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1# $NetBSD: HACKS,v 1.163 2016/01/11 22:50:35 christos Exp $
2#
3# This file is intended to document workarounds for currently unsolved
4# (mostly) compiler bugs.
5#
6# Format:
7#   hack		title
8#   cdate		creation date
9#   mdate		mod date
10#   who			responsible developer
11#   port		...
12#  	  affected ports, space separated, if not "all"
13#   file		affected file : revision : line from : line to
14#  	  affected files and revision and line numbers describing hack
15#  	  multiple lines if necessary.
16#   pr			NNNN ...
17#  	  problem reports this hack works around, if known. Space
18#  	  separated.
19#   regress		src/regress/directory/where/test/found
20#  	  regression test directories, if available.
21#   descr
22#  	  insert short informal description (multi-line). (Longer ones
23#  	  should be in the PR database. More formal descriptions might
24#  	  be in the regress tree. See above).
25#   kcah
26#  	  closing bracket.
27#
28# this is a comment.
29
30hack	netstat ieee1394 address printing.
31mdate	14 Nov 2000
32who	matt
33file	lib/libc/net/getnameinfo.c	: 1.32 : 497 : 503
34descr
35	Because the current implementation of IP over IEEE1394, the
36	fw device address contains more than just the IEEE1394 EUI-64.
37	So when printing out IEEE1394 addresses, ignore the extra stuff.
38kcah
39
40hack	xterm vs. libterm
41mdate	01 Aug 2000
42who	jdc
43file	xsrc/xc/programs/xterm/main.c	: 1.2 : 3609 : 3614
44pr	10383
45descr
46	In order to extend the termcap string over 1023 bytes, a ZZ entry was
47	introduced to point to a memory location containing the full entry.
48	Without this hack, xterm will export a termcap containing the ZZ
49	entry, which will then be ignored by libterm.  As xterm modifies the
50	exported termcap, this would cause those modifications to be ignored.
51kcah
52
53hack	wi-at-big-endian-bus
54cdate	15 Mar 2002
55who	martin
56file	dev/ic/wireg.h
57descr	Add an option to access the underlying bus in big endian byte order
58	to work around deficiencies in bus_space_{read,write}_* macros.
59	Those don't allow the implementation of a proper pcmcia bus space
60	tag.
61kcah
62
63hack	specific knowledge of colours in curses code
64cdate	Sun Apr  6 11:05:24 BST 2003
65who	jdc
66file	lib/libcurses/color.c : r1.24
67descr
68	Swap red/blue and yellow/cyan colours for COLOR_OTHER.
69	Fix is to enhance libtermcap to understand terminfo-style % sequences.
70	See also:
71	    http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/tech-userlevel/2003/04/06/0000.html
72kcah
73
74hack	Compensation for differing types of LINUX_USRSTACK and USRSTACK
75cdate	21 Aug 2003
76who	he
77file	sys/miscfs/procfs/procfs_linux.c : 1.14
78descr
79	Not all ports have LINUX_USRSTACK and/or USRSTACK defined as
80	literals/constants, but refer to variables of a type which is
81	not "unsigned long", causing compilation of procfs_linux.c to
82	fail with "makes integer from pointer without a cast".  This
83	is observed on e.g. the sun3 port.  Ideally the "types" for
84	symbols should be consistent across all ports.
85kcah
86
87hack	gcc-strict-aliasing
88cdate	6 August 2004
89who	junyoung
90pr	26516
91file	src/usr.sbin/racoon/racoon/Makefile : 1.21
92descr
93	GCC issues a warning "dereferencing type-punned pointer will break
94	strict-aliasing rules" when compiling
95	crypto/dist/kame/racoon/crypto/openssl.c with -O[23s]. Note that this
96	is due to use of type casting in a non-standard way in the code and
97	not a compiler bug. Once a new release of KAME with a proper fix
98	applied is imported this should be backed out.
99kcah
100
101hack	gcc4 wrong uninitialized variable
102mdate	10 May 2006
103who	mrg
104file	bin/ksh/eval.c			: 1.6
105file	bin/sh/histedit.c		: 1.39
106file	bin/sh/parser.c			: 1.60
107file	crypto/dist/heimdal/kdc/524.c	: 1.10
108file	crypto/dist/ssh/sftp.c		: 1.20
109file	crypto/dist/ssh/ssh-keysign.c	: 1.11
110file	dist/ipf/lib/hostname.c		: 1.2
111file	dist/ipf/tools/ipmon.c		: 1.8
112file	dist/ntp/ntpd/ntp_request.c	: 1.4
113file	dist/ntp/ntpd/refclock_shm.c	: 1.4
114file	dist/ntp/sntp/timing.c		: 1.3
115file	dist/pppd/pppstats/pppstats.c	: 1.3
116file	dist/smbfs/lib/smb/rap.c	: 1.6
117file	dist/tcpdump/print-zephyr.c	: 1.5
118file	distrib/utils/sysinst/aout2elf.c : 1.12
119file	gnu/libexec/uucp/uucico/uucico.c : 1.6
120file	lib/libc/citrus/citrus_csmapper.c : 1.6
121file	lib/libc/citrus/citrus_pivot_factory.c : 1.5
122file	lib/libc/inet/inet_cidr_ntop.c	: 1.3
123file	lib/libc/inet/inet_ntop.c	: 1.3
124file	lib/libc/stdio/vfwprintf.c	: 1.8
125file	libexec/ld.elf_so/arch/m68k/mdreloc.c : 1.20
126file	libexec/ld.elf_so/arch/powerpc/ppc_reloc.c : 1.40
127file	libexec/ld.elf_so/arch/sh3/mdreloc.c : 1.22
128file	libexec/ld.elf_so/arch/sparc/mdreloc.c : 1.39
129file	libexec/ld.elf_so/arch/sparc64/mdreloc.c : 1.39
130file	libexec/ld.elf_so/arch/vax/mdreloc.c	: 1.21
131file	libexec/ld.elf_so/arch/x86_64/mdreloc.c	: 1.27
132file	sbin/fsck_ext2fs/dir.c		: 1.19
133file	sbin/routed/rtquery/rtquery.c	: 1.18
134file	sys/arch/amd64/amd64/pmap.c	: 1.26
135file	sys/arch/i386/pci/piixpcib.c	: 1.4
136file	sys/arch/m68k/m68k/pmap_motorola.c	: 1.4
137file	sys/crypto/cast128/cast128.c	: 1.9
138file	sys/ddb/db_command.c		: 1.86
139file	sys/dev/cardbus/cardbus_map.c	: 1.21
140file	sys/dev/fss.c			: 1.25
141file	sys/dev/ic/igsfb.c		: 1.39
142file	sys/dev/ic/mb86950.c		: 1.5
143file	sys/dev/ic/midway.c		: 1.71
144file	sys/dev/kttcp.c			: 1.18
145file	sys/dev/rasops/rasops_bitops.h	: 1.9
146file	sys/dev/pci/cmpci.c		: 1.31
147file	sys/dev/pci/machfb.c		: 1.45
148file	sys/dev/usb/ohci.c		: 1.174
149file	sys/dev/usb/uhci.c		: 1.196
150file	sys/dev/rasops/rasops_bitops.h	: 1.9
151file	sys/dist/ipf/netinet/ip_nat.c	: 1.10
152file	sys/dist/ipf/netinet/ip_rpcb_pxy.c : 1.8
153file	sys/dist/pf/net/pf.c		: 1.22
154file	sys/fs/udf/udf_vnops.c		: 1.4
155file	sys/kern/kern_sig.c		: 1.219
156file	sys/kern/tty.c			: 1.181
157file	sys/net/bpf.c			: 1.116
158file	sys/net/zlib.c			: 1.26
159file	sys/netccitt/if_x25subr.c	: 1.37
160file	sys/netinet/in.c		: 1.107
161file	sys/netsmb/smb_smb.c		: 1.27
162file	sys/netsmb/smb_trantcp.c	: 1.22
163file	sys/nfs/nfs_serv.c		: 1.108
164file	sys/nfs/nfs_socket.c		: 1.129
165file	sys/nfs/nfs_syscalls.c		: 1.91
166file	sys/ufs/lfs/lfs_vfsops.c	: 1.207 [also (char *)]
167file	usr.bin/ftp/ftp.c		: 1.140
168file	usr.bin/find/function.c		: 1.54
169file	usr.bin/mail/tty.c		: 1.20
170file	usr.bin/msgc/msg_sys.def	: 1.33-1.34
171file	usr.bin/nl/nl.c			: 1.7
172file	usr.bin/systat/keyboard.c	: 1.23
173file	usr.bin/usbhidctl/usbhid.c	: 1.29
174file	usr.bin/vi/cl/cl_read.c		: 1.5
175file	usr.bin/vi/ex/ex_cscope.c	: 1.12
176file	usr.bin/vi/ex/ex_tag.c		: 1.19
177file	usr.bin/vi/vi/v_txt.c		: 1.15
178file	usr.sbin/altq/altqstat/qdisc_rio.c : 1.4
179file	usr.sbin/cron/do_command.c	: 1.19
180file	usr.sbin/timed/timed/slave.c	: 1.15
181descr
182	GCC 4.1 gets many uninitialised variable warnings wrong.  We should
183	really audit all the old hacks like this when older compilers are
184	removed from the tree, as many are probably no longer required.
185	The problem is that it does not recognize initialization via function
186	call pointer. I.e.
187		int p;
188		foo(&p);
189	does not mark p as initialized.
190kcah
191
192hack	gcc4 pointer sign and strict aliasing problems
193mdate	10 May 2006
194who	mrg
195file	bin/ed/Makefile			: 1.33
196file	distrib/utils/sysinst/Makefile.inc : 1.44
197file	distrib/utils/x_dhclient/Makefile : 1.15
198file	games/bcd/Makefile		: 1.5
199file	games/dab/Makefile		: 1.5
200file	games/larn/Makefile		: 1.17
201file	games/pom/Makefile		: 1.5
202file	lib/libasn1/Makefile		: 1.26
203file	lib/libcrypt/Makefile		: 1.17
204file	lib/libgssapi/Makefile		: 1.16
205file	lib/libhdb/Makefile		: 1.20
206file	lib/libkadm5clnt/Makefile	: 1.21
207file	lib/libkadm5srv/Makefile	: 1.25
208file	lib/libkrb5/Makefile		: 1.35
209file	lib/libssh/Makefile		: 1.6
210file	lib/libtelnet/Makefile		: 1.26
211file	libexec/getty/Makefile		: 1.14
212file	libexec/kadmind/Makefile	: 1.19
213file	libexec/kpasswdd/Makefile	: 1.14
214file	sbin/atactl/Makefile		: 1.3
215file	sbin/cgdconfig/Makefile		: 1.7
216file	sbin/clri/Makefile		: 1.13
217file	sbin/dkctl/Makefile		: 1.4
218file	sbin/dump/Makefile		: 1.33
219file	sbin/fdisk/Makefile		: 1.35
220file	sbin/fsck_ext2fs/Makefile	: 1.11
221file	sbin/fsck_ffs/Makefile		: 1.29
222file	sbin/fsdb/Makefile		: 1.18
223file	sbin/mount_smbfs/Makefile	: 1.4
224file	sbin/newfs/Makefile		: 1.30
225file	sbin/newfs_sysvbfs/Makefile	: 1.2
226file	sbin/restore/Makefile		: 1.23
227file	sbin/veriexecctl/Makefile	: 1.11
228file	sys/lib/libsa/Makefile		: 1.59
229file	sys/arch/evbarm/adi_brh/brh_machdep.c : 1.24
230file	usr.bin/awk/Makefile		: 1.9
231file	usr.bin/crontab/Makefile	: 1.24
232file	usr.bin/ctags/Makefile		: 1.8
233file	usr.bin/gzip/Makefile		: 1.10
234file	usr.bin/ssh/sftp/Makefile	: 1.10
235file	usr.bin/ssh/ssh/Makefile	: 1.25
236file	usr.bin/vi/build/Makefile	: 1.26
237file	usr.bin/telnet/Makefile		: 1.40
238file	usr.bin/tn3270/tn3270/Makefile	: 1.36
239file	usr.bin/tr/Makefile		: 1.4
240file	usr.sbin/amd/amd/Makefile	: 1.27
241file	usr.sbin/amd/amq/Makefile	: 1.14
242file	usr.sbin/amd/libamu/Makefile	: 1.20
243file	usr.sbin/amd/pawd/Makefile	: 1.5
244file	usr.sbin/bind/Makefile.inc	: 1.22
245file	usr.sbin/bind/libdns/Makefile	: 1.3
246file	usr.sbin/bind/named/Makefile	: 1.17
247file	usr.sbin/bootp/bootptest/Makefile : 1.2
248file	usr.sbin/chrtbl/Makefile	: 1.6
249file	usr.sbin/cron/Makefile		: 1.12
250file	usr.sbin/dhcp/Makefile.inc	: 1.20
251file	usr.sbin/dumplfs/Makefile	: 1.11
252file	usr.sbin/hprop/Makefile		: 1.13
253file	usr.sbin/installboot/Makefile	: 1.35
254file	usr.sbin/ipf/ipftest/Makefile	: 1.32
255file	usr.sbin/isdn/isdnd/Makefile	: 1.6
256file	usr.sbin/isdn/isdnmonitor/Makefile : 1.3
257file	usr.sbin/isdn/isdntel/Makefile	: 1.2
258file	usr.sbin/isdn/isdntrace/Makefile : 126
259file	usr.sbin/mopd/common/Makefile	: 1.10
260file	usr.sbin/mopd/mopd/Makefile	: 1.9
261file	usr.sbin/mopd/mopprobe/Makefile	: 1.7
262file	usr.sbin/makefs/Makefile	: 1.17
263file	usr.sbin/mscdlabel/Makefile	: 1.5
264file	usr.sbin/pkg_install/add/Makefile : 1.7
265file	usr.sbin/pkg_install/create/Makefile : 1.5
266file	usr.sbin/pkg_install/lib/Makefile : 1.28
267file	usr.sbin/ntp/ntpd/Makefile	: 1.10/1.11
268file	usr.sbin/ntp/ntptime/Makefile	: 1.4/1.5
269file	usr.sbin/pppd/Makefile.inc	: 1.3
270file	usr.sbin/pppd/pppd/Makefile	: 1.38
271file	usr.sbin/rarpd/Makefile		: 1.10
272file	usr.sbin/rbootd/Makefile	: 1.10
273file	usr.sbin/rpc.pcnfsd/Makefile	: 1.17
274file	usr.sbin/rtadvd/Makefile	: 1.9
275file	usr.sbin/tcpdump/Makefile	: 1.42
276file	usr.sbin/wiconfig/Makefile	: 1.3
277descr
278	GCC 4.1 warns on pointer sign comparision/assignments and lots of
279	code does not conform.  For now we use -Wno-pointer-sign and
280	-fno-strict-aliasing.
281kcah
282
283hack	disable ctf for gcc-4.8 build
284mdate	April 3 2014
285who	christos
286file	external/gpl3/gcc/usr.bin/Makefile.frontend	: 1.4
287file	external/gpl3/gcc/usr.bin/Makefile.backend	: 1.5
288descr
289	nbctfconvert -g -L VERSION -g fold-const.o
290	ERROR: fold-const.c: failed to get mapping for tid 79154 \
291		((null)) <13532>
292kcak
293
294hack	emacs aborting on exit (libgcc issue)
295mdate	7 November 2011
296who	christos
297file	external/gpl3/gcc/dist/gcc/unwind-dw2-fde.c : 1.2
298descr
299	GCC 4.5.3 now calls __unregister_frame_info_bases() on unloading/exit
300	to do just that. If the symbol requested is not found, then it aborts.
301	emacs 23.3 triggers this assertion. For now disable aborting, and
302	silently ignore.
303kcah
304
305hack	cross-building hack on Darwin
306mdate	20 July 2008
307who	agc
308file	src/distrib/common/Makefile.mdset	: 1.33
309descr
310	Darwin has problems with getopt() when used in mdsetimage -v,
311	due to the difference between BSD and libiberty() getopt
312	implementations, more fully described in
313	http://mail-index.netbsd.org/current-users/2008/06/27/msg003242.html
314	and the subsequent thread.  For just now, we just have an ugly
315	workaround not to call mdsetimage with the -v argument on Darwin
316kcah
317
318hack	avoid rebuilding asn1 libraries
319mdate	03 August 2008
320who	veego
321file	src/crypto/dist/heimdal/lib/asn1/gen.c	: 1.10
322file	src/lib/libasn1/Makefile	: 1.32
323file	src/lib/libhdb/Makefile	: 1.23
324file	src/lib/libgssapi/Makefile	: 1.20
325file	src/lib/libhx509/Makefile	: 1.3
326pr	9702 39185
327descr
328	asn1_compile does not check if generated header files do not have to
329	be rebuild.
330	Generate .hx files and copy it in the Makefiles if they changed.
331kcah
332
333hack	avoid gcc4 -O1 bug in loop optimize
334cdate	29 November 2008
335who	tsutsui
336file	src/sbin/ifconfig/Makefile	: 1.39
337pr	40036 40066
338descr
339	gcc -O1 seems to generate wrong code in loop optimize so that
340	ifconfig lo0 inet6 doesn't return error even if a kernel
341	doesn't have IPv6 support. (see the above PRs for details)
342	For workaround, specify -fno-loop-optimize on m68000,
343	which uses -O1 by default.
344kcah
345
346hack	MKPIE ldscript for /usr.sbin/crash
347cdate	22 April 2010
348who	christos
349file	src/usr.sbin/crash/Makefile	: 1.5
350file	src/usr.sbin/crash/ldscript.crash	: 1.1
351pr	N/A
352descr
353	fixed in binutils-2.20.1. Linking with MKPIE=yes causes overlapping
354	sections
355kcah
356
357hack	Disable fortification for /usr/bin/makeinfo
358cdata	24 Mar 2014
359who	tron
360file	src/gnu/usr.bin/texinfo/makeinfo/Makefile	: 1.8
361pr	N/A
362descr
363	If "makeinfo" is compiled with "-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2" using GCC 4.8.3
364	it fails to process certain texinfo files, e.g. "cl.texi"
365	included in the Emacs 24.3 distribution.
366kcah
367
368hack	Disable Stack Smash Protection for /usr/X11R7/bin/xauth
369cdata	05 Apr 2014
370who	tron
371file	src/external/mit/xorg/bin/xauth/Makefile	: 1.4
372pr	N/A
373descr
374	If "xauth" is compile with "USE_SSP" set to "yes" it fails
375	mysteriously with an error message like this:
376
377	/usr/X11R7/bin/xauth:  file /foo/bar/.Xauthority does not exist
378	/usr/X11R7/bin/xauth:  unable to link authority file /foo/bar/.Xauthority, use /foo/bar/.Xauthority
379
380	The compiler seems to get confused about the two filename variables
381	used in the link(2) system call.
382kcah
383
384hack	g++ 5.x barfs on volatile in constexpr initializers
385cdata	27 Aug 2015
386who	pooka
387file	src/lib/libpthread/pthread_types.h	: 1.17
388pr	lib/49989
389descr
390	Trying to use e.g. pthread_mutex_t m = PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER
391	in C++ results in:
392		error: temporary of non-literal type '__pthread_mutex_st'
393		in a constant expression
394		constexpr mutex() _NOEXCEPT : __m_(PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER) {}
395		[...]
396		include/pthread_types.h:101:8: note: '__pthread_mutex_st' is
397		not literal because:
398		struct __pthread_mutex_st {
399		^
400		include/pthread_types.h:103:17: note:   non-static data
401		member '__pthread_mutex_st::ptm_errorcheck' has volatile type
402		pthread_spin_t ptm_errorcheck;
403kcah
404
405hack	libm cabs{,f,l} and g++
406cdata	11 Jan 2016
407who	christos
408pr	lib/50646
409file	src/external/gpl3/gcc.old/dist/libstdc++-v3/include/std/complex : 1.2
410file	src/external/gpl3/gcc/dist/libstdc++-v3/include/std/complex : 1.2
411descr
412	Our cabs and cabsf have a different argument format on some architectures
413	and for that we have created in libm/compat_cabs{,f}.c. The standard
414	versions in libc are __c99_cabs{,f,l} and there are __RENAME()'s in
415	<complex.h>. G++ uses __builtin_cabs{,f,l} to implement those and they
416	translate by default to cabs{,f,l} which gets defined to cabs{,f} (the
417	wrong function) and an undefined cabsl. I've changed <complex> to use
418	the __c99_cabs{,f,l} directly. Using the __builtin_cabs{,f,l} in gcc is
419	still broken.
420kcah
421
422port	vax
423
424	hack	gcc4/vax ICE
425	cdate
426	who	tsutsui
427	file	sys/arch/vax/conf/Makefile.vax
428	descr
429		GCC4 on vax gets ICE on compiling sys/ddb/db_command.c.
430		-fno-tree-ter prevents it so add it to COPTS.
431	kcah
432
433	hack	gcc4/vax compiler crash
434	cdate	Fri Jun 30 22:39:12 PDT 2006
435	who	mrg
436	file	bin/csh/Makefile	: 1.27
437	file	lib/i18n_module/UTF7/Makefile	: 1.2
438	descr
439		GCC4 on vax crashes.  -O0 stops it happening so far...
440	kcah
441
442	hack	gcc 2.95/vax doesn't like abort being used as function pointer
443	cdate	Tue Dec 13 05:54:50 GMT 2005
444	who	jmc
445	file	lib/libc/rpc/svc_vc.c 1.15
446	descr
447		Provide a local definition for abort which doesn't include
448		the noreturn attribute which trips up gcc 2.95 on vax.
449	kcah
450
451	hack	gcc 2.95/vax doesn't have stdbool.h and gettext needs it
452	cdate	Mon May  9 12:16:22 CDT 2005
453	who	jmc
454	file	gnu/usr.bin/gettext/Makefile.inc.prog 1.5
455		gnu/usr.bin/gettext/libgrep/Makefile 1.3
456		gnu/usr.bin/gettext/libnlspr/Makefile 1.5
457		gnu/usr.bin/gettext/libnlsut/Makefile 1.3
458	descr
459		The latest gettext assumes a C99 environment or at least
460		configure checks to work around this. As we don't use configure
461		provide a stdbool.h for vax builds locally in directories from
462		the template provided by the gettext code.
463	kcah
464
465	hack	gcc 2.95/vax cannot handle __builtin_ffs()
466	cdate	Fri Aug 23 21:31:15 CEST 2002
467	who	ragge
468	file	sys/lib/libkern/libkern.h : 1.42
469	descr
470		__builtin_ffs() is ifdef'd away if __vax__. Matt Thomas has
471		added this feature to GCC 3 so it can be removed when switching.
472	kcah
473
474	hack	gcc 2.95/vax libbz2
475	mdate	27 Jun 2002
476	who	thorpej
477	file	lib/libbz2/Makefile
478	descr
479		libbz2 is mis-compiled with optimization with GCC 2.95.3
480		on VAX.  -O0 works around this problem.
481	kcah
482
483	hack	vax Toolchain bug
484	cdate	28 Mar 2003
485	who	he
486	file	sys/arch/vax/vax/intvec.S : 1.5
487	descr
488		Workaround for PR toolchain/20924.  The assembler apparently
489		tries to range-check byte offsets when it doesn't have
490		sufficient information to make that decision.
491		Workaround uses `brw' instead of `brb' instruction.
492	kcah
493
494	hack	vax gcc 2.95.3 -Wuninitialized workarounds
495	cdate	6 Nov 2003
496	who	he
497	file	sys/dev/bi/if_ni.c : 1.22
498	file	sys/arch/vax/vax/ctu.c : 1.20
499	descr
500		Workaround for gcc 2.95.3 failing to detect that certain
501		variables will be initialized; so that this code compiles
502		with -Wuninitialized.  Should be reviewed and possibly
503		reverted when gcc 3.3.2 is ready for vax.
504	kcah
505
506	hack	vax gcc 2.95.3 structure initialization
507	cdat	13 May 2004
508	who	cl
509	file	sys/miscfs/kernfs/kernfs_vnops.c : 1.104
510	descr
511		Workaround for gcc 2.95.3 failing to initialize structures
512		and/or unions inside structures using nested designators.
513		Should be reverted when gcc >=3.3.3 is ready for vax.
514	kcah
515
516	hack	vax gcc 2.95.3 needs -I. to build nslexer.c
517	cdat	6 Jun 2004
518	who	mhitch
519	file	lib/libc/arch/vax/Makefile.inc : 1.6
520	descr
521		It appears necessary to add -I. to CPPFLAGS when building
522		nslesxer.c.  This may be caused by gcc 2.95.3 being used.
523		Should be reverted when a newer gcc is ready for vax.
524	kcah
525
526	hack	vax gcc 2.95.3 doesn't understand "-std=c99"
527	cdat	5 April 2005
528	who	tron
529	file	src/share/mk/bsd.sys.mk
530	descr
531		We cannot use "-std=c99" for compiler warning level 4 and above
532		because gcc 2.95.3 doesn't support that option.
533	kcah
534
535	hack	declare boolean_t in two IPF user-mode programs
536	cdate	Tue Mar  7 19:19:20 CET 2006
537	who	he
538	file	dist/ipf/ipsend/iptests.c : 1.8
539		dist/ipf/ipsend/sock.c : 1.7
540	descr
541		The IPF user-mode programs ipsend and iptest first
542		include <sys/types.h> without _KERNEL defined, and
543		later include <sys/file.h> with _KERNEL defined.
544		This causes a build failure when building for vax,
545		since <sys/device.h> ends up being included without
546		bollean_t being defined by <sys/types.h>.
547		Build failure and further details documented in
548		PR#32907.
549	kcah
550
551	hack	pcc 0.9.9 large string literals
552	cdat	8 July 2008
553	who	gmcgarry
554	file	sys/conf/param.c : 1.58
555	descr
556		Workaround for pcc 0.9.9 not handling large string literals
557		which causes kernels with 'options INCLUDE_CONFIG_FILE' to
558		fail compilation.
559		There is a proposal on the pcc mailing list to stuff config
560		file in ELF section.
561	kcah
562
563	hack	xorg warnings
564	cdat	30 July 2008, 3 June, 2013
565	who	mrg
566	file	external/mit/xorg/lib/libSM/Makefile : 1.2
567		external/mit/xorg/lib/libX11/Makefile.libx11 : 1.10
568		external/mit/xorg/lib/libXext/Makefile : 1.2
569		external/mit/xorg/lib/libXfont/Makefile : 1.2
570	descr
571		Disable several warnings or use -Wno-error across Xorg sources
572		while we get them working
573	kcah
574
575	hack	32 bit time leftovers
576	cdat	11 January 2009
577	who	christos
578	file	lib/libc/time/localtime.c : 1.41
579		lib/libc/time/zic.c : 1.23
580	descr
581		The timezone compiled files still contain 32 bit time_t
582		quantities. I did not want to version the files because
583		the ``parser'' is too ugly for words. What needs to be
584		done, is to rewrite the parser from scratch also to avoid
585		potential core-dumps from parsing invalid files.
586	kcah
587
588	hack	32 bit time leftovers
589	cdat	11 January 2009
590	who	christos
591	file	various
592	descr
593		Many filesystem on-disk formats have 32 bit times.
594	kcah
595
596	hack	gcc 4.5 fsdb miscompile
597	date	Sat Nov  9 11:03:02 EST 2013
598	who	christos
599	file	src/sbin/fsdb/Makefile : 1.36 (and earlier)
600	descr
601		src/sbin/fsdb/fsdb.c: In function 'findblk':
602		src/sbin/fsdb/fsdb.c:610:1: error: unrecognizable insn:
603		(insn 941 940 942 134 src/sbin/fsdb/fsdb.c:589 (set (reg:SI 604)
604		    (subreg:SI (mem/s/j:DI (plus:SI (mult:SI (reg:SI 602)
605                        (const_int 8 [0x8]))
606                    (reg/f:SI 601)) [0 curinode.99_378->dp2.di_ib S8 A32]) 4)) \
607			-1 (nil))
608		src/sbin/fsdb/fsdb.c:610:1: internal compiler error: in \
609		extract_insn, at recog.c:2103
610	kcah
611
612	hack	gcc 4.8 gcc miscompiles
613	date	Sat Nov  9 16:35:18 EST 2013
614	who	christos
615	file	distrib/utils/x_ping/Makefile
616	file	distrib/vax/miniroot/Makefile.inc
617	file	distrib/vax/ramdisk/Makefile
618	file	external/gpl3/gdb/lib/libdecnumber/Makefile
619	file	sbin/fsdb/Makefile
620	file	sbin/newfs_ext2fs/Makefile
621	file	sbin/ping/Makefile
622	file	usr.sbin/lmcconfig/Makefile
623	file	usr.sbin/mtrace/Makefile
624	descr
625		external/gpl3/gcc/dist/gcc/expmed.c:2781:1:
626		internal compiler error: in change_address_1, at emit-rtl.c:2019
627		external/gpl3/gcc/dist/gcc/recog.c:770:1:
628		internal compiler error: in change_address_1, at emit-rtl.c:2019
629		external/gpl3/gcc/dist/libdecnumber/decNumber.c:7214:3:
630		internal compiler error: in change_address_1, at emit-rtl.c:2019
631		sbin/ping/ping.c:679:1:
632		internal compiler error: in change_address_1, at emit-rtl.c:2019
633		sbin/newfs_ext2fs/mke2fs.c:681:1:
634		internal compiler error: in reload_combine_note_use,
635		at postreload.c:1561
636		external/gpl3/gdb/dist/libdecnumber/decNumber.c:7214:3:
637		internal compiler error: in change_address_1, at emit-rtl.c:2019
638		usr.sbin/lmcconfig/lmcconfig.c:939:3:
639		internal compiler error: in reload_combine_note_use,
640		at postreload.c:1561
641		usr.sbin/mtrace/mtrace.c:1655:1:
642		internal compiler error: in change_address_1, at emit-rtl.c:2019
643	kcah
644
645port	arm
646
647	hack	gcc-unsigned-compare
648	cdate	09 Mar 2002
649	mdate	18 Mar 2002
650	who	bjh21
651	file	dist/bind/lib/nameser/ns_parse.c : 1.3
652	file	dist/dhcp/minires/ns_parse.c : 1.3
653	file	dist/dhcp/omapip/result.c : 1.2
654	file	dist/dhcp/server/failover.c : 1.3
655	file	gnu/dist/toolchain/bfd/bfd.c : 1.2
656	file	gnu/dist/toolchain/bfd/format.c : 1.2
657	file	gnu/dist/toolchain/gdb/target.c : 1.2
658	file	sys/kern/vfs_subr.c : 1.172
659	descr	When checking that a potentially-unsigned enum is >= 0, assign
660		it to an int first.  This is necessary to avoid "comparison is
661		always true" warnings with -fshort-enums.  Casting to an int
662		really should be enough, but turns out not to be.
663	kcah
664
665	hack	gcc-4.5 arm CNAME hostname lookup failure on
666		certain DNS environment (probably -ftree-ter problem)
667	cdate	Sat Dec 24 04:59:00 UTC 2011
668	mdate
669	who	tsutsui
670	file	lib/libc/net/Makefile.inc 1.79
671	descr	Hostname lookup against CNAMEs by some commands fails
672		on certain DNS environments if lib/libc/net/gethnamaddr.c
673		(ping(8) etc) and lib/libc/net/getaddrinfo.c (ftp(1) etc)
674		are compiled with -O2, even though nslookup(1) against
675		the same CNAME returns proper hostname.
676		They works properly if compiled with -O2 -fno-tree-ter.
677		Also -O2 fails but -O2 -fno-tree-ter works on the following
678		test case in gcc bugzilla:
679		http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=48863#c4
680	kcah
681
682	hack	gcc-4.5 arm without -fno-tree-vrp generate broken code
683	cdate	Wed Nov 14 13:02:02 JST 2012
684	who	msaitoh
685	file	lib/libc/softfloat/Makefile.inc
686	pr	46953
687	regress	src/tests/lib/libm/t_cbrt
688	regress	src/tests/lib/libm/t_ceil
689	regress	src/tests/lib/libm/t_exp
690	regress	src/tests/lib/libm/t_log
691	regress	src/tests/lib/libm/t_scalbn
692	regress	src/tests/lib/libm/t_sinh
693	regress	src/tests/lib/libm/t_sqrt
694	descr	Gcc has a bug in tree optimization. For adddf3,
695		-INF + -INF returns 0 without -fno-tree-vrp.
696		Debugging with -fdump-tree-all shows that
697		softfloat.c.021t.cleanup_cfg is ok but softfloat.c.023t.ssa
698		is broken.
699	kcah
700
701port	sh3
702
703	hack	gcc4-sh3-bz2
704	cdate	Sun May 21 03:34:57 UTC 2006
705	mdate	Fri May 16 13:13:00 UTC 2008
706	who	mrg, tsutsui
707	file	lib/libbz2/Makefile	: 1.10
708	descr
709		The in-tree GCC 4.1-based compiler generated too-far
710		pc-relative addresses.  Hack is to build with
711		-fno-loop-optimize.
712	kcah
713
714port	sh3eb
715	hack	gcc4.8.1
716	cdate	Thu Nov  7 16:31:23 EST 2013
717	who	christos
718	file	src/sys/rump/net/lib/libnetbt/Makefile	: 1.2
719	desrc
720		for profiling
721		compile l2cap_signal.c with -O0 to avoid:
722		./netbt/l2cap_signal.c:36:
723		/p/netbsd/cvsroot/src/sys/rump/net/lib/libnetbt/../../../../\
724		netbt/l2cap_signal.c: In function 'l2cap_recv_signal':
725		./sh3/byte_swap.h:20:2: error: 'asm' operand requires \
726		impossible reload
727		  __asm volatile ("swap.b %1,%0" : "=r"(rval) : "r"(x));
728	kcah
729
730port	sh3el
731	hack	gcc4.8.1
732	cdate	Fri Nov  8 19:27:01 EST 2013
733	who	christos
734	file	src/external/bsd/libevent/lib/libevent/Makefile	: 1.2
735	desrc
736		for profiling
737		compile evdns.c with -O0 to avoid:
738		./sh3/byte_swap.h:20:2: error: 'asm' operand requires \
739		impossible reload
740		  __asm volatile ("swap.b %1,%0" : "=r"(rval) : "r"(x));
741	kcah
742
743	hack	gcc4.8.1
744	cdate	Fri Nov  8 19:34:48 EST 2013
745	who	christos
746	file	src/usr.sbin/racoon/Makefile	: 1.27
747	desrc
748		for profiling
749		compile ipsec_doi.c with -O0 to avoid:
750		./sh3/byte_swap.h:20:2: error: 'asm' operand requires \
751		impossible reload
752		  __asm volatile ("swap.b %1,%0" : "=r"(rval) : "r"(x));
753	kcah
754
755port	m68000
756
757	hack	gcc4-m68000
758	cdate	Fri Feb  8 10:29:37 PST 2008
759	mdate	Sun May  4 15:37:19 UTC 2008
760	who	mrg, tsutsui
761	file	rescue/Makefile	: 1.21
762	file	sbin/dump_lfs/Makefile	: 1.9
763	file	sbin/fsck_ffs/Makefile	: 1.35
764	file	sbin/fsdb/Makefile	: 1.22
765	file	share/mk/sys.mk	: 1.96
766	file	usr.sbin/ndbootd/Makefile	: 1.5
767	descr
768		Several internal compiler errors with gcc -O1
769		around 64bit integer arithmetic.
770		This hack uses -O1 and adds some -fno-tree-foo options
771		to avoid the problem.
772		This might be related with GCC Bugzilla Bug 32424.
773	kcah
774
775port	m68k,sh3,vax
776
777	hack	gcc-4.8.1
778	cdate	Wed Nov  6 20:41:35 EST 2013
779	who	christos
780	file	src/external/gpl3/gcc/libstdc++-v3/Makefile : 1.6
781	descr
782		compile hashtable_c++0x.cc with -O2 instead of -Os to
783		produce missing instantiation of std::lower_bound expansion
784		for unsigned long.
785	kcah
786
787port	sparc
788
789	hack	avoid NULL pointer derefs in savefpstate IPIs and GCC 4.5.3
790	cdate	Sun Aug 14 19:26:48 PDT 2011
791	who	mrg
792	file	sys/arch/sparc64/sparc/cpu.c : 1.234
793	file	sys/arch/sparc64/sparc/cpuvar.h : 1.90
794	file	sys/arch/sparc64/sparc/genassym.cf : 1.67
795	file	sys/arch/sparc64/sparc/locore.s : 1.265
796	descr
797		Something is wrong with GCC 4.5.3 and the savefpstate IPI.
798		Post newlock2 there was a bug where a lock was reduced from
799		IPL_SCHED to IPL_VM (?) and occasionally savefpstate IPI
800		would crash due to NULL IPI.  This was fixed by re-using the
801		right IPL value.  However, GCC 4.5.3 build kernels have the
802		same problems.  For now, the hack is re-instated.
803	kcah
804
805
806port	mips
807
808	hack	mips-shared-linker-load-address
809	cdate	Fri Oct  7 08:33:10 UTC 2005
810	who	simonb
811	file	src/sys/kern/exec_elf32.c : 1.107
812	descr
813		With COMPAT_16 or previous enabled (which enables
814		ELF_INTERP_NON_RELOCATABLE) a recent ld.elf_so will
815		load and run at address 0.  The check to fix this in
816		rev 1.107 only checks the first psection of the ELF
817		executable, which may not be loadable.  A more correct
818		fix is to check the first loadable psection instead of
819		just the first psection.
820	kcah
821
822	hack	mips-duplicate-ras-end-label
823	cdate	Sat Sep  2 23:29:42 2006
824	who	martin
825	file	src/regress/sys/kern/ras/ras3/Makefile : 1.3
826	descr
827		Add -fno-reorder-blocks to CFLAGS to avoid duplicate
828		labels by duplicated __asm output from RAS_END()
829		macro.
830	kcah
831
832	hack	mips-mcount-assembler-warning
833	cdate	Tue Jul 29 14:16:52 UTC 2008
834	who	lukem
835	file	src/lib/libc/gmon/Makefile.inc : 1.8
836	descr
837		Workaround for PR port-mips/39192.
838		common/lib/libc/gmon/mcount.c generates a (fatal)
839		assembler warning on MIPS:
840			Warning: No .cprestore pseudo-op used in PIC code
841		Add COPTS.count.c+=-Wa,--no-warn to avoid -Wa,--fatal-warnings
842	kcah
843
844port	i386
845
846	hack	use volatile intermediate variable to enforce rounding
847	cdate	Tue Aug  1 22:15:55 MEST 2006
848	who	drochner
849	file	src/lib/libm/src/lrintf.c : 1.4
850	file	src/lib/libm/src/s_rintf.c : 1.8
851	descr
852		gcc-4 does subsequent operations on "float" values within
853		the i387 FPU without rounding the intermediate results
854	kcah
855
856port	x86
857	hack	turn off optimization for biosdisk_ll.c because otherwise
858		we are pass the wrong arguments to biosdisk_read().
859		$ cd /usr/src/sys/arch/i386/floppies/bootflopp-com
860		$ qemu-system-i386 -nographic -fda boot-com1.fs -boot a
861	who	christos
862	file	src/sys/arch/i386/stand/lib/Makefile : 1.38
863	descr
864		Turning on DISK_DEBUG shows the problem. We should find
865		out which option is causing this.
866	hcah
867
868port	powerpc
869
870	hack	avoid using __builtin_return_address(0) because it fails in
871		Xorg's module loader
872	cdate	Sat Sep 27 03:52:05 UTC 2008
873	who	macallan
874	file	src/libexec/ld.elf_so/rtld.c : 1.121
875	descr
876		workaround for PR port-macppc/37812
877	kcah
878
879	hack	define TARGET_SECURE_PLT and HAVE_AS_TLS because when
880		building the native compiler via build.sh those don't defined
881		properly.
882	cdate	Sat Mar 12 08:00:00 UTC 2011
883	who	matt
884	file	src/gnu/dist/gcc4/gcc/config/rs6000/netbsd.h
885	descr
886		see above
887	kcah
888
889port	powerpc64
890
891	hack	include _errno.c in libposix so that __errno resolves. It
892		should resolve from libc's errno, but somehow it does not.
893		Linker bug?
894	cdate	Thu Oct 27 13:19:47 EDT 2011
895	who	christos
896	file	src/lib/libposix/Makefile: 1.15
897	file	src/lib/librt/Makefile: 1.14
898	descr
899		workaround for:
900		    libposix_pic.a(cerror.pico)(.text+0x14): unresolvable \
901		    R_PPC64_REL24 relocation against symbol `.__errno'
902	kcah
903
904	hack	rename data() function in mdocml to avoid redefined error.
905		Compiler/Assembler bug?
906	cdate	Sat Oct 29 11:16:01 EDT 2011
907	who	christos
908	file	src/external/bsd/mdocml/tbl_data.c: 1.2
909	descr
910		workaround for:
911		    {standard input}: Assembler messages:
912		    {standard input}:105: Error: symbol `.data' is already \
913		    defined
914	kcah
915
916port	emips
917
918	hack	Add nop between ctc1 and mtc0 to avoid assembler internal
919		error
920	cdate	Sat Oct 29 16:57:34 EDT 2011
921	who	christos
922	file	src/sys/arch/mips/mips/mips_fpu.c: 1.7
923	descr
924		workaround for:
925		    {standard input}: Assembler messages:
926		    {standard input}:730: Internal error!
927		    Assertion failure in append_insn at /usr/src/external/gpl3/\
928		    binutils/dist/gas/config/tc-mips.c line 2910.
929	kcah
930
931port	ia64
932
933	hack	libc hesiod.c file does not compile with -O2 (internal
934		compiler error in gcc 4.5.3)
935	cdate	Thu Dec 27 08:05:43 CET 2012
936	who	martin
937	file	src/lib/libc/net/Makefile.inc: 1.82
938	descr
939		workaround for:
940		{standard input}: Assembler messages:
941		{standard input}:1507: Warning: Use of 'mov' may violate WAW dependency 'GR%, % in 1 - 127' (impliedf), specific resource number is 15
942		{standard input}:1506: Warning: This is the location of the conflicting usage
943		{standard input}: Error: 2 warnings, treating warnings as errors
944	kcah
945
946	hack	libelf libelf_extended.c compiler error in gcc 4.5.3
947	cdate	Thu Dec 27 09:05:51 CET 2012
948	who	martin
949	file	src/external/bsd/libelf/lib/Makefile: 1.3
950	descr
951		workaround for:
952		{standard input}: Assembler messages:
953		{standard input}:87: Warning: Use of 'adds' may violate RAW dependency 'GR%, % in 1 - 127' (impliedf), specific resource number is 33
954		{standard input}:87: Warning: Only the first path encountering the conflict is reported
955		{standard input}:85: Warning: This is the location of the conflicting usage
956	kcah
957
958	hack	compiler error with gcc 4.5.x
959	cdate	Thu Dec 27 15:15:25 CET 2012
960	who	martin
961	file	src/crypto/external/bsd/netpgp/lib/verify/Makefile: 1.5
962	descr
963		workaround for:
964		{standard input}: Assembler messages:
965		{standard input}:22979: Warning: Use of 'mov' may violate WAW dependency 'GR%, % in 1 - 127' (impliedf), specific resource number is 8
966		{standard input}:22978: Warning: This is the location of the conflicting usage
967	kcah
968
969	hack	libgcc unwind dummy function
970	cdate	Fri Apr 17 14:31:03 CEST 2015
971	who	martin
972	file	src/external/gpl3/gcc/dist/libgcc/config/ia64/unwind-ia64.c: 1.4
973	descr
974		Add an empty _Unwind_FindTableEntry() implementation.
975		In the end we will use our libc stuff, and this should
976		go away again.
977	kcah
978
979port	x68k
980
981	hack	compiler error with gcc 4.5.x
982	cdate	Fri May 24 13:23:01 EDT 2013
983	who	christos
984	file	src/external/gpl3/gcc/usr.bin/bakend/Makefile: 1.17
985		xsrc/external/mit/xorg/lib/libGLU/Makefile: 1.11
986	descr
987		workaround for:
988		internal compiler error: in cselib_record_set, at cselib.c:1999
989	kcah
990
991hack	fallback to /usr/bin/clang-cpp in rpcgen
992cdate	Wed Jun  5 15:49:27 CEST 2013
993who	joerg
994file	src/usr.bin/rpcgen/rpc_main.c
995descr
996	It is undecided which compiler owns /usr/bin/cpp and whether it should
997	exist in a MKGCC=no world. To allow rpcgen to work out-of-the-box,
998	if either gcc or clang is installed, use /usr/bin/clang-cpp as fallback.
999	This applies only if RPCGEN_CPP is not set and /usr/bin/cpp is not executable.
1000kcah
1001
1002port	hppa
1003
1004	hack	compiler error with gcc 4.5.x
1005	cdate	Tue Jul 23 07:42:28 BST 2013
1006	who	skrll
1007	file	src/sys/lib/libkern/Makefile.libkern: 1.26
1008	descr
1009		workaround for unanalysed codegen bug affecting md5c.c.
1010	kcah
1011
1012	hack	gdb vs _rtld_debug_state problem
1013	cdate	Thu Mar  5 09:49:53 UTC 2015
1014	who	skrll
1015	file	src/libexec/ld.elf_so/rtld.c: 1.175
1016	descr
1017		workaround for problem where gdb misses the breakpoint on
1018		_rtld_debug_state when the function is only the
1019		bv,n %r0(%rp) instruction - the nullify seems to
1020		confuse something
1021	kcah
1022
1023port	mips64*
1024hack	compiler crashes on mips64* with optimization enabled
1025cdate	Tue May 13 18:46:48 UTC 2014
1026who	macallan
1027file	src/external/lgpl3/gmp/lib/libgmp/arch/mips64eb/Makefile.inc: 1.6
1028	src/external/lgpl3/gmp/lib/libgmp/arch/mips64eb/config.h: 1.5
1029	src/external/lgpl3/gmp/lib/libgmp/arch/mips64el/Makefile.inc: 1.6
1030	src/external/lgpl3/gmp/lib/libgmp/arch/mips64el/config.h: 1.5
1031descr	workaround for n32 gcc doing unaligned 64bit accesses when optimizing
1032pr	48696
1033kcah
1034
1035port	vax
1036hack	compile boot with -O1
1037cdate	Sat May 24 09:40:58 CEST 2014
1038who	martin
1039file	src/sys/arch/vax/boot/boot/Makefile: 1.41
1040descr	/boot does not work when compiled with -O2 and gcc 4.8
1041kcah
1042
1043port	arm
1044hack	avoid using labels in a 12-bit constant.
1045who	matt
1046file	crypto/external/bsd/openssl/lib/libcrypto/arch/arm/aes-armv4.S: 1.2
1047descr	workaround for clang misassembling an instruction
1048kcah
1049