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Rich Felker 65ea604c74 fix failure of fchmod, fstat, fchdir, and fchown to produce EBADF
the workaround/fallback code for supporting O_PATH file descriptors
when the kernel lacks support for performing these operations on them
caused EBADF to get replaced by ENOENT (due to missing entry in
/proc/self/fd). this is unlikely to affect real-world code (calls that
might yield EBADF are generally unsafe, especially in library code)
but it was breaking some test cases.

the fix I've applied is something of a tradeoff: it adds one syscall
to these operations on kernels where the workaround is needed. the
alternative would be to catch ENOENT from the /proc lookup and
translate it to EBADF, but I want to avoid doing that in the interest
of not touching/depending on /proc at all in these functions as long
as the kernel correctly supports the operations. this is following the
general principle of isolating hacks to code paths that are taken on
broken systems, and keeping the code for correct systems completely
hack-free.
2013-12-19 14:24:55 -05:00
arch workaround clang deficiency affecting thread pointer access on powerpc 2013-12-02 02:45:10 -05:00
crt add function types to arm crt assembly 2013-08-15 14:52:27 -04:00
dist add another example option to dist/config.mak 2012-04-24 16:49:11 -04:00
include add posix_close, accepted for inclusion in the next issue of POSIX 2013-12-06 21:59:01 -05:00
lib new solution for empty lib dir (old one had some problems) 2011-02-17 17:12:52 -05:00
src fix failure of fchmod, fstat, fchdir, and fchown to produce EBADF 2013-12-19 14:24:55 -05:00
tools fix mv usage in install.sh to avoid bogus interactive prompting 2013-12-03 19:01:40 -05:00
.gitignore new gcc wrapper, entirely specfile based 2012-04-22 14:32:49 -04:00
configure remove -Wcast-align from --enable-warnings 2013-08-28 05:08:16 -04:00
COPYRIGHT add arm-optimized memcpy implementation from bionic libc 2013-08-14 03:06:21 -04:00
INSTALL fix typos in INSTALL file 2013-12-01 23:16:38 -05:00
Makefile remove dependency of version.h on .git/* to avoid errors 2013-12-04 18:00:19 -05:00
README update documentation 2012-10-26 20:14:19 -04:00
VERSION add infrastructure to record and report the version of libc.so 2013-12-01 17:27:25 -05:00
WHATSNEW release notes for 0.9.14 2013-09-23 17:00:53 -04:00

musl libc - a new standard library to power a new generation of
Linux-based devices. musl is lightweight, fast, simple, free, and
strives to be correct in the sense of standards-conformance and
safety.

musl is an alternative to glibc, eglibc, uClibc, dietlibc, and klibc.
For reasons why one might prefer musl, please see the FAQ and libc
comparison chart on the project website,

    http://www.musl-libc.org/

For installation instructions, see the INSTALL file.

Please refer to the COPYRIGHT file for details on the copyright and
license status of code included in musl (standard MIT license).



Greetings!

The 0.9.x release series for musl features interface coverage for all
interfaces defined in ISO C99 and POSIX 2008 base, along with a number
of non-standardized interfaces for compatibility with Linux, BSD, and
glibc functionality. As the release series progresses, we are
gradually adding support for incomplete functionality in existing
interfaces, additional functions that are deemed to be important due
to their use in real-world software, and support for new library and
language features in C11 such as thread-local storage, which is now
supported on all targets. In addition, support for additional target
cpu architectures is being added.

The number of packages build successfully against musl - either
out-of-the-box or with minor patches to address portability errors -
has exceeded 5000 and is steadily growing. In addition to application
compatibility testing, unit testing has been conducted using three
separate test frameworks and numerous additional standalone test cases
to verify the correctness of the implementation.

Included with this package is a gcc wrapper script (musl-gcc) which
allows you to build musl-linked programs using an existing gcc 3.x or
4.x toolchain on the host. There are also now at several mini
distributions (in the form of build scripts) which provide a
self-hosting musl-based toolchain and system root. These are much
better options than the wrapper script if you wish to use dynamic
linking or build packages with many library dependencies. See the musl
website for details.

The musl project is actively seeking contributors, mostly in the areas
of porting, testing, and application compatibility improvement. For
bug reports, support requests, or to get involved in development,
please visit #musl on Freenode IRC or subscribe to the musl mailing
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Thank you for using musl.

Cheers,

Rich Felker / dalias