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authorZack Weinberg <zackw@panix.com>2017-06-03 16:22:24 -0400
committerZack Weinberg <zackw@panix.com>2017-06-20 20:32:50 -0400
commit8082d91e1c449e0cb137468b731004a5e605c8c6 (patch)
tree0d90492e10b87d6d30a0c094fae8d7375439938a /NEWS
parentaf85385f311c574590381f7897461643f8a2fe6f (diff)
downloadglibc-8082d91e1c449e0cb137468b731004a5e605c8c6.tar.gz
Factor out shared definitions from bits/signum.h.
Many of the things defined by bits/signum.h are invariant across all supported operating systems. This patch factors out all of them to a new header bits/signum-generic.h, which each bits/signum.h will include and then override whichever things need adjustment. Normally that will mean, at most, adding or changing a few signal numbers. A user-visible side effect is that the obsolete signal constant SIGUNUSED (which is an alias for SIGSYS on all platforms that define it) is no longer exposed by any version of bits/signum.h. A side effect only relevant to glibc hackers is that _NSIG is now defined in terms of __SIGRTMAX, instead of the other way around. This is because __SIGRTMAX varies from platform to platform, but _NSIG==__SIGRTMAX+1 is true universally. If your platform doesn't support realtime signals, leave __SIGRTMAX equal to __SIGRTMIN. I also added a Linux-specific test to make sure that our signal constants match the ones in <asm/signal.h>, since we can't use that header (it's not even vaguely namespace-clean). * bits/signum-generic.h: Renamed from bits/signum.h. Add proper multiple include guard and misuse check. Define __SIGRTMIN = __SIGRTMAX = 32, and define _NSIG = __SIGRTMAX+1. Move definition of SIGIO to "archaic names for compatibility" section. * bits/signum.h: New file which just includes bits/signum-generic.h. * sysdeps/unix/bsd/bits/signum.h * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/bits/signum.h * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/alpha/bits/signum.h * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/hppa/bits/signum.h * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/mips/bits/signum.h * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sparc/bits/signum.h Just include <bits/signum-generic.h> and then add or adjust signal constants. Do not define SIGUNUSED, SIGRTMIN, or SIGRTMAX. * signal/Makefile: Install bits/signum-generic.h. * signal/signal.h: Define SIGRTMIN and SIGRTMAX here. * sysdeps/generic/siglist.h: SIGSYS and SIGWINCH are universal. Prefer SIGPOLL to SIGIO. Simplify #ifdeffage. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/tst-signal-numbers.sh: New test. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/Makefile: Run it.
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@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@ Version 2.26
use <locale.h> instead. If you have a specific need for the definition
of locale_t with no other declarations, please talk to us.
+* The obsolete signal constant SIGUNUSED is no longer defined by <signal.h>.
+
* The reallocarray function has been added to libc. It is a realloc
replacement with a check for integer overflow when calculating total
allocation size.