Hi Bruno,
Am So., 24. Mai 2020 um 22:54 Uhr schrieb Bruno Haible :
> Yes, given that the platform support for these atomic types/operations is
> increasing, it would accelerate the adoption if there was a Gnulib module,
> like you describe it. Program developers could then adopt
> without losing
Paul Smith wrote:
> It's been pointed out on the GNU make lists that by including gnulib
> content we've effectively updated our minimum required compiler from
> C90 to C99.
Yes. This is documented in [1].
> That may be acceptable, but I think the gnulib docs (at least), if not
> gnulib-tool, sho
Hi Marc,
> One problem with as given is that atomic values have no
> destructors. Thus, we cannot simply attach locks to them in a pre-C11
> implementation because there is no place to destroy the locks.
Ah...
> Thus, we would have to work with a pool of locks shared by all atomic
> variables.
Hi Paul,
> * tests/test-explicit_bzero.c (do_secret_stuff, test_stack):
> Now static.
It's OK to mark 'test_stack' static. But for 'do_secret_stuff', it invites the
compiler to inline the function and then to do different optimizations for
pass == 1 and pass == 2, which will break the test.
* MODULES.html.sh (func_all_modules):
* lib/unistd.in.h (getentropy, getrandom):
* m4/unistd_h.m4 (gl_UNISTD_H, gl_UNISTD_H_DEFAULTS):
* modules/unistd (unistd.h):
Add support for getentropy, getrandom.
* doc/glibc-functions/getentropy.texi (getentropy):
* doc/glibc-functions/getrandom.texi (getran
Hi Bruno,
Am Mo., 25. Mai 2020 um 09:24 Uhr schrieb Bruno Haible :
> Pools have the drawback that they add a configuration requirement on the
> application: What is the default size of the pool? When to increase the
> pool size? By how much? When to shrink the pool? The developer would have
> det
Hello Bruno,
Bruno Haible writes:
> Additionally, gnulib is the right place to do this because - as Eric said -
> the 'e' flag is already scheduled for being added to the next POSIX version:
> https://www.austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=411
>
> My evaluation of current platform support was incor
