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Date:      Wed, 20 Aug 2014 13:19:52 -0600
From:      Ian Lepore <ian@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Olavi Kumpulainen <olavi.m.kumpulainen@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-arm@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: C++ exceptions in freebsd-arm doesn't seem to work
Message-ID:  <1408562392.1150.4.camel@revolution.hippie.lan>
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On Wed, 2014-08-20 at 19:19 +0200, Olavi Kumpulainen wrote:
> On 19 Aug 2014, at 20:21 , Ian Lepore <ian@FreeBSD.org> wrote:
>=20
> > On Tue, 2014-08-19 at 19:40 +0200, Olavi Kumpulainen wrote:
> >> On 25 Jul 2014, at 23:44 , Andreas Tobler <andreast-list@fgznet.ch> =
wrote:
> >>=20
> >>> On 22.07.14 23:11, Ian Lepore wrote:
> >>>> On Sat, 2014-07-19 at 16:35 -0600, Ian Lepore wrote:
> >>>>> On Sat, 2014-06-07 at 14:12 +0200, Olavi Kumpulainen wrote:
> >>>>>> [c++ exceptions don't work and related discussion]
> >>>>>=20
> >>>>> I checked in a partial fix for c++ exception handling in r268893.=
  It
> >>>>> fixes the specific problem you detailed above, which was essentia=
lly
> >>>>> that the __gnu_Unwind_Find_exidx() function was not available in =
any
> >>>>> shared library, making the unwinder fall back to using the __exid=
x_start
> >>>>> and end symbols, which are only valid in a statically-linked app.
> >>>>>=20
> >>>>> With the new function in place, exceptions are closer to working =
with
> >>>>> gcc 4.2.1, but still don't work with clang.  With gcc, some thing=
s work
> >>>>> and some things don't.  For example if you throw an exception and=
 in the
> >>>>> same function have a catch with the right specific type it segfau=
lts,
> >>>>> but a catch(...) will catch it without problems.  But you can cat=
ch an
> >>>>> exception by type if the catch is in a function higher up the cal=
l chain
> >>>>> from the place it was thrown.
> >>>>>=20
> >>>>> We're continuing to debug this at $work, and welcome any input if=
 anyone
> >>>>> else makes progress with it.  Right now we still don't know wheth=
er the
> >>>>> segfaults are because of bad unwinder library code or bad unwind =
data
> >>>>> emitted by gcc.  (I sure hope it's the library, because that's ea=
sier to
> >>>>> fix.)
> >>>>>=20
> >>>>> On the clang front, it has been said that c++ exceptions work in =
clang
> >>>>> 3.5, so we tried the clang-devel port, and it didn't just work.  =
But it
> >>>>> turns out that port hasn't been updated for quite a while, so we =
may not
> >>>>> have tested the code that's supposed to work right.  While trying=
 that I
> >>>>> discovered that clang 3.5 isn't scheduled for release for about a=
nother
> >>>>> year, so that really isn't a viable solution for anyone with near=
-term
> >>>>> needs, unless the required changes can be cherry-picked and broug=
ht into
> >>>>> our version of 3.4.
> >>>>>=20
> >>>>> -- Ian
> >>>>=20
> >>>> Another update to this... today I committed r268993 and r268994, a=
nd now
> >>>> I believe arm eabi c++ exceptions are fully working with gcc.  I h=
aven't
> >>>> run an extensive test suite, but all the test cases we've been usi=
ng at
> >>>> $work to debug this now work correctly.
> >>>=20
> >>> Thank you! Confirmed. My test cases which are working with gcc-4.10=
 are now also working with the system gcc, 4.2.1.
> >>> I totally forgot about this change. I have it in my local gcc tree =
since a while but I forgot about.....
> >>>=20
> >>> Andreas
> >>>=20
> >>>=20
> >>=20
> >> Please excuse my late reply. I=A2ve been away from keyboard for a wh=
ile.
> >>=20
> >> I back-ported r268893,  r268993 and r268994 to stable/10 for beagleb=
one. C++ exceptions works for static builds, but not for binaries linked =
to shared libs.
> >>=20
> >> Since this seems to work ok in HEAD, I=A2m obviously missing somethi=
ng. Do any of you guys have any ideas?
> >>=20
> >> Cheers
> >>=20
> >=20
> > I'm not sure what you mean by "backported to stable/10", I merged all
> > the necessary changes to stable-10 as r269792 on Aug 10.  Are you
> > working with a checkout from earlier than that?  If so, just updating
> > should fix it for you.
> >=20
> > -- Ian
> >=20
> >=20
>=20
>=20
> Updating to stable-10 as of today didn=A2t help. I=A2m running a clean =
checkout except for a couple of drivers in the kernel.
> This makes me think I have a bad src.conf - How shall I configure the b=
uild for this to work?
>=20
> /Olavi
>=20
>=20
>=20
>=20

You need to use GCC, not clang, as the compiler.  Exceptions are just
broken on clang 3.4, so we're waiting for 3.5 (should be released any
time now I think).

To compile with gcc, put this in your /etc/make.conf:

WITH_GCC=3Dyes
WITH_GNUCXX=3Dyes
WITH_GCC_BOOTSTRAP=3Dyes
WITHOUT_CLANG=3Dyes
WITHOUT_CLANG_IS_CC=3Dyes
WITHOUT_CLANG_BOOTSTRAP=3Dyes

-- Ian





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