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author | Alexandre Oliva <aoliva@redhat.com> | 2014-01-31 23:49:07 -0200 |
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committer | Alexandre Oliva <aoliva@redhat.com> | 2014-01-31 23:49:07 -0200 |
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* manual/setjmp.texi: Document MTASC-safety properties.
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diff --git a/manual/setjmp.texi b/manual/setjmp.texi index b3c0a7ba51..b924d582b1 100644 --- a/manual/setjmp.texi +++ b/manual/setjmp.texi @@ -107,6 +107,10 @@ identify a specific place to return to. @comment setjmp.h @comment ISO @deftypefn Macro int setjmp (jmp_buf @var{state}) +@safety{@prelim{}@mtsafe{}@assafe{}@acsafe{}} +@c _setjmp ok +@c __sigsetjmp(!savemask) ok +@c __sigjmp_save(!savemask) ok, does not call sigprocmask When called normally, @code{setjmp} stores information about the execution state of the program in @var{state} and returns zero. If @code{longjmp} is later used to perform a non-local exit to this @@ -116,6 +120,20 @@ execution state of the program in @var{state} and returns zero. If @comment setjmp.h @comment ISO @deftypefun void longjmp (jmp_buf @var{state}, int @var{value}) +@safety{@prelim{}@mtsafe{}@asunsafe{@ascuplugin{} @asucorrupt{} @asulock{/hurd}}@acunsafe{@acucorrupt{} @aculock{/hurd}}} +@c __libc_siglongjmp @ascuplugin @asucorrupt @asulock/hurd @acucorrupt @aculock/hurd +@c _longjmp_unwind @ascuplugin @asucorrupt @acucorrupt +@c __pthread_cleanup_upto @ascuplugin @asucorrupt @acucorrupt +@c plugins may be unsafe themselves, but even if they weren't, this +@c function isn't robust WRT async signals and cancellation: +@c cleanups aren't taken off the stack right away, only after all +@c cleanups have been run. This means that async-cancelling +@c longjmp, or interrupting longjmp with an async signal handler +@c that calls longjmp may run the same cleanups multiple times. +@c _JMPBUF_UNWINDS_ADJ ok +@c *cleanup_buf->__routine @ascuplugin +@c sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK) dup @asulock/hurd @aculock/hurd +@c __longjmp ok This function restores current execution to the state saved in @var{state}, and continues execution from the call to @code{setjmp} that established that return point. Returning from @code{setjmp} by means of @@ -199,6 +217,11 @@ information about the set of blocked signals. @comment setjmp.h @comment POSIX.1 @deftypefun int sigsetjmp (sigjmp_buf @var{state}, int @var{savesigs}) +@safety{@prelim{}@mtsafe{}@asunsafe{@asulock{/hurd}}@acunsafe{@aculock{/hurd}}} +@c sigsetjmp @asulock/hurd @aculock/hurd +@c __sigsetjmp(savemask) @asulock/hurd @aculock/hurd +@c __sigjmp_save(savemask) @asulock/hurd @aculock/hurd +@c sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK probe) dup @asulock/hurd @aculock/hurd This is similar to @code{setjmp}. If @var{savesigs} is nonzero, the set of blocked signals is saved in @var{state} and will be restored if a @code{siglongjmp} is later performed with this @var{state}. @@ -207,6 +230,8 @@ of blocked signals is saved in @var{state} and will be restored if a @comment setjmp.h @comment POSIX.1 @deftypefun void siglongjmp (sigjmp_buf @var{state}, int @var{value}) +@safety{@prelim{}@mtsafe{}@asunsafe{@ascuplugin{} @asucorrupt{} @asulock{/hurd}}@acunsafe{@acucorrupt{} @aculock{/hurd}}} +@c Alias to longjmp. This is similar to @code{longjmp} except for the type of its @var{state} argument. If the @code{sigsetjmp} call that set this @var{state} used a nonzero @var{savesigs} flag, @code{siglongjmp} also restores the set of @@ -267,6 +292,10 @@ and modification happens through one of the following functions: @comment ucontext.h @comment SVID @deftypefun int getcontext (ucontext_t *@var{ucp}) +@safety{@prelim{}@mtsafe{@mtsrace{:ucp}}@assafe{}@acsafe{}} +@c Linux-only implementations in assembly, including sigprocmask +@c syscall. A few cases call the sigprocmask function, but that's safe +@c too. The ppc case is implemented in terms of a swapcontext syscall. The @code{getcontext} function initializes the variable pointed to by @var{ucp} with the context of the calling thread. The context contains the content of the registers, the signal mask, and the current stack. @@ -293,6 +322,8 @@ used to do that. @comment ucontext.h @comment SVID @deftypefun void makecontext (ucontext_t *@var{ucp}, void (*@var{func}) (void), int @var{argc}, @dots{}) +@safety{@prelim{}@mtsafe{@mtsrace{:ucp}}@assafe{}@acsafe{}} +@c Linux-only implementations mostly in assembly, nothing unsafe. The @var{ucp} parameter passed to the @code{makecontext} shall be initialized by a call to @code{getcontext}. The context will be @@ -339,6 +370,15 @@ requires detection of the platform at compile time. @comment ucontext.h @comment SVID @deftypefun int setcontext (const ucontext_t *@var{ucp}) +@safety{@prelim{}@mtsafe{@mtsrace{:ucp}}@asunsafe{@asucorrupt{}}@acunsafe{@acucorrupt{}}} +@c Linux-only implementations mostly in assembly. Some ports use +@c sigreturn or swapcontext syscalls; others restore the signal mask +@c first and then proceed restore other registers in userland, which +@c leaves a window for cancellation or async signals with misaligned or +@c otherwise corrupt stack. ??? Switching to a different stack, or even +@c to an earlier state on the same stack, may conflict with pthread +@c cleanups. This is not quite MT-Unsafe, it's a different kind of +@c safety issue. The @code{setcontext} function restores the context described by @var{ucp}. The context is not modified and can be reused as often as @@ -372,6 +412,10 @@ there are situations where the current context has to be preserved. @comment ucontext.h @comment SVID @deftypefun int swapcontext (ucontext_t *restrict @var{oucp}, const ucontext_t *restrict @var{ucp}) +@safety{@prelim{}@mtsafe{@mtsrace{:oucp} @mtsrace{:ucp}}@asunsafe{@asucorrupt{}}@acunsafe{@acucorrupt{}}} +@c Linux-only implementations mostly in assembly. Some ports call or +@c inline getcontext and/or setcontext, adjusting the saved context in +@c between, so we inherit the potential issues of both. The @code{swapcontext} function is similar to @code{setcontext} but instead of just replacing the current context the latter is first saved |