[libdispatch-dev] libdispatch port to FreeBSD (was: [libdispatch-changes] [27] trunk/src)
David Leimbach
leimy2k at gmail.com
Mon Sep 14 13:38:53 PDT 2009
Excellent!
On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 1:05 PM, Robert Watson <robert at fledge.watson.org>wrote:
>
> Dear all--
>
> I have committed an initial autoconf/automake/libtool build framework to
> libdispatch svn, and a first cut at conditionally compiling Apple-specific
> pieces of libdispatch. This allows libdispatch to build on both FreeBSD and
> Mac OS X Snow Leopard.
>
> Some notes for FreeBSD hackers:
>
> - Several kqueue extensions (EVFILT_USER, NOTE_TRIGGER, EV_RECEIPT, and
> EV_DISPATCH) are required in the FreeBSD kernel, and hopefully will go
> into
> the FreeBSD tree in the next couple of days.
>
> - Blocks are definitely not yet supported -- there seems to be a lot of
> interest, so I'm optimistic. As compilers aren't my forte, any assistance
> in this department would be most appreciated. :-)
>
> - On FreeBSD, there is no support for Apple's pthread work queue primitive,
> so
> I'm using the fallback worker code in libdispatch. The FreeBSD kernel
> community needs to have a conversation about the right way to address this
> requirement, but in the mean time the worker model should be fine.
>
> - There are also some kqueue events present in FreeBSD but not in Mac OS X;
> these may require tweaks to libdispatch to fully support by GCD-aware
> applications using these FreeBSD events.
>
> - I have developed and tested on a 32-bit Intel system; the comments below
> on
> -march on Mac OS X likely apply for FreeBSD/amd64 users as well.
>
> Some notes for Mac OS X hackers:
>
> - For now, you will need to hand-trim the -march line from src/Makefile.
> This should be fixed soon by some further autoconf work.
>
> - When I use the externally-built dylib on Snow Leopard, test programs
> spin.
> This may be due to interference between the libSystem dispatch code and
> the
> dylib -- possibly forcing the use of pthread_create_key rather than
> reserved
> keys would help.
>
> - I have not attempted to configure/build for Leopard as yet, but this
> change
> should make that a lot easier. EVFILT_USER is likely the biggest
> obstacle.
>
> Some notes for Linux hackers:
>
> - The lack of kqueue support is the critical obstacle in a port to Linux.
> It
> may be that a kqueue emulation library based on epoll (or even libevent)
> could fill this gap. If someone wants to look at this, pay very careful
> attention to kqueue semantics, as libdispatch relies on them heavily.
>
> Please consider this a work-in-progress -- don't be surprised when it
> doesn't build, let alone work. :-)
>
> Finally: this work would not have been possible without the support of
> Jordan Hubbard, Kevin Van Vechten, Dave Zarzycki, Bill Siegrist, and Apple.
> I am surprised by how easily the porting has gone so far -- it's a credit
> to their careful planning and quality of implementation that it has gone so
> smoothly.
>
> Thanks also to Peter O'Gorman and Colin Percival for their assistance with
> auto*, my nemesis.
>
> With any luck, there will be more good porting news to report in the near
> future!
>
> Thanks,
>
> Robert N M Watson
> Computer Laboratory
> University of Cambridge
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2009 11:46:19 -0700 (PDT)
> From: source_changes at macosforge.org
> Reply-To: libdispatch-dev at lists.macosforge.org
> To: libdispatch-changes at lists.macosforge.org
> Subject: [libdispatch-changes] [27] trunk/src
>
>
> Revision
> 27
>
> Author
> robert at fledge.watson.org
>
> Date
> 2009-09-14 11:46:18 -0700 (Mon, 14 Sep 2009)
>
> Log Message
>
> Port of libdispatch to the FreeBSD operating system, which consisted of
> disabling various Mac OS X-specific portions of the library (such as Mach),
> providing portable versions of certain services internally (POSIX
> semaphores
> instead of Mach semaphores, clock_gettime() instead of
> mac_absolute_time()),
> and providing an autoconf/automake/libtool build infrastructure. This is
> just a first cut, refinement to follow.
>
> Conditionalize portions of the libdispatch build as follows:
>
> HAVE_MACH
> If Mach is present, support Mach ports throughout libdispatch.
>
> USE_LIBDISPATCH_INIT_CONSTRUCTOR
> If defined, add the 'constructor' attribute to libdispatch_init so
> that it runs as part of library initialization. This is not needed
> in Mac OS X libSystem due to explicit invocation of libpthread_init
> by libsyscall, but is for a stand-alone library.
>
> HAVE_DECL_EVFILT_SESSION, HAVE_DECL_NOTE_SIGNAL, HAVE_DECL_NOTE_REAP,
> HAVE_DECL_NOTE_NONE, HAVE_DECL_VQ_UPDATE, HAVE_DECL_VQ_VERYLOWDISK
> Conditionally support kqueue events that are not present on FreeBSD.
>
> DISPATCH_NO_LEGACY
> Expand the scope of this existing macro to allow libdispatch to
> build without legacy.c.
>
> HAVE_MACH_ABSOLUTE_TIME
> Wrap mach_absolute_time() in _dispatch_absolute_time(), and
> provide a portable clock_gettime() implementation. Some further
> refinment will be required here.
>
> USE_APPLE_SEMAPHORE_OPTIMIZATIONS
> Only use non-portable assembly optimizations of dispatch semaphores
> if supported.
>
> HAVE_SEM_INIT
> Use POSIX semaphores if Mach semaphores aren't present; further
> ifdef'ing possibly required here. If neither HAVE_MACH nor
> HAVE_SEM_INIT are present, the compile will fail.
>
> USE_APPLE_CRASHREPORTER_INFO
> Only define Mac OS X crashreporter state if requested.
>
> HAVE_PTHREAD_WORKQUEUES
> Only compile in support for pthread work queues if present;
> otherwise force use of normal worker threads.
>
> HAVE_PTHREAD_KEY_INIT_NP
> If defined, use non-portable allocation of pthread keys--otherwise,
> use pthread_create_key().
>
> USE_APPLE_TSD_OPTIMIZATIONS
> Only use non-portable assembly optimizations if dispatch thread-
> specific data if this is defined.
>
> HAVE_MALLOC_CREATE_ZONE
> If not present, use compat/malloc_zone.h which implements the malloc
> zone APIs using normal malloc(3).
>
> Also fix some portability nits for building, such as casting before using
> long as a format string for several types. Note that this port will not
> build or run on a stock FreeBSD release or svn distribution yet, as it
> relies on kqueue extensions not committed back to FreeBSD yet.
>
> There are several known issues, such as how best to map CLOCK_UPTIME or
> CLOCK_MONOTONIC struct timespec timestamps into a Mach absolute time
> int64_t number space. Also, the POSIX semaphore ifdefing is adequate but
> not complete.
>
> Modified Paths
>
> * trunk/src/benchmark.c
> * trunk/src/dispatch.h
> * trunk/src/internal.h
> * trunk/src/legacy.h
> * trunk/src/os_shims.h
> * trunk/src/private.h
> * trunk/src/queue.c
> * trunk/src/queue_internal.h
> * trunk/src/semaphore.c
> * trunk/src/semaphore_internal.h
> * trunk/src/shims.c
> * trunk/src/source.c
> * trunk/src/source.h
> * trunk/src/source_private.h
> * trunk/src/time.c
>
> Diff
>
> Modified: trunk/src/benchmark.c (26 => 27)
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