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author | https://me.yahoo.com/a/g3Ccalpj0NhN566pHbUl6i9QF0QEkrhlfPM-#b1c14 <diana@web> | 2015-02-16 20:08:03 +0100 |
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committer | GNU Hurd web pages engine <web-hurd@gnu.org> | 2015-02-16 20:08:03 +0100 |
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diff --git a/open_issues/gccgo.mdwn b/open_issues/gccgo.mdwn deleted file mode 100644 index 0b90ac75..00000000 --- a/open_issues/gccgo.mdwn +++ /dev/null @@ -1,149 +0,0 @@ -[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2011, 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc."]] - -[[!meta license="""[[!toggle id="license" text="GFDL 1.2+"]][[!toggleable -id="license" text="Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this -document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or -any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant -Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license -is included in the section entitled [[GNU Free Documentation -License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] - -[[!meta title="Enable Google Go programming (GCC: gccgo)"]] - -[[!tag open_issue_gcc]] - -Make the [Google Go programming language](http://golang.org/) available on -GNU/Hurd in its [[GCC]] *gccgo* implementation, and enable Hurd-specific -features. - -There is a [[!FF_project 263]][[!tag bounty]] on this task. - ---- - - -# Part I - -First, make the language functional, have its test suite pass without errors. - - -## Original [[community/GSoC]] Task Description - -[[!inline pages=community/gsoc/project_ideas/gccgo feeds=no]] - - -## `tschwinge/t/hurd/go` - -There is now a `tschwinge/t/hurd/go` branch in GCC's Git repository, where the -Hurd port for Go is being polished. - - -## `getcontext`/`makecontext`/`setcontext`/`swapcontext` usage analysis - -In context of [[glibc/t/tls-threadvar]]. Looking at GCC trunk commit -f6568ea476aa52a6e23c6db43b3e240cde55783a (2013-04-26). - -The check in `libgo/configure.ac` *whether setcontext clobbers TLS variables* -is invalid on GNU Hurd. - -The `*context` functions are used in `libgo/runtime/go-signal.c` and -`libgo/runtime/proc.c`. - -`__splitstack_getcontext`, `__splitstack_setcontext`, -`__splitstack_makecontext`, `__splitstack_resetcontext`, -`__splitstack_block_signals_context` are to be provided by libgcc. However, in -said libgo runtime files, they're used only `#ifdef USING_SPLIT_STACK`. -[[I|tschwinge]] would assume that before we can enable split stacks, first -[[open_issues/glibc/t/tls-threadvar]] needs to be fixed. - -In `libgo/runtime/proc.c`:`runtime_gogo`, `setcontext` is used to *switch -context to a different goroutine*. TODO. - -In `libgo/runtime/proc.c`:`runtime_mcall`, which *save[s] context and call[s] -fn passing g as a parameter*, `getcontext` and `setcontext` are used; this is -only called from `libgo/runtime/proc.c`:`runtime_gosched`. TODO. - -In `libgo/runtime/proc.c`:`runtime_tracebackothers`, `getcontext` is used to -*switch context to the goroutine*. TODO. - -In `libgo/runtime/proc.c`:`runtime_mstart`, which is *called to start an M*, -`getcontext` is used. TODO. - -In `libgo/runtime/proc.c`:`runtime_entersyscall`, which is called when *the -goroutine g is about to enter a system call*, `getcontext` is used to *save the -registers in the g structure so that any pointers held in registers will be -seen by the garbage collector*. Should be fine. - -In `libgo/runtime/proc.c`:`__go_go`, `getcontext` and `makecontext` are used. -TODO. - -In `libgo/runtime/thread.c`:`runtime_minit`, which is *[c]alled to initialize a -new m (including the bootstrap m)*, `ss.ss_sp` is set to a new stack retrieved -via `libgo/runtime/proc.c:runtime_malg`, which *allocate[s] a new g, with a -stack [...]*, and then `sigaltstack` is called. TODO. - - libgo/runtime/go-signal.c: /* We are now running on the stack registered via sigaltstack. - libgo/runtime/go-signal.c: and sigaltstack when the program starts.) */ - - libgo/runtime/proc.c: vnewg->context.uc_stack.ss_sp = vsp; - libgo/runtime/proc.c: vnewg->context.uc_stack.ss_sp += vspsize; - libgo/runtime/proc.c: vnewg->context.uc_stack.ss_size = vspsize; - -Also, in `libgo/runtime/proc.c`:`runtime_newm`, `pthread_attr_setstacksize` is -used, which we also can't support yet, for the same reason. - - -======================== - -**gccgo manages to get compiled and pass a fair amount of its tests, however its library is failing all but one of its tests.** - -Following are the results of the passing suite between the libgo tests run on linux (x86) and the Hurd: - -# the Hurd: - - Test Run By root on Fri Jul 12 17:56:44 UTC 2013 - Native configuration is i686-unknown-gnu0.3 - - === libgo tests === - - Schedule of variations: - unix - - ... - - === libgo Summary === - - # of expected passes 1 - # of unexpected failures 130 - /root/gcc_new/gccbuild/./gcc/gccgo version 4.9.0 20130606 (experimental) (GCC) - -# Linux results: - - Test Run By fotis on Τρι 02 Ιούλ 2013 09:20:20 μμ EEST - Native configuration is i686-pc-linux-gnu - - === libgo tests === - - Schedule of variations: - unix - - ... - - === libgo Summary === - - # of expected passes 131 - /home/fotis/Software/gcc_build/./gcc/gccgo version 4.9.0 20130702 (experimental) (GCC) - - ---- - - -# Part II - -Next, Hurd-specific features can be added. Add an interface to the -language/environment for being able to do [[RPC]] calls, in order to program -[[hurd/translator]]s natively in the Google Go programming language. - - -## Original [[community/GSoC]] Task Description - -[[!inline pages=community/gsoc/project_ideas/language_bindings feeds=no]] |