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| author | Tassilo Philipp |
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| date | Fri, 22 Nov 2019 23:23:14 +0100 |
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| 278 | 1 1.1: |
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| 329 | 3 - test code: add sparc tests for when out of register windows, meaning multiple layers deep in the call stack |
| 286 | 4 - ./configure on macOS does not pass CFLAGS etc.. to Makefile.config |
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5 - support platforms without shared libraries so they can be built by just typing `./configure;make` (e.g. minix < 3.2.1) |
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6 * also make sure minix with shared library support builds and works in general (>= 3.2.1) as well as ELF on Minix (>= 3.2.0) to begin with (as that's the base, and we only test on 3.1.8 so far) |
| 201 | 7 - dyncall supports calls to functions where prototype exists (with and without varargs); however not when no |
| 8 prototype exist (e.g. just calling some pointer), without any declaration... even possible in C, as one has | |
| 9 to cast to the function type? need to support? | |
| 10 | |
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| 155 | 12 - dyncallback's "stack_cleanup" can be removed from non x86 impls... test if they still work |
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13 - target a minimum c version, for use with -pedantic, etc.? Right now we use e.g. extensions |
| 329 | 14 for anon structs, etc. -> we do now target c99 |
| 86 | 15 - the CallVM-free functions are per VTable, however the latter can be changed out |
| 16 at runtime... which basically changes potentially the deallocator... | |
| 17 same goes for functions setting the mode. think about how to make this safer - currently | |
| 18 we have a higher flexibility and we need to potentially clean up from the mode we are in, | |
| 19 however, this is open to misuse | |
| 78 | 20 - check all vararg calling conv implementations if they promote correctly |
| 21 (e.g. float to double); we used to not care as it was the user's job to | |
| 22 think of that, but we allow users to use ArgFloat, etc. on "..." now, | |
| 23 taking care of the promotion; so it should be consistent all across the | |
| 24 implementations -> also write testcode specifically for that | |
| 0 | 25 - autovar was never really pushed all the way through and still plays second |
| 9 | 26 fiddle to dyncall_macros.h, clean this all up, eventually (Tassilo: for now, I |
| 27 removed out of sync files to avoid confusion; but still probably duped code) | |
| 69 | 28 - add portable "make install" |
| 29 * make install should also install manpages | |
| 0 | 30 - mailing list announcements (html email?) |
| 31 - fix for NDS: | |
| 69 | 32 * ARM: |
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33 - callback_plain retval wrong (not only platform), area on stack where |
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34 it's stored is probably not zeroed, so half-words, etc., come with garbage |
| 69 | 35 * THUMB: |
| 36 - ellipsis (might be test itself, not respecting fixed part of args) | |
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37 - callback_plain retval, see above under ARM |
| 69 | 38 - callf |
| 24 | 39 - support Solaris11 CFLAGS with -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 |
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40 - make sure selinux works (esp. regarding NX bits) |
| 54 | 41 Daniel has a patch for it, if needed, implementing allocwx with two memory blocks, one for w^x, mmaped to one for r|x |
| 68 | 42 - support /SAFESEH on cl/win32 |
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43 - test code functions should be in .so files, optionally, so the suites can directly |
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44 be used to test dycnall bindings |
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45 - pkg-config support? |
| 90 | 46 - quadmath support (long double) |
| 329 | 47 - add tests using alloca(), as this might depend on the frame pointer being correctly set (we don't |
| 48 check for this, currently, at all - but might not affect dyncall's stubs, anyways) - verify | |
| 0 | 49 |
| 50 portasm: | |
| 51 -------- | |
| 52 - add solaris support for x64 | |
| 53 | |
| 54 dyncall: | |
| 55 -------- | |
| 288 | 56 - merge arm32_thumb_{gas/apple} and include thumb support for portasm |
| 57 - x64 verification: return values are passed via RAX and RDX, and XMM0 and XMM1. | |
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58 - find big endian arm box (also hardfloat), e.g. cubietruck: http://blog.netbsd.org/tnf/entry/working_arm_multiprocessor_support |
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59 - test if armhf/thumb is actually working... pulls in arm mode code in dyncall_callvm.c |
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60 - dyncall_call_mips_n32.h and dyncall_call_mips_n64.h are pretty much the same, share code |
| 0 | 61 - support for return values: aggregate return values |
| 62 - support for argument values: structures, half-precision, vector types, long double | |
| 288 | 63 * make sure that struct support for ellipsis calls are not forgotten (copy everything by value) |
| 0 | 64 - consider automatic type-promotion for arguments passed through DC_CALL_C_ELLIPSIS_VARARGS; |
| 65 this would make it easier to just pass arguments instead of having to know about the C | |
| 278 | 66 type promotions (this is partly done, see todo-item above under 1.1) |
| 0 | 67 - syscalls for x64 |
| 68 * bsd | |
| 69 * linux | |
| 70 - other syscalls | |
| 135 | 71 - test MIPS32 eabi big endian (current port works on psp, which is little endian) |
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72 - implement MIPS64 N32 (gcc -mabi=n32); both, little and big-endian (looks like NetNBSD on and |
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73 EdgeRouter lite uses this: https://blog.netbsd.org/tnf/entry/hands_on_experience_with_edgerouter) |
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74 - MIPS64 n32 softfloat support (-msoft-float) |
| 129 | 75 - implement MIPS64 EABI (gcc -mabi=eabi); both, little and big-endian |
| 141 | 76 - support for Minix/arm |
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77 - improve ellipsis test: |
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78 * test not just with one fixed arg, to also simulate alignment problems |
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79 * test return values |
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80 * convert from c++ to c, to have it also on plan9, and more portability |
| 0 | 81 |
| 82 dynload: | |
| 83 -------- | |
| 244 | 84 - dlGetLibraryPath: dl_iterate_phdr() used on OpenBSD, but not available on version < 3.7 |
| 0 | 85 - bug: test/nm crashes on qemu mips linux o32 debian etch |
| 86 - rename SymsInit to InitSyms and similar for cleanup function to reflect naming | |
| 87 in dyncall | |
| 88 - get rid of Dl_info and friends (_GNU_SOURCE) in dynload/dynload_syms_elf.c | |
| 89 for implementation of dlSymsNameFromValue(..) | |
| 90 - check if PSP can support dynload (missing elf.h, dlfcn.h, etc.); fixup readme if successful | |
| 84 | 91 - some functionality like java's System.mapLibraryName('name') might be helpful? |
| 288 | 92 - Failed On Open Solaris 11: |
| 93 In file included from dynload_syms.c:28: | |
| 94 dynload_syms_elf.c:56: error: syntax error before "Elf_Dyn" | |
| 95 dynload_syms_elf.c:56: warning: data definition has no type or storage class | |
| 96 dynload_syms_elf.c: In function `dlSymsInit': | |
| 97 dynload_syms_elf.c:155: error: `pDyn' undeclared (first use in this function) | |
| 98 dynload_syms_elf.c:155: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once | |
| 99 dynload_syms_elf.c:155: error: for each function it appears in.) | |
| 100 dynload_syms_elf.c:155: error: syntax error before ')' token | |
| 101 dynload_syms_elf.c:160: error: `DT_NULL' undeclared (first use in this function) | |
| 102 dynload_syms_elf.c:163: error: `DT_STRTAB' undeclared (first use in this function) | |
| 103 dynload_syms_elf.c:164: error: `DT_SYMTAB' undeclared (first use in this function) | |
| 104 dynload_syms_elf.c:165: error: `DT_HASH' undeclared (first use in this function) | |
| 105 make: *** [dynload_syms.o] Error 1 | |
| 0 | 106 |
| 107 dyncallback: | |
| 108 ------------ | |
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109 - callback_plain's return value not correct anymore on NDS (maybe just broken testcode?), |
| 278 | 110 see above under 1.1 items |
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111 * check other platforms also, if asm stub initializes retval space, correctly |
| 135 | 112 - test MIPS32 eabi big endian (current port works on psp, which is little endian) |
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115 - MIPS64 n32 softfloat support (-msoft-float) |
| 129 | 116 - implement MIPS64 EABI (gcc -mabi=eabi); both, little and big-endian |
| 141 | 117 - support for Minix/arm |
| 0 | 118 |
| 119 bindings: | |
| 120 --------- | |
| 121 - release bindings as standalone packages (already done for rbdc as a gem and rdyncall on cran) | |
| 122 * add note to documentation, where bindings are and that some bindings are svn-only ATM | |
| 123 - add rdoc documentation to ruby gem | |
| 124 - add pydoc for python | |
| 125 - add manpage for shdc | |
| 126 - expose callf-convenience functions to go | |
| 127 - add godoc for godc | |
| 128 - add javadoc to java | |
| 129 - add more bindings | |
| 130 - add callback support for erlang, go, java, lua, python and ruby (and shell? how?) | |
| 131 - add call-conv-mode-support for rbdc through signature | |
| 132 | |
| 133 manual: | |
| 134 ------- | |
| 201 | 135 - introduce doc overview tables and common vocab for calling convention specifics, following example of table on page 13 of https://www.linux-mips.org/pub/linux/mips/doc/ABI/MIPS-N32-ABI-Handbook.pdf; also as inspiration, e.g. user 'preserved' instead of 'permanent', etc. https://developer.apple.com/library/content/documentation/Xcode/Conceptual/iPhoneOSABIReference/Articles/ARMv6FunctionCallingConventions.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40009021-SW4 |
| 329 | 136 * also, get inspiration for naming for GCC predefs as talked about in https://stffrdhrn.github.io/software/embedded/openrisc/2018/06/08/gcc_stack_frames.html |
| 201 | 137 - make stack layout diagrams better, e.g. add grow direction (example: https://developer.apple.com/library/content/documentation/Xcode/Conceptual/iPhoneOSABIReference/art/arm_stack.jpg on https://developer.apple.com/library/content/documentation/Xcode/Conceptual/iPhoneOSABIReference/Articles/ARMv6FunctionCallingConventions.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40009021-SW1) |
| 0 | 138 - provide more examples on how to use dyncall, dynload and dyncallback |
| 139 * e.g. enhance manual with a couple of examples (e.g. calling MessageBoxA on windows, etc.) | |
| 140 - manuals for bindings (as stated in bindings-section, above) | |
| 117 | 141 - under "dyncall support", in each calling convention appendix, list crucial details of e.g. big/little endian support, etc. |
| 142 - specify integer models in use, use common ILP32, LLP64, etc. terms | |
| 0 | 143 |
| 88 | 144 regressions: |
| 145 ------------ | |
| 0 | 146 - Haiku/gmake build doesn't build dynload due to the fact, that elf.h is not found |
| 147 on default installations (one has to install the system headers) | |
| 148 * add to doc | |
| 149 - Solaris/gmake build doesn't build dynload and tests anymore (maybe not even dyncallback) | |
| 150 - look over code and fix TODO or @@@ marks | |
| 151 - add ppc-support to doc (both, 32 and 64, as well as little and big endian remarks) | |
| 152 | |
| 153 nice to have: | |
| 154 ------------- | |
| 155 - update: microsoft visual c++ build files - integrate all test suites in solution file | |
| 156 - consistency: on x64 platforms: make both ABIs available ('win64','sysv') for all x64 OS ports | |
| 157 - microsoft build enhancement: autodetect assembly via C preprocessor (like with .S gcc files) | |
| 158 - test/thunk: some platforms do not allow for allocation of executable code on heap and stack -- | |
| 329 | 159 currently this test will segfault (handled), maybe we should collect information which platforms allow and which not. |
| 160 - PSP | |
| 161 - automate ppsspp stuff, seems to print to stdout for callback_suite? but not for call_suite.. (?) | |
| 162 - fix link with dummy versions of the following for test-bins: | |
| 163 void __stack_chk_fail(){} | |
| 164 void __stack_chk_guard(){} | |
| 0 | 165 |
| 166 bugs: | |
| 167 ----- | |
| 88 | 168 - setting callconv, specifically for platforms that have only one (default)) excepts on some |
| 6 | 169 platforms, eg. setting X64_sysv on amd64/Linux - keeping cdecl which is the same in |
| 88 | 170 this case, works (this should work now...) |
| 0 | 171 - vararg function calls don't work for ARM THUMB mode (Daniel's new interface for modesetting for varag |
| 172 args should be used); adapt test/ellipsis and/or retest | |
| 173 | |
| 174 missing implementations (descending priority): | |
| 175 ---------------------------------------------- | |
| 176 - riscv | |
| 177 - itanium | |
| 88 | 178 - superh/j-core |
| 0 | 179 - 68k, 88k, 6502, etc. |
| 88 | 180 - arc |
| 0 | 181 - alpha |
| 182 - cell | |
| 183 - blackfin | |
| 88 | 184 - seaforth |
| 21 | 185 - s/390 |
| 0 | 186 - z80 |
| 187 - hppa | |
| 188 - vax | |
| 189 - atmel avr | |
| 190 - propeller | |
| 191 - amd29k | |
| 192 |