HACKS revision 1.33
1 # $NetBSD: HACKS,v 1.33 2004/04/26 09:17:16 uwe 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 netstat ieee1394 address printing. 31 mdate 14 Nov 2000 32 who matt 33 file lib/libc/net/getnameinfo.c : 1.32 : 497 : 503 34 descr 35 Because the current implementation of IP over IEEE1394, the 36 fw device address contains more than just the IEEE1394 EUI-64. 37 So when printing out IEEE1394 addresses, ignore the extra stuff. 38 kcah 39 40 hack xterm vs. libterm 41 mdate 01 Aug 2000 42 who jdc 43 file xsrc/xc/programs/xterm/main.c : 1.2 : 3609 : 3614 44 pr 10383 45 descr 46 In order to extend the termcap string over 1023 bytes, a ZZ entry was 47 introduced to point to a memory location containing the full entry. 48 Without this hack, xterm will export a termcap containing the ZZ 49 entry, which will then be ignored by libterm. As xterm modifies the 50 exported termcap, this would cause those modifications to be ignored. 51 kcah 52 53 hack wi-at-big-endian-bus 54 cdate 15 Mar 2002 55 who martin 56 file dev/ic/wireg.h 57 descr Add an option to access the underlying bus in big endian byte order 58 to work around deficiencies in bus_space_{read,write}_* macros. 59 Those don't allow the implementation of a proper pcmcia bus space 60 tag. 61 kcah 62 63 hack specific knowledge of colours in curses code 64 cdate Sun Apr 6 11:05:24 BST 2003 65 who jdc 66 file lib/libcurses/color.c : r1.24 67 descr 68 Swap red/blue and yellow/cyan colours for COLOR_OTHER. 69 Fix is to enhance libtermcap to understand terminfo-style % sequences. 70 See also: 71 http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/tech-userlevel/2003/04/06/0000.html 72 kcah 73 74 hack Compensation for differing types of LINUX_USRSTACK and USRSTACK 75 cdate 21 Aug 2003 76 who he 77 file sys/miscfs/procfs/procfs_linux.c : 1.14 78 descr 79 Not all ports have LINUX_USRSTACK and/or USRSTACK defined as 80 literals/constants, but refer to variables of a type which is 81 not "unsigned long", causing compilation of procfs_linux.c to 82 fail with "makes integer from pointer without a cast". This 83 is observed on e.g. the sun3 port. Ideally the "types" for 84 symbols should be consistent across all ports. 85 kcah 86 87 hack GCC2 isn't C99 88 cdate 5 December 2003 89 who mrg 90 file gnu/dist/binutils/ld/ldlex.c: r1.2 91 descr 92 ldlex.c is generated from ldlex.l and we get macro redefinition 93 errors from it if __STDC_VERSION__ is not C99 compliant. This 94 hack forces NetBSD 1.6 and later systems to also include <stdint.h> 95 to get the relevant definitions. This hack should be backed out 96 when all platforms have switched away from GCC2. 97 kcah 98 99 100 port vax 101 102 hack gcc 2.95/vax cannot handle __builtin_ffs() 103 cdate Fri Aug 23 21:31:15 CEST 2002 104 who ragge 105 file sys/lib/libkern/libkern.h : 1.42 106 descr 107 __builtin_ffs() is ifdef'd away if __vax__. Matt Thomas has 108 added this feature to GCC 3 so it can be removed when switching. 109 kcah 110 111 hack gcc-vax-libbz2 112 mdate 27 Jun 2002 113 who thorpej 114 file lib/libbz2/Makefile 115 descr 116 libbz2 is mis-compiled with optimization with GCC 2.95.3 117 on VAX. -O0 works around this problem. 118 kcah 119 120 hack gawk 121 mdate 8 Nov 2003 122 who ragge 123 file gnu/usr.bin/gawk/Makefile 124 descr 125 gawk is mis-compiled with optimization with GCC 2.95.3 126 on VAX. -O0 works around this problem. 127 kcah 128 129 hack vax Toolchain bug 130 cdate 28 Mar 2003 131 who he 132 file sys/arch/vax/vax/intvec.S : 1.5 133 descr 134 Workaround for PR toolchain/20924. The assembler apparently 135 tries to range-check byte offsets when it doesn't have 136 sufficient information to make that decision. 137 Workaround uses `brw' instead of `brb' instruction. 138 kcah 139 140 hack vax gcc 2.95.3 -Wuninitialized workarounds 141 cdate 6 Nov 2003 142 who he 143 file sys/dev/bi/if_ni.c : 1.22 144 file sys/arch/vax/vax/ctu.c : 1.20 145 descr 146 Workaround for gcc 2.95.3 failing to detect that certain 147 variables will be initialized; so that this code compiles 148 with -Wuninitialized. Should be reviewed and possibly 149 reverted when gcc 3.3.2 is ready for vax. 150 kcah 151 152 153 port sparc64 154 155 hack binutil-2.11-sparc64-pltrela 156 mdate 14 Aug 2001 157 who eeh 158 file libexec/ld.elf_so/arch/sparc64/mdreloc.c 159 descr 160 The first for PLT entries are reserved. There is some 161 disagreement whether they should have associated relocation 162 entries. Both the SPARC 32-bit and 64-bit ELF specifications 163 say that they should have relocation entries, but the 32-bit 164 SPARC binutils do not generate them, and now the 64-bit SPARC 165 binutils have stopped generating them too. 166 167 To provide binary compatibility, we will check the first entry, 168 if it is reserved it should not be of the type JMP_SLOT. If it 169 is JMP_SLOT, then the 4 reserved entries were not generated and 170 our index is 4 entries too far, so we frob the rela pointer. 171 kcah 172 173 174 port arm 175 176 hack gcc-unsigned-compare 177 cdate 09 Mar 2002 178 mdate 18 Mar 2002 179 who bjh21 180 file dist/bind/lib/nameser/ns_parse.c : 1.3 181 file dist/dhcp/minires/ns_parse.c : 1.3 182 file dist/dhcp/omapip/result.c : 1.2 183 file dist/dhcp/server/failover.c : 1.3 184 file gnu/dist/gawk/eval.c : 1.4 185 file gnu/dist/toolchain/bfd/bfd.c : 1.2 186 file gnu/dist/toolchain/bfd/format.c : 1.2 187 file gnu/dist/toolchain/gdb/target.c : 1.2 188 file sys/kern/vfs_subr.c : 1.172 189 descr When checking that a potentially-unsigned enum is >= 0, assign 190 it to an int first. This is necessary to avoid "comparison is 191 always true" warnings with -fshort-enums. Casting to an int 192 really should be enough, but turns out not to be. 193 kcah 194 195 hack gcc 3.3.2/arm sys/kern/uipc_socket.c 196 cdate Tue Oct 28 18:02:16 GMT 2003 197 who skrll 198 file sys/conf/arm/Makefile.arm : 1.19 199 descr 200 Performing a build.sh tools on a CATS with NFS mounted 201 obj and src directories results in "panic: receive 1" 202 The hack is to compile sys/kern/uipc_socket.c with 203 -fno-strict-aliasing 204 kcah 205 206 207 port pc532 208 209 hack egcs-pc532-ip6_mroute 210 cdate 09 Jul 2002 211 who simonb 212 file sys/arch/pc532/conf/Makefile.pc532 : 1.70 213 file sys/arch/pc532/conf/files.pc532 : 1.47 214 descr 215 egcs 1.1.2 gets an "internal error--insn does not satisfy its 216 constraints" error compiling ip6_mroute.c with -O2 or greater. 217 -O1 works around this problem. 218 kcah 219 220 hack gcc-pc532-duffs_device 221 cdate Mon Oct 27 07:23:05 UTC 2003 222 who simonb 223 file sys/arch/pc532/conf/Makefile.pc532 : 1.71 224 file sys/arch/pc532/conf/files.pc532 : 1.52 225 pr GCC PR optimization/5230 226 descr 227 gcc incorrectly gives an "unreachable code at beginning of 228 switch statement" for a Duff's device construct in 229 arch/pc532/dev/ncr.c. There is no way to disable just this 230 warning, so -Wno-error is turned on for this file. 231 kcah 232 233 hack gcc332-cppmacro-ice 234 cdate Sun Dec 7 12:48:33 UTC 2003 235 who simonb 236 file gnu/usr.bin/gcc3/libcpp/Makefile : 1.2 237 descr 238 gcc 3.3.2 gets an ICE when compiling cppmacro.c with -O2. 239 The hack is to use -O1 for this file. Fixed in gcc 240 -current mainline, unable to work out where the fix is 241 right now. 242 kcah 243 244 245 port sh3 246 247 hack gcc-sh3-sed 248 mdate 23 Apr 2002 249 who thorpej 250 file usr.bin/sed/Makefile : 1.9 : 9 : 13 251 descr 252 The in-tree GCC 2.95.3-based compiler ICEs when building 253 with optimization for SuperH. Hack is to build with -O0. 254 kcah 255 256 257 port sh5 258 259 hack SuperH SH5 Toolchain Bugs 260 cdate 11 Jul 2002 261 who scw 262 file usr.sbin/ndbootd/ndbootd.c : 1.6 263 file usr.sbin/traceroute/traceroute.c : 1.48 264 descr 265 The SuperH SH5 toolchain (2.97-sh5-010522) gets an internal 266 compiler error when assigning a bit-wise inverted value 267 under some circumstances. 268 Work around it by splitting the statement into two. 269 kcah 270 271 hack SuperH SH5 Toolchain Bugs 272 cdate 17 May 2003 273 who scw 274 file lib/libpthread/pthread_lock.c : 1.7 275 descr 276 The SuperH SH5 toolchain generates incorrect PIC code when 277 faced with a symbol which is declared extern, but has local 278 scope due to being defined within an asm() statement (without 279 being declared .globl in that statement). Work around it by 280 adding the .globl. 281 kcah 282 283 hack gcc 3.3.2 on sh5 - ICE compiling reload1.c at -O2 284 cdate Sun Dec 7 19:44:05 GMT 2003 285 who scw 286 file gnu/usr.bin/gcc3/backend/Makefile : 1.13 287 descr 288 Gcc3 for sh5 gets an ICE compiling reload1.c at -O2. 289 Drop to -O1 for now when building for sh5. 290 kcah 291 292 hack gcc 3.3.2 on sh5 - ICE compiling elf32.c/elf64.c at -O2 293 cdate Sun Dec 7 21:10:46 GMT 2003 294 who scw 295 file gnu/lib/libbfd/Makefile : 1.39 296 descr 297 Gcc3 for sh5 gets an ICE compiling libbfd's elf32.c 298 and elf64.c at -O2. 299 Drop to -O1 for now when building for sh5. 300 kcah 301 302 303 hack gcc 3.3.2 on sh5 - fatal warning compiling function.c 304 cdate Sun Dec 7 19:44:05 GMT 2003 305 who scw 306 file gnu/usr.bin/gcc3/backend/Makefile : 1.13 307 descr 308 Gcc3 for sh5 issues a warning: 309 .../gnu/dist/gcc/gcc/function.c:4742: warning: `and' of 310 mutually exclusive equal-tests is always 0. 311 This causes the build to fail because of -Werror. 312 Work-around by defining NOGCCERROR when building for sh5. 313 kcah 314 315 hack gcc 3.3.2 on sh5 - ICE compiling dist/bind/bin/named/ns_main.c 316 cdate Sun Dec 7 19:44:05 GMT 2003 317 who scw 318 file usr.sbin/bind/named/Makefile : 1.15 319 descr 320 Gcc3 for sh5 gets an ICE compiling ns_main.c at -O2. 321 Drop to -O1 for now when building for sh5. 322 kcah 323 324 325 port sun2 326 327 hack gcc 3.3.2/mdsetimage 328 cdate Tue Oct 28 18:43:05 EST 2003 329 who fredette 330 file gnu/usr.sbin/mdsetimage/Makefile : 1.15 331 descr 332 mdsetimage.c causes cc1 to barf for as-yet unknown reasons. 333 this hack uses -O0 to avoid the problem. 334 kcah 335 336 hack gcc 3.3.2/installboot/ffs.c 337 cdate Tue Oct 28 18:43:05 EST 2003 338 who fredette 339 file usr.sbin/installboot/Makefile : 1.26 340 descr 341 ffs.c causes cc1 to barf for as-yet unknown reasons. this 342 hack uses -O0 to avoid the problem. 343 kcah 344 345 346 port sun2, m68k 347 348 hack gcc 3.3.2/gcc/ra-colorize.c 349 cdate Wed Nov 5 11:03:13 EST 2003 350 who mrg 351 file gnu/usr.bin/gcc/backend/Makefile : 1.11 352 descr 353 ra-colorize.c causes a whole spew of unreferenced .L* local 354 symbols. using -O0 (or even -O2 reportedly) avoids the problem. 355 kcah 356 357 port sparc64 358 359 hack disable optimzations for uvm_bio.c on 32 bit kernels 360 cdate Sun Mar 21 14:14:04 MET 2004 361 who martin 362 file sys/arch/sparc64/conf/Makefile.sparc64 : 1.53-1.54 363 file sys/arch/sparc64/conf/files.sparc64 : 1.93 364 descr 365 The sparc compiler miscompiles uvm_bio.c when using 366 any optimization. This results in ubc_release panics. 367 kcah 368
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