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author | Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@ens-lyon.org> | 2015-02-18 00:58:35 +0100 |
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committer | Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@ens-lyon.org> | 2015-02-18 00:58:35 +0100 |
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Revert "rename open_issues.mdwn to service_solahart_jakarta_selatan__082122541663.mdwn"
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diff --git a/open_issues/gnat.mdwn b/open_issues/gnat.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 00000000..84e8f60b --- /dev/null +++ b/open_issues/gnat.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,167 @@ +[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2011, 2012, 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 Ada programming (GCC: GNAT)"]] + +[[!tag open_issue_gcc]] + +Make the Ada programming language available on GNU/Hurd in its [[GCC]] GNAT +implementation, and enable Hurd-specific features. + +There is a [[!FF_project 259]][[!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/gnat feeds=no]] + + +## Debian GCC + +There has a patch been added for GNU/kFreeBSD: +`bfe081336914729fc0180c07ab4afa41965100f2`, `git-svn-id: +svn://svn.debian.org/gcccvs/branches/sid@5638 +6ca36cf4-e1d1-0310-8c6f-e303bb2178ca' + + +## IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2012-07-17 + + <gnu_srs> I've found the remaining problem with gnat backtrace for Hurd! + Related to the stack frame. + <gnu_srs> This version does not work: one relying on static assumptions + about the frame layout + <gnu_srs> Causing segfaults. + <gnu_srs> Any interest to create a test case out of that piece of code, + taken from gcc/ada/tracebak.c? + <braunr> gnu_srs: sure + + +### IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2012-07-18 + + <braunr> "Digging further revealed that the GNU/Hurd stack frame does not + seem to + <braunr> be static enough to define USE_GENERIC_UNWINDER in + gcc/ada/tracebak.c. + <braunr> " + <braunr> what do you mean by a "stack frame does not seem to be static + enough" ? + <gnu_srs> I can qoute from the source file if you want. Otherwise look at + the code yourself: gcc/ada/tracebak,c + <gnu_srs> I mean that something is wrong with the stack frame for + Hurd. This is the code I wanted to use as a test case for the stack. + <gnu_srs> Remember? + <braunr> more or less + <braunr> ah, "static assumptions" + <braunr> all right, i don't think anything is "wrong" with stack frames + <braunr> but if you use a recent version of gcc, as indicated in the code, + -fomit-frame-pointer is enabled by default + <braunr> so your stack frame won't look like it used to be without the + option + <braunr> hence the need for USE_GCC_UNWINDER + <braunr> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Call_stack explains this very well + <gnu_srs> However, kfreebsd does not seem to need USE_GCC_UNWINDER, how + come? + <braunr> i guess they don't omit the frame pointer + <braunr> your fix is good btw + <gnu_srs> thanks + + +### IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2012-07-19 + + <gnu_srs> tschwinge: The bug in #681998 should go upstream. Applied in + Debian already. Hopefully this is the last patch needed for the port of + GNAT to Hurd. + + +## Svante's patch + +A basic port has been done by Svante, [[!debbug 668425]], [[!debbug 681998]], +[[!message-id "1333104917.2962.439.camel@s1499.it.kth.se"]], but there's still +lots of work remaining. +The port is not yet upstream: the maintainer raised some concerns that +[[I|tschwinge]] have not yet found the time to follow up on, [[!message-id +"1339857758-5032-1-git-send-email-thomas@codesourcery.com"]]. +While the test +results of the GCC/GNAT testsuite don't look bad (but there are a few +unresolved issues, and the testsuite appears to be a rather small one), I don't +know if the port has yet seen any real-world usage, such as using it for any +bigger Ada code bases, or any Ada testsuites. + + +## `getcontext`/`makecontext`/`setcontext`/`swapcontext` usage analysis + +In context of [[glibc/t/tls-threadvar]]. Looking at GCC trunk commit +f6568ea476aa52a6e23c6db43b3e240cde55783a (2013-04-26). + + gcc/ada/init.c: sigaltstack (&stack, NULL); + gcc/ada/init.c: sigaltstack (&stack, NULL); + gcc/ada/init.c: sigaltstack (&stack, NULL); + gcc/ada/s-osinte-aix.ads: function sigaltstack + gcc/ada/s-osinte-aix.ads: pragma Import (C, sigaltstack, "sigaltstack"); + gcc/ada/s-osinte-android.ads: function sigaltstack + gcc/ada/s-osinte-android.ads: pragma Import (C, sigaltstack, "sigaltstack"); + gcc/ada/s-osinte-darwin.ads: function sigaltstack + gcc/ada/s-osinte-darwin.ads: pragma Import (C, sigaltstack, "sigaltstack"); + gcc/ada/s-osinte-freebsd.ads: function sigaltstack + gcc/ada/s-osinte-freebsd.ads: pragma Import (C, sigaltstack, "sigaltstack"); + gcc/ada/s-osinte-hpux.ads: function sigaltstack + gcc/ada/s-osinte-hpux.ads: pragma Import (C, sigaltstack, "sigaltstack"); + gcc/ada/s-osinte-kfreebsd-gnu.ads: function sigaltstack + gcc/ada/s-osinte-kfreebsd-gnu.ads: pragma Import (C, sigaltstack, "sigaltstack"); + gcc/ada/s-osinte-linux.ads: function sigaltstack + gcc/ada/s-osinte-linux.ads: pragma Import (C, sigaltstack, "sigaltstack"); + gcc/ada/s-osinte-rtems.adb: -- sigaltstack -- + gcc/ada/s-osinte-rtems.adb: function sigaltstack + gcc/ada/s-osinte-rtems.adb: end sigaltstack; + gcc/ada/s-osinte-rtems.ads: function sigaltstack + gcc/ada/s-osinte-solaris-posix.ads: function sigaltstack + gcc/ada/s-osinte-solaris-posix.ads: pragma Import (C, sigaltstack, "sigaltstack"); + gcc/ada/s-taprop-linux.adb: Result := sigaltstack (Stack'Access, null); + gcc/ada/s-taprop-posix.adb: Result := sigaltstack (Stack'Access, null); + gcc/ada/init.c: stack.ss_sp = __gnat_alternate_stack; + gcc/ada/init.c: stack.ss_sp = __gnat_alternate_stack; + gcc/ada/init.c: stack.ss_sp = __gnat_alternate_stack; + gcc/ada/s-osinte-aix.ads: ss_sp : System.Address; + gcc/ada/s-osinte-android.ads: ss_sp : System.Address; + gcc/ada/s-osinte-darwin.ads: ss_sp : System.Address; + gcc/ada/s-osinte-darwin.ads: uc_stack : stack_t; -- Stack Used By This Context + gcc/ada/s-osinte-freebsd.ads: ss_sp : System.Address; + gcc/ada/s-osinte-hpux.ads: ss_sp : System.Address; + gcc/ada/s-osinte-kfreebsd-gnu.ads: ss_sp : System.Address; + gcc/ada/s-osinte-linux.ads: ss_sp : System.Address; + gcc/ada/s-osinte-rtems.ads: ss_sp : System.Address; + gcc/ada/s-osinte-solaris-posix.ads: ss_sp : System.Address; + gcc/ada/s-osinte-solaris.ads: ss_sp : System.Address; + gcc/ada/s-osinte-solaris.ads: uc_stack : record_type_2; + gcc/ada/s-taprop-linux.adb: Stack.ss_sp := Self_ID.Common.Task_Alternate_Stack; + gcc/ada/s-taprop-posix.adb: Stack.ss_sp := Self_ID.Common.Task_Alternate_Stack; + + +--- + + +# 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 Ada. + + +## Original [[community/GSoC]] Task Description + +[[!inline pages=community/gsoc/project_ideas/language_bindings feeds=no]] |