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authorPaul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>2011-04-25 00:14:46 -0700
committerPaul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>2011-04-25 00:14:46 -0700
commiteab3844f965646b62e242aa622754b86d1fd3444 (patch)
tree10246105e5facc5d61ccf797dfa05debdb1877c1 /src/bytecode.c
parent0df1eac54fdf82a80a7611fe421d94a23ebd4a0a (diff)
downloademacs-eab3844f965646b62e242aa622754b86d1fd3444.tar.gz
lisp.h: Fix a problem with aliasing and vector headers.
GCC 4.6.0 optimizes based on type-based alias analysis. For example, if b is of type struct buffer * and v of type struct Lisp_Vector *, then gcc -O2 was incorrectly assuming that &b->size != &v->size, and therefore "v->size = 1; b->size = 2; return v->size;" must therefore return 1. This assumption is incorrect for Emacs, since it type-puns struct Lisp_Vector * with many other types. To fix this problem, this patch adds a new type struct vector_header that documents the constraints on layout of vectors and pseudovectors, and helps optimizing compilers not get fooled by Emacs's type punning. It also adds the macros XSETTYPED_PVECTYPE XSETTYPED_PSEUDOVECTOR, TYPED_PSEUDOVECTORP, for similar reasons. * lisp.h (XVECTOR_SIZE): New convenience macro. All previous uses of XVECTOR (foo)->size replaced to use this macro, to avoid the hassle of writing XVECTOR (foo)->header.size. (XVECTOR_HEADER_SIZE): New macro, for use in XSETPSEUDOVECTOR. (XSETTYPED_PVECTYPE): New macro, specifying the name of the size member. (XSETPVECTYPE): Rewrite in terms of new macro. (XSETPVECTYPESIZE): New macro, specifying both type and size. This is a bit clearer, and further avoids the possibility of undesirable aliasing. (XSETTYPED_PSEUDOVECTOR): New macro, specifying the size. (XSETPSEUDOVECTOR): Rewrite in terms of XSETTYPED_PSEUDOVECTOR and XVECTOR_HEADER_SIZE. (XSETSUBR): Rewrite in terms of XSETTYPED_PSEUDOVECTOR and XSIZE, since Lisp_Subr is a special case (no "next" field). (ASIZE): Rewrite in terms of XVECTOR_SIZE. (struct vector_header): New type. (TYPED_PSEUDOVECTORP): New macro, also specifying the C type of the object, to help avoid aliasing. (PSEUDOVECTORP): Rewrite in terms of TYPED_PSEUDOVECTORP. (SUBRP): Likewise, since Lisp_Subr is a special case. * lisp.h (struct Lisp_Vector, struct Lisp_Char_Table): (struct Lisp_Sub_Char_Table, struct Lisp_Bool_Vector): (struct Lisp_Hash_Table): Combine first two members into a single struct vector_header member. All uses of "size" and "next" members changed to be "header.size" and "header.next". * buffer.h (struct buffer): Likewise. * font.h (struct font_spec, struct font_entity, struct font): Likewise. * frame.h (struct frame): Likewise. * process.h (struct Lisp_Process): Likewise. * termhooks.h (struct terminal): Likewise. * window.c (struct save_window_data, struct saved_window): Likewise. * window.h (struct window): Likewise. * alloc.c (allocate_buffer, Fmake_bool_vector, allocate_pseudovector): Use XSETPVECTYPESIZE, not XSETPVECTYPE, to avoid aliasing problems. * buffer.c (init_buffer_once): Likewise. * lread.c (defsubr): Use XSETTYPED_PVECTYPE, since Lisp_Subr is a special case. * process.c (Fformat_network_address): Use local var for size, for brevity.
Diffstat (limited to 'src/bytecode.c')
-rw-r--r--src/bytecode.c2
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/bytecode.c b/src/bytecode.c
index 3bbd8831633..839e0f7d54e 100644
--- a/src/bytecode.c
+++ b/src/bytecode.c
@@ -467,7 +467,7 @@ exec_byte_code (Lisp_Object bytestr, Lisp_Object vector, Lisp_Object maxdepth,
CHECK_NUMBER (maxdepth);
#ifdef BYTE_CODE_SAFE
- const_length = XVECTOR (vector)->size;
+ const_length = XVECTOR_SIZE (vector);
#endif
if (STRING_MULTIBYTE (bytestr))