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Re: [PATCH 1/2] Linux/x86: Update cancel_jmp_buf to match __jmp_buf_tag [BZ #22563]


On 12/18/2017 03:48 PM, H.J. Lu wrote:
On Mon, Dec 18, 2017 at 6:44 AM, Andreas Schwab <schwab@suse.de> wrote:
On Dez 18 2017, "H.J. Lu" <hjl.tools@gmail.com> wrote:

This patch adds bits/types/__cancel_jmp_buf_tag.h to define struct
__cancel_jmp_buf_tag so that Linux/x86 can add saved_mask to
cancel_jmp_buf.

Isn't that an ABI change?


Yes, this change is exposed to application via <phread.h>.  The backward
binary compatibility is provided by

https://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2017-12/msg00208.html

This doesn't seem to work:

<https://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2018-01/msg00178.html>

I have no idea what is going on, but if we can't find the root cause, I think we should revert all the setjmp changes.

Thanks,
Florian


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