Re: [PATCH 2/3] Move register_t to system-specific header

Corinna Vinschen <[email protected]> Wed, 13 Feb 2019 21:28:56 +0100

Newsgroups	gmane.comp.lib.newlib
Message-ID	<[email protected]>

On Feb 13 20:01, Sebastian Huber wrote:
> ----- Am 13. Feb 2019 um 18:06 schrieb Corinna Vinschen [email protected]:
> 
> > On Feb 13 14:19, Sebastian Huber wrote:
> >> Signed-off-by: Sebastian Huber <[email protected]>
> >> ---
> >>  newlib/libc/include/machine/types.h           | 2 ++
> >>  newlib/libc/include/sys/types.h               | 2 +-
> >>  newlib/libc/sys/rtems/include/machine/types.h | 2 ++
> >>  winsup/cygwin/include/machine/types.h         | 2 ++
> >>  4 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >> 
> >> diff --git a/newlib/libc/include/machine/types.h
> >> b/newlib/libc/include/machine/types.h
> >> index 19d0e8560..fab9cf72c 100644
> >> --- a/newlib/libc/include/machine/types.h
> >> +++ b/newlib/libc/include/machine/types.h
> >> @@ -11,3 +11,5 @@ typedef	__uint64_t	u_quad_t;
> >>  typedef	__int64_t	quad_t;
> >>  typedef	quad_t *	qaddr_t;
> >>  #endif
> >> +
> >> +typedef int register_t;
> >> diff --git a/newlib/libc/include/sys/types.h b/newlib/libc/include/sys/types.h
> >> index 2685df654..e05263d4e 100644
> >> --- a/newlib/libc/include/sys/types.h
> >> +++ b/newlib/libc/include/sys/types.h
> >> @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ typedef __uint32_t	u_int32_t;
> >>  #if ___int64_t_defined
> >>  typedef __uint64_t	u_int64_t;
> >>  #endif
> >> -typedef int register_t;
> >> +
> >>  #define __BIT_TYPES_DEFINED__ 1
> > 
> > Why move this out here?  Sure, it's wrong for 64 bit targets ATM,
> > but moving it to rtems and Cygwin only means that the type suddenly
> > disappears for other targets.  Better just fix it here for all targets,
> > including defining uregister_t if __BSD_VISIBLE.
> 
> I found three <machine/types.h> in Newlib, one for Cygwin, one for
> RTEMS and one for the rest. I moved the definition of register_t to
> the <machine/types.h> which is included by <sys/types.h> at the end.

Oh, right, I missed the non-rtems, non-Cygwin case.

> If I change the type to __intptr_t wounldn't this break ABI
> compatibility on Cygwin?

In how far?  Cygwin's 64 bit ABI is LP64.


Corinna

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Corinna Vinschen
Cygwin Maintainer
Red Hat

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