732 {standard input}: Assembler messages:
733 {standard input}:105: Error: symbol `.data' is already \
734 defined
735 kcah
736
737 port emips
738
739 hack Add nop between ctc1 and mtc0 to avoid assembler internal
740 error
741 cdate Sat Oct 29 16:57:34 EDT 2011
742 who christos
743 file src/sys/arch/mips/mips/mips_fpu.c: 1.7
744 descr
745 workaround for:
746 {standard input}: Assembler messages:
747 {standard input}:730: Internal error!
748 Assertion failure in append_insn at /usr/src/external/gpl3/\
749 binutils/dist/gas/config/tc-mips.c line 2910.
750 kcah
751
752 port ia64
753
754 hack libgcc unwind dummy function
755 cdate Fri Apr 17 14:31:03 CEST 2015
756 who martin
757 file src/external/gpl3/gcc/dist/libgcc/config/ia64/unwind-ia64.c: 1.4
758 descr
759 Add an empty _Unwind_FindTableEntry() implementation.
760 In the end we will use our libc stuff, and this should
761 go away again.
762 kcah
763
764 port x68k
765
766 hack compiler error with gcc 4.5.x
767 cdate Fri May 24 13:23:01 EDT 2013
768 who christos
769 file src/external/gpl3/gcc/usr.bin/bakend/Makefile: 1.17
770 xsrc/external/mit/xorg/lib/libGLU/Makefile: 1.11
771 descr
772 workaround for:
773 internal compiler error: in cselib_record_set, at cselib.c:1999
774 kcah
775
776 hack fallback to /usr/bin/clang-cpp in rpcgen
777 cdate Wed Jun 5 15:49:27 CEST 2013
778 who joerg
779 file src/usr.bin/rpcgen/rpc_main.c : 1.35
780 descr
781 It is undecided which compiler owns /usr/bin/cpp and whether it should
782 exist in a MKGCC=no world. To allow rpcgen to work out-of-the-box,
783 if either gcc or clang is installed, use /usr/bin/clang-cpp as fallback.
784 This applies only if RPCGEN_CPP is not set and /usr/bin/cpp is not executable.
785 kcah
786
787 port hppa
788
789 hack compiler error with gcc 4.5.x
790 cdate Tue Jul 23 07:42:28 BST 2013
791 who skrll
792 file src/sys/lib/libkern/Makefile.libkern: 1.26
793 descr
794 workaround for unanalysed codegen bug affecting md5c.c.
795 kcah
796
797 hack gdb vs _rtld_debug_state problem
798 cdate Thu Mar 5 09:49:53 UTC 2015
799 who skrll
800 file src/libexec/ld.elf_so/rtld.c: 1.175
801 descr
802 workaround for problem where gdb misses the breakpoint on
803 _rtld_debug_state when the function is only the
804 bv,n %r0(%rp) instruction - the nullify seems to
805 confuse something
806 kcah
807
808 port mips64*
809 hack compiler crashes on mips64* with optimization enabled
810 cdate Tue May 13 18:46:48 UTC 2014
811 who macallan
812 file src/external/lgpl3/gmp/lib/libgmp/arch/mips64eb/Makefile.inc: 1.6
813 src/external/lgpl3/gmp/lib/libgmp/arch/mips64eb/config.h: 1.5
814 src/external/lgpl3/gmp/lib/libgmp/arch/mips64el/Makefile.inc: 1.6
815 src/external/lgpl3/gmp/lib/libgmp/arch/mips64el/config.h: 1.5
816 descr workaround for n32 gcc doing unaligned 64bit accesses when optimizing
817 pr 48696
818 kcah
819
820 port sh3
821 hack compile parse.c in battlestar with -Wno-restrict
822 cdate Mon Oct 28 14:39:35 EDT 2019
823 who christos
824 file /cvsroot/src/games/battlestar/Makefile 1.11
825 descr fails to compile, confused by char words[][];
826 strcpy(words[n - 1], words[n + 1]);
827 kcah
828
829 port sh3
830 hack compile ddns.c in dhcpcd with no-stringop-overflow
831 cdate Tue Oct 29 20:25:59 EDT 2019
832 who christos
833 file /cvsroot/src/external/mpl/dhcp/bin/server/Makefile 1.2
834 descr fails to compile, confused by builtin_object_size in strcat(p, ".in..")
835 kcah
836
837 port arm
838 hack avoid using labels in a 12-bit constant.
839 cdate Mon Mar 30 05:26:47 2015 UTC
840 who matt
841 file crypto/external/bsd/openssl/lib/libcrypto/arch/arm/aes-armv4.S: 1.2
842 descr workaround for clang misassembling an instruction
843 kcah
844
845 port sparc64
846 hack during profiling with -m32 (and ASLR) labels are not generated
847 consistently
848 cdate Sat Feb 11 04:56:37 2017 UTC
849 who christos
850 file /cvsroot/src/crypto/external/bsd/heimdal/lib/libasn1/Makefile: 1.4
851 desc asn1_krb5_asn1.po does not produce the same results during successive
852 compilation runs; it is bimodal. Turning optimization to -O0 fixes
853 the issue
854 kcah
855
856 port ia64
857 hack ski emulator crashes
858 cdate Sat Apr 8 18:10:43 2017 UTC
859 who scole
860 file /cvsroot/src/sys/external/bsd/acpica/dist/tables/tbxfload.c: 1.6
861 desc
862 ski emulator crashes during acpi detection. Added a check for
863 uninitialized index. Submitted a request for change with upstream
864 mailing list, but never got a response
865 kcah
866
867 port powerpc
868 hack compile tc.c, logerr.c, ubsan.c with -O0 for clang
869 cdate Wed Jan 29 17:40:19 EST 2020
870 who christos
871 file src/external/bsd/atf/lib/libatf-c/Makefile: 1.22
872 file src/external/bsd/dhcpcd/sbin/dhcpcd/Makefile: 1.49
873 file src/tests/lib/libc/misc/Makefile: 1.5
874
875 descr Disable optimization on tc.c, logerr.c, ubsan.c crashes:
876 lib/libLLVMCodeGen/../../llvm/../../external/apache2/llvm/lib/..\
877 /dist/llvm/include/llvm/CodeGen/MachineFrameInfo.h", line 495, \
878 function "__int64_t llvm::MachineFrameInfo::getObjectOffset(int) const"
879 kcah
880
881 port m68k
882 hack compile aes_ccm_tag() with -O0
883 cdate Mon Aug 10 06:27:29 UTC 2020
884 mdate Wed Aug 10 00:00:00 UTC 2022
885 who rin
886 file src/sys/crypto/aes/aes_ccm.c: 1.5
887 descr GCC 9.4 and 8.3 miscompile aes_ccm_tag() for m68k with optimization
888 level -O[12], which results in failure in aes_ccm_selftest().
889 For 9.4, -O0 and -O1 work but -O2 fails for amiga (A1200, 68060) and
890 mac68k (Quadra 840AV, 68040). Whereas -O0 and -O2 work but -O1 fails
891 for sun3 (TME, 68020 emulator) and sun2 (TME, 68010 emulator).
892 aes_ccm_selftest() still fails with GCC 10.4 and -O2.
893 kcah
894
895 port sh3
896
897 hack gcc9-sh3-lint
898 cdate Tue Jun 22 14:59:52 CEST 2021
899 mdate Mon Jul 5 12:34:57 CEST 2021
900 who hgutch
901 file external/gpl3/gcc/dist/gcc/config/sh/sh.md 1.2
902 external/gpl3/gcc.old/dist/gcc/config/sh/sh.md 1.11
903 descr
904 The in-tree gcc 9/gcc 10 crashes with an internal
905 invalid opcode exception when using any kind of
906 optimization on lex.c in usr.bin/xlint/lint . This
907 was introduced apparently unintendedly in gcc when
908 addressing a different issue. Rather than disabling
909 optimization for lex.c, instead revert the change to
910 gcc. The bug report upstream has been updated to
911 reflect the exact breakage.
912
913 https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=101177
914 kcah
915
916 port arm
917 hack compile t_sig_backtrace with -fno-omit-frame-pointer for arm
918 cdate Tue Nov 23 23:24:37 UTC 2021
919 mdate Tue Nov 23 23:24:37 UTC 2021
920 who thorpej
921 file src/tests/lib/libexecinfo/Makefile: 1.8
922 file src/tests/lib/libexecinfo/t_sig_backtrace: 1.2
923 descr Unit test fails to pass unless t_sig_backtrace.c is compiled
924 with -fno-omit-frame-pointer and -DNOINLINE_HACK.
925 kcah
926
927 hack alpha gcc error in lint
928 cdate 2022/04/10 13:21:34
929 who martin
930 port alpha, vax
931 file usr.bin/xlint/Makefile.inc: 1.23, 1.25
932 pr 56789
933 descr
934 Compiling lint with -ftrapv fails with an internal
935 gcc compiler error.
936
937 https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=105209
938
939 Supposedly fixed in gcc 11 or newer.
940 kcah
941
942 hack compile copy{in,out}() for ibm4xx with -O0 for clang
943 cdate Mon Sep 12 08:06:36 UTC 2022
944 who rin
945 port evbppc
946 file sys/arch/powerpc/ibm4xx/trap.c: 1.99
947 descr
948 clang 13.0.0 miscompiles copy{in,out}() with -O[12]. As a result,
949 kernel cannot execute /sbin/init.
950 kcah
951
952 hack openssl: Disable ec_nistp_64_gcc_128 on aarch64eb
953 cdate Sat Jul 8 23:54:27 UTC 2023
954 who rin
955 port aarch64eb
956 file src/crypto/external/bsd/openssl/lib/libcrypto/arch/aarch64/ec.inc : 1.4
957 descr
958 As described in upstream document:
959 https://github.com/openssl/openssl/blob/master/INSTALL.md#enable-ec_nistp_64_gcc_128
960 This feature (for LP64) does not support big-endian machines.
961 Note that sparc64 does not use this (port-sparc64/57472).
962 kcah
963
964 hack GCC: Disable "-Warray-bounds" for x86 curcpu() and curlwp()
965 cdate Mon Sep 4 13:59:32 PDT 2023
966 who mrg
967 port i386 amd64
968 file src/sys/arch/amd64/include/cpu.h : 1.71
969 file src/sys/arch/i386/include/cpu.h : 1.184
970 descr
971 These functions trigger eg:
972 ./machine/cpu.h:57:9: error: array subscript 0 is outside array bounds of 'struct cpu_info * const[0]' [-Werror=array-bounds]
973 56 | __asm("movq %%gs:%1, %0" :
974 and can't easily be worked around.
975 kcah
976
977 hack ctfconvert/gcc: disable gcc dwarf-4 generation
978 cdate Thu Apr 4 19:51:05 EDT 2024
979 who christos
980 file src/external/mit/xorg/lib/gallium.old/Makefile : 1.9
981 descr
982 Some files create dwarf info that our ctfmerge can't handle.
983 We downgrade dwarf generation to version 3 which works.
984 kcah
985
986 hack ia64: work around feclearexcept/fetestexcept compiler bug
987 cdate Sun May 5 23:06:10 UTC 2024
988 who riastradh
989 file tests/lib/libm/t_fe_round.c
990 descr
991 Without judiciously placed __insn_barrier, we get:
992 /tmp//ccJayu9g.s:2793: Warning: Use of 'mov.m' violates RAW dependency 'AR[FPSR].sf0.flags' (impliedf)
993 /tmp//ccJayu9g.s:2793: Warning: Only the first path encountering the conflict is reported
994 /tmp//ccJayu9g.s:2757: Warning: This is the location of the conflicting usage
995 kcah
996
997 hack m68k: work around stack protector m68k compiler bug
998 cdate Thu Jun 6 15:53:21 PDT 2024
999 udate Tue May 6 13:00:40 UTC 2025
1000 port m68k
1001 who mrg, rin
1002 file lib/libc/stdlib/strsuftoll.c : 1.10
1003 file lib/libc/citrus/citrus_module.c : 1.14
1004 file crypto/external/bsd/openssl/lib/libcrypto/blake2.inc : 1.3
1005 file crypto/external/bsd/openssl/lib/libcrypto/sha.inc : 1.8
1006 file external/mit/xorg/lib/freetype/Makefile : 1.26
1007 file external/mit/xorg/lib/gallium/Makefile : 1.56
1008 file external/mit/xorg/lib/libXfont2/Makefile : 1.13
1009 descr
1010 With GCC 12, strsuftoll() triggers an stack protector issue
1011 that does not appear to be valid. _citrus_find_getops() does
1012 the same. They both have minimal stack usage themselves and
1013 I suspect a GCC bug.
1014 Other cases are less well studied.
1015 kcah
1016
1017 hack gcc: work around alignment limitations in ld.elf_so
1018 cdate Mon Jun 17 23:35:52 UTC 2024
1019 who riastradh
1020 file external/gpl3/gcc/dist/libsanitizer/tsan/tsan_interceptors_posix.cpp : 1.4
1021 file src/external/gpl3/gcc/dist/libsanitizer/tsan/tsan_rtl.cpp : 1.4
1022 file external/gpl3/gcc/dist/libsanitizer/tsan/tsan_rtl.h : 1.5
1023 descr
1024 ld.elf_so only supports 2*pointer-aligned objects (typically
1025 8- or 16-byte) in thread-local storage, but tsan expects
1026 cacheline-aligned objects (typically >=64-byte). To work
1027 around this, allocate n + 63 bytes and pick whichever pointer
1028 in that interval is aligned (PR lib/58349).
1029 kcah
1030
1031 hack ia64: work around bogus compiler warning
1032 cdate Thu Aug 28 11:46:54 EDT 2025
1033 who christos
1034 file src/external/bsd/acpica/bin/iasl/Makefile : 1.28
1035 descr
1036 after a pointer cast from with a member of size 4 to another
1037 struct with a member of size 8, the compiler thinks still that
1038 the size is 4 in the strncmp expression, but it also thinks
1039 it is 8 everywhere else.
1040 kcah
1041
1042 hack ld 2.45: Put back .note sections to segment same as .interp
1043 cdate Tue Sep 2 08:11:49 UTC 2025
1044 who rin
1045 file src/external/gpl3/binutils/dist/ld/scripttempl/elf.sc : 1.15
1046 descr
1047 Effectively reverts the following upstream commits:
1048
1049 (1) https://sourceware.org/git/?p=binutils-gdb.git;a=commit;h=7ecf0250f7f
1050 (2) https://sourceware.org/git/?p=binutils-gdb.git;a=commit;h=023e60ced0c
1051
1052 Otherwise, .note lies behind .eh_frame section, and the latter
1053 cannot be removed by strip(1). This results in regression for
1054 sizes of crunched binaries.
1055
1056 The problem has been reported to upstream:
1057
1058 https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33344
1059 kcah
1060