Date: Fri, 20 May 2016 16:14:32 +0100 From: Andrew Turner <andrew@fubar.geek.nz> To: <freebsd-arm@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: svn commit: r300303 - in head: . contrib/netbsd-tests/lib/libc/gen contrib/netbsd-tests/lib/libc/sys lib/libc/aarch64 lib/libc/aarch64/sys sys/sys Message-ID: <20160520161432.38b78632@zapp> In-Reply-To: <201605201504.u4KF4m9n040101@repo.freebsd.org> References: <201605201504.u4KF4m9n040101@repo.freebsd.org>
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If you run arm64 I've removed the legacy brk and sbrk functions from libc. If you are building software on arm64 make sure you have and up to date devel/binutils. Old versions of this port may call sbrk, however this hasn't been the case for around 6 weeks. Andrew On Fri, 20 May 2016 15:04:48 +0000 (UTC) Andrew Turner <andrew@FreeBSD.org> wrote: > Author: andrew > Date: Fri May 20 15:04:48 2016 > New Revision: 300303 > URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/300303 > > Log: > Remove brk and sbrk from arm64. They were defined in The Single UNIX > Specification, Version 2, but marked as legacy, and have been > removed from later specifications. After 12 years it is time to > remove them from new architectures when the main use for sbrk is an > invalid method to attempt to find how much memory has been allocated > from malloc. > There are a few places in the tree that still call sbrk, however > they are not used on arm64. They will need to be fixed to cross build > from arm64, but these will be fixed in a follow up commit. > > Old copies of binutils from ports called into sbrk, however this > has been fixed around 6 weeks ago. It is advised to update binutils > on arm64 before installing a world that includes this change. > > Reviewed by: brooks, emaste > Obtained from: brooks > Relnotes: yes > Sponsored by: ABT Systems Ltd > Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D6464 > > Deleted: > head/lib/libc/aarch64/sys/brk.S > head/lib/libc/aarch64/sys/sbrk.S > Modified: > head/UPDATING > head/contrib/netbsd-tests/lib/libc/gen/t_dir.c > head/contrib/netbsd-tests/lib/libc/sys/t_mlock.c > head/lib/libc/aarch64/Symbol.map > head/lib/libc/aarch64/sys/Makefile.inc > head/sys/sys/param.h
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