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1 /*    perlvars.h
2  *
3  *    Copyright (C) 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007,
4  *    by Larry Wall and others
5  *
6  *    You may distribute under the terms of either the GNU General Public
7  *    License or the Artistic License, as specified in the README file.
8  *
9  */
10 
11 /*
12 =head1 Global Variables
13 These variables are global to an entire process.  They are shared between
14 all interpreters and all threads in a process.  Any variables not documented
15 here may be changed or removed without notice, so don't use them!
16 If you feel you really do need to use an unlisted variable, first send email to
17 L<perl5-porters@perl.org|mailto:perl5-porters@perl.org>.  It may be that
18 someone there will point out a way to accomplish what you need without using an
19 internal variable.  But if not, you should get a go-ahead to document and then
20 use the variable.
21 
22 =cut
23 */
24 
25 /* Don't forget to re-run regen/embed.pl to propagate changes! */
26 
27 /* This file describes the "global" variables used by perl
28  * This used to be in perl.h directly but we want to abstract out into
29  * distinct files which are per-thread, per-interpreter or really global,
30  * and how they're initialized.
31  *
32  * The 'G' prefix is only needed for vars that need appropriate #defines
33  * generated in embed*.h.  Such symbols are also used to generate
34  * the appropriate export list for win32. */
35 
36 /* global state */
37 #if defined(USE_ITHREADS)
38 PERLVAR(G, op_mutex,	perl_mutex)	/* Mutex for op refcounting */
39 #endif
40 PERLVARI(G, curinterp,	PerlInterpreter *, NULL)
41 					/* currently running interpreter
42 					 * (initial parent interpreter under
43 					 * useithreads) */
44 #if defined(USE_ITHREADS)
45 PERLVAR(G, thr_key,	perl_key)	/* key to retrieve per-thread struct */
46 #endif
47 
48 /* XXX does anyone even use this? */
49 PERLVARI(G, do_undump,	bool,	FALSE)	/* -u or dump seen? */
50 
51 #ifndef PERL_USE_SAFE_PUTENV
52 PERLVARI(G, use_safe_putenv, bool, TRUE)
53 #endif
54 
55 #if defined(FAKE_PERSISTENT_SIGNAL_HANDLERS)||defined(FAKE_DEFAULT_SIGNAL_HANDLERS)
56 PERLVARI(G, sig_handlers_initted, int, 0)
57 #endif
58 #ifdef FAKE_PERSISTENT_SIGNAL_HANDLERS
59 PERLVARA(G, sig_ignoring, SIG_SIZE, int)
60 					/* which signals we are ignoring */
61 #endif
62 #ifdef FAKE_DEFAULT_SIGNAL_HANDLERS
63 PERLVARA(G, sig_defaulting, SIG_SIZE, int)
64 #endif
65 
66 /* XXX signals are process-wide anyway, so we
67  * ignore the implications of this for threading */
68 #ifndef HAS_SIGACTION
69 PERLVARI(G, sig_trapped, int,	0)
70 #endif
71 
72 #ifndef PERL_MICRO
73 /* If Perl has to ignore SIGPFE, this is its saved state.
74  * See perl.h macros PERL_FPU_INIT and PERL_FPU_{PRE,POST}_EXEC. */
75 PERLVAR(G, sigfpe_saved, Sighandler_t)
76 
77 /* these ptrs to functions are to avoid linkage problems; see
78  * perl-5.8.0-2193-g5c1546dc48
79  */
80 PERLVARI(G, csighandlerp,  Sighandler_t,  Perl_csighandler)
81 PERLVARI(G, csighandler1p, Sighandler1_t, Perl_csighandler1)
82 PERLVARI(G, csighandler3p, Sighandler3_t, Perl_csighandler3)
83 #endif
84 
85 /* This is constant on most architectures, a global on OS/2 */
86 #ifdef OS2
87 PERLVARI(G, sh_path,	char *, SH_PATH) /* full path of shell */
88 #endif
89 
90 #ifdef USE_PERLIO
91 
92 #  if defined(USE_ITHREADS)
93 PERLVAR(G, perlio_mutex, perl_mutex)    /* Mutex for perlio fd refcounts */
94 #  endif
95 
96 PERLVARI(G, perlio_fd_refcnt, int *, 0) /* Pointer to array of fd refcounts.  */
97 PERLVARI(G, perlio_fd_refcnt_size, int, 0) /* Size of the array */
98 PERLVARI(G, perlio_debug_fd, int, 0)	/* the fd to write perlio debug into, 0 means not set yet */
99 #endif
100 
101 #ifdef HAS_MMAP
102 PERLVARI(G, mmap_page_size, IV, 0)
103 #endif
104 
105 #if defined(USE_ITHREADS)
106 PERLVAR(G, hints_mutex, perl_mutex)    /* Mutex for refcounted he refcounting */
107 PERLVAR(G, env_mutex, perl_mutex)      /* Mutex for accessing ENV */
108 #  if ! defined(USE_THREAD_SAFE_LOCALE) || defined(TS_W32_BROKEN_LOCALECONV)
109 PERLVAR(G, locale_mutex, perl_mutex)   /* Mutex for setlocale() changing */
110 #  endif
111 #  ifndef USE_THREAD_SAFE_LOCALE
112 PERLVAR(G, lc_numeric_mutex, perl_mutex)   /* Mutex for switching LC_NUMERIC */
113 #  endif
114 #endif
115 
116 #ifdef USE_POSIX_2008_LOCALE
117 PERLVAR(G, C_locale_obj, locale_t)
118 #endif
119 
120 PERLVARI(G, watch_pvx,	char *, NULL)
121 
122 /*
123 =for apidoc AmnU|Perl_check_t *|PL_check
124 
125 Array, indexed by opcode, of functions that will be called for the "check"
126 phase of optree building during compilation of Perl code.  For most (but
127 not all) types of op, once the op has been initially built and populated
128 with child ops it will be filtered through the check function referenced
129 by the appropriate element of this array.  The new op is passed in as the
130 sole argument to the check function, and the check function returns the
131 completed op.  The check function may (as the name suggests) check the op
132 for validity and signal errors.  It may also initialise or modify parts of
133 the ops, or perform more radical surgery such as adding or removing child
134 ops, or even throw the op away and return a different op in its place.
135 
136 This array of function pointers is a convenient place to hook into the
137 compilation process.  An XS module can put its own custom check function
138 in place of any of the standard ones, to influence the compilation of a
139 particular type of op.  However, a custom check function must never fully
140 replace a standard check function (or even a custom check function from
141 another module).  A module modifying checking must instead B<wrap> the
142 preexisting check function.  A custom check function must be selective
143 about when to apply its custom behaviour.  In the usual case where
144 it decides not to do anything special with an op, it must chain the
145 preexisting op function.  Check functions are thus linked in a chain,
146 with the core's base checker at the end.
147 
148 For thread safety, modules should not write directly to this array.
149 Instead, use the function L</wrap_op_checker>.
150 
151 =for apidoc Amn|enum perl_phase|PL_phase
152 
153 A value that indicates the current Perl interpreter's phase. Possible values
154 include C<PERL_PHASE_CONSTRUCT>, C<PERL_PHASE_START>, C<PERL_PHASE_CHECK>,
155 C<PERL_PHASE_INIT>, C<PERL_PHASE_RUN>, C<PERL_PHASE_END>, and
156 C<PERL_PHASE_DESTRUCT>.
157 
158 For example, the following determines whether the interpreter is in
159 global destruction:
160 
161     if (PL_phase == PERL_PHASE_DESTRUCT) {
162         // we are in global destruction
163     }
164 
165 C<PL_phase> was introduced in Perl 5.14; in prior perls you can use
166 C<PL_dirty> (boolean) to determine whether the interpreter is in global
167 destruction. (Use of C<PL_dirty> is discouraged since 5.14.)
168 
169 =cut
170 */
171 
172 #if defined(USE_ITHREADS)
173 PERLVAR(G, check_mutex,	perl_mutex)	/* Mutex for PL_check */
174 #endif
175 #ifdef PERL_GLOBAL_STRUCT
176 PERLVAR(G, ppaddr,	Perl_ppaddr_t *) /* or opcode.h */
177 PERLVAR(G, check,	Perl_check_t *) /* or opcode.h */
178 PERLVARA(G, fold_locale, 256, unsigned char) /* or perl.h */
179 #endif
180 
181 #ifdef PERL_NEED_APPCTX
182 PERLVAR(G, appctx,	void*)		/* the application context */
183 #endif
184 
185 #if defined(HAS_TIMES) && defined(PERL_NEED_TIMESBASE)
186 PERLVAR(G, timesbase,	struct tms)
187 #endif
188 
189 /* allocate a unique index to every module that calls MY_CXT_INIT */
190 
191 #ifdef PERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT
192 # ifdef USE_ITHREADS
193 PERLVAR(G, my_ctx_mutex, perl_mutex)
194 # endif
195 PERLVARI(G, my_cxt_index, int,	0)
196 #endif
197 
198 /* this is currently set without MUTEX protection, so keep it a type which
199  * can be set atomically (ie not a bit field) */
200 PERLVARI(G, veto_cleanup, int, FALSE)	/* exit without cleanup */
201 
202 /*
203 =for apidoc AmnUx|Perl_keyword_plugin_t|PL_keyword_plugin
204 
205 Function pointer, pointing at a function used to handle extended keywords.
206 The function should be declared as
207 
208 	int keyword_plugin_function(pTHX_
209 		char *keyword_ptr, STRLEN keyword_len,
210 		OP **op_ptr)
211 
212 The function is called from the tokeniser, whenever a possible keyword
213 is seen.  C<keyword_ptr> points at the word in the parser's input
214 buffer, and C<keyword_len> gives its length; it is not null-terminated.
215 The function is expected to examine the word, and possibly other state
216 such as L<%^H|perlvar/%^H>, to decide whether it wants to handle it
217 as an extended keyword.  If it does not, the function should return
218 C<KEYWORD_PLUGIN_DECLINE>, and the normal parser process will continue.
219 
220 If the function wants to handle the keyword, it first must
221 parse anything following the keyword that is part of the syntax
222 introduced by the keyword.  See L</Lexer interface> for details.
223 
224 When a keyword is being handled, the plugin function must build
225 a tree of C<OP> structures, representing the code that was parsed.
226 The root of the tree must be stored in C<*op_ptr>.  The function then
227 returns a constant indicating the syntactic role of the construct that
228 it has parsed: C<KEYWORD_PLUGIN_STMT> if it is a complete statement, or
229 C<KEYWORD_PLUGIN_EXPR> if it is an expression.  Note that a statement
230 construct cannot be used inside an expression (except via C<do BLOCK>
231 and similar), and an expression is not a complete statement (it requires
232 at least a terminating semicolon).
233 
234 When a keyword is handled, the plugin function may also have
235 (compile-time) side effects.  It may modify C<%^H>, define functions, and
236 so on.  Typically, if side effects are the main purpose of a handler,
237 it does not wish to generate any ops to be included in the normal
238 compilation.  In this case it is still required to supply an op tree,
239 but it suffices to generate a single null op.
240 
241 That's how the C<*PL_keyword_plugin> function needs to behave overall.
242 Conventionally, however, one does not completely replace the existing
243 handler function.  Instead, take a copy of C<PL_keyword_plugin> before
244 assigning your own function pointer to it.  Your handler function should
245 look for keywords that it is interested in and handle those.  Where it
246 is not interested, it should call the saved plugin function, passing on
247 the arguments it received.  Thus C<PL_keyword_plugin> actually points
248 at a chain of handler functions, all of which have an opportunity to
249 handle keywords, and only the last function in the chain (built into
250 the Perl core) will normally return C<KEYWORD_PLUGIN_DECLINE>.
251 
252 For thread safety, modules should not set this variable directly.
253 Instead, use the function L</wrap_keyword_plugin>.
254 
255 =cut
256 */
257 
258 #if defined(USE_ITHREADS)
259 PERLVAR(G, keyword_plugin_mutex, perl_mutex)   /* Mutex for PL_keyword_plugin */
260 #endif
261 PERLVARI(G, keyword_plugin, Perl_keyword_plugin_t, Perl_keyword_plugin_standard)
262 
263 PERLVARI(G, op_sequence, HV *, NULL)	/* dump.c */
264 PERLVARI(G, op_seq,	UV,	0)	/* dump.c */
265 
266 #ifdef USE_ITHREADS
267 PERLVAR(G, dollarzero_mutex, perl_mutex) /* Modifying $0 */
268 #endif
269 
270 /* Restricted hashes placeholder value.
271    In theory, the contents are never used, only the address.
272    In practice, &PL_sv_placeholder is returned by some APIs, and the calling
273    code is checking SvOK().  */
274 
275 PERLVAR(G, sv_placeholder, SV)
276 
277 #if defined(MYMALLOC) && defined(USE_ITHREADS)
278 PERLVAR(G, malloc_mutex, perl_mutex)	/* Mutex for malloc */
279 #endif
280 
281 PERLVARI(G, hash_seed_set, bool, FALSE)	/* perl.c */
282 PERLVARA(G, hash_seed_w, PERL_HASH_SEED_WORDS, __PERL_HASH_WORD_TYPE) /* perl.c and hv.h */
283 #if defined(PERL_HASH_STATE_BYTES)
284 PERLVARA(G, hash_state_w, PERL_HASH_STATE_WORDS, __PERL_HASH_WORD_TYPE) /* perl.c and hv.h */
285 #endif
286 #if defined(PERL_USE_SINGLE_CHAR_HASH_CACHE)
287 PERLVARA(G, hash_chars, (1+256) * sizeof(U32), unsigned char) /* perl.c and hv.h */
288 #endif
289 
290 /* The path separator can vary depending on whether we're running under DCL or
291  * a Unix shell.
292  */
293 #ifdef __VMS
294 PERLVAR(G, perllib_sep, char)
295 #endif
296 
297 /* Definitions of user-defined \p{} properties, as the subs that define them
298  * are only called once */
299 PERLVARI(G, user_def_props,	HV *, NULL)
300 
301 #if defined(USE_ITHREADS)
302 PERLVAR(G, user_def_props_aTHX, PerlInterpreter *)  /* aTHX that user_def_props
303                                                        was defined in */
304 PERLVAR(G, user_prop_mutex, perl_mutex)    /* Mutex for manipulating
305                                               PL_user_defined_properties */
306 #endif
307 
308 /* these record the best way to perform certain IO operations while
309  * atomically setting FD_CLOEXEC. On the first call, a probe is done
310  * and the result recorded for use by subsequent calls.
311  * In theory these variables aren't thread-safe, but the worst that can
312  * happen is that two treads will both do an initial probe
313  */
314 PERLVARI(G, strategy_dup,        int, 0)	/* doio.c */
315 PERLVARI(G, strategy_dup2,       int, 0)	/* doio.c */
316 PERLVARI(G, strategy_open,       int, 0)	/* doio.c */
317 PERLVARI(G, strategy_open3,      int, 0)	/* doio.c */
318 PERLVARI(G, strategy_mkstemp,    int, 0)	/* doio.c */
319 PERLVARI(G, strategy_socket,     int, 0)	/* doio.c */
320 PERLVARI(G, strategy_accept,     int, 0)	/* doio.c */
321 PERLVARI(G, strategy_pipe,       int, 0)	/* doio.c */
322 PERLVARI(G, strategy_socketpair, int, 0)	/* doio.c */
323 
324 #ifdef PERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT
325 #  ifdef PERL_GLOBAL_STRUCT_PRIVATE
326 /* per-module array of pointers to MY_CXT_KEY constants.
327  * It simulates each module having a static my_cxt_index var on builds
328  * which don't allow static vars */
329 PERLVARI(G, my_cxt_keys, const char **, NULL)
330 PERLVARI(G, my_cxt_keys_size, int,	0)	/* size of PL_my_cxt_keys */
331 #  endif
332 #endif
333