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authorDimitry Andric <dim@FreeBSD.org>2017-04-16 16:03:23 +0000
committerDimitry Andric <dim@FreeBSD.org>2017-04-16 16:03:23 +0000
commit0dc0969cd0a732760f0aa79942a04e0eaef297c4 (patch)
tree051bdb57b1ac6ee143f61ddbb47bd0da619f6f0c /docs
parent868847c6900e575417c03bced6e562b3af891318 (diff)
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-rw-r--r--docs/BuildingLibcxx.rst51
-rw-r--r--docs/DesignDocs/DebugMode.rst2
-rw-r--r--docs/DesignDocs/ThreadingSupportAPI.rst21
-rw-r--r--docs/DesignDocs/VisibilityMacros.rst46
-rw-r--r--docs/UsingLibcxx.rst24
-rw-r--r--docs/conf.py4
-rw-r--r--docs/index.rst7
7 files changed, 137 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/docs/BuildingLibcxx.rst b/docs/BuildingLibcxx.rst
index b00bbdd78f64..c7b5e96422f0 100644
--- a/docs/BuildingLibcxx.rst
+++ b/docs/BuildingLibcxx.rst
@@ -92,6 +92,57 @@ build would look like this:
$ make check-libcxx # optional
+Experimental Support for Windows
+--------------------------------
+
+The Windows support requires building with clang-cl as cl does not support one
+required extension: `#include_next`. Furthermore, VS 2015 or newer (19.00) is
+required. In the case of clang-cl, we need to specify the "MS Compatibility
+Version" as it defaults to 2014 (18.00).
+
+CMake + Visual Studio
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Building with Visual Studio currently does not permit running tests. However,
+it is the simplest way to build.
+
+.. code-block:: batch
+
+ > cmake -G "Visual Studio 14 2015" ^
+ -T "LLVM-vs2014" ^
+ -DLIBCXX_ENABLE_SHARED=YES ^
+ -DLIBCXX_ENABLE_STATIC=NO ^
+ -DLIBCXX_ENABLE_EXPERIMENTAL_LIBRARY=NO ^
+ \path\to\libcxx
+ > cmake --build .
+
+CMake + ninja
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Building with ninja is required for development to enable tests.
+Unfortunately, doing so requires additional configuration as we cannot
+just specify a toolset.
+
+.. code-block:: batch
+
+ > cmake -G Ninja ^
+ -DCMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM=/path/to/ninja ^
+ -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME=Windows ^
+ -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=clang-cl ^
+ -DCMAKE_C_FLAGS="-fms-compatibility-version=19.00 --target=i686--windows" ^
+ -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=clang-c ^
+ -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="-fms-compatibility-version=19.00 --target=i686--windows" ^
+ -DLLVM_PATH=/path/to/llvm/tree ^
+ -DLIBCXX_ENABLE_SHARED=YES ^
+ -DLIBCXX_ENABLE_STATIC=NO ^
+ -DLIBCXX_ENABLE_EXPERIMENTAL_LIBRARY=NO ^
+ \path\to\libcxx
+ > /path/to/ninja cxx
+ > /path/to/ninja check-cxx
+
+Note that the paths specified with backward slashes must use the `\\` as the
+directory separator as clang-cl may otherwise parse the path as an argument.
+
.. _`libc++abi`: http://libcxxabi.llvm.org/
diff --git a/docs/DesignDocs/DebugMode.rst b/docs/DesignDocs/DebugMode.rst
index 166c733e6630..3b997d446070 100644
--- a/docs/DesignDocs/DebugMode.rst
+++ b/docs/DesignDocs/DebugMode.rst
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Debug Mode
==========
.. contents::
- :local
+ :local:
.. _using-debug-mode:
diff --git a/docs/DesignDocs/ThreadingSupportAPI.rst b/docs/DesignDocs/ThreadingSupportAPI.rst
index 77ec6bce12ba..556c45b7e1f7 100644
--- a/docs/DesignDocs/ThreadingSupportAPI.rst
+++ b/docs/DesignDocs/ThreadingSupportAPI.rst
@@ -33,13 +33,22 @@ interface normally provided by ``<__threading_support>``.
External Threading Library
==========================
-Normally ``<__threading_support>`` provides inline definitions to each internal
-threading API function it declares. However libc++ also supports using an
-external library to provide the definitions.
+libc++ can be compiled with its internal threading API delegating to an external
+library. Such a configuration is useful for library vendors who wish to
+distribute a thread-agnostic libc++ library, where the users of the library are
+expected to provide the implementation of the libc++ internal threading API.
-When ``_LIBCPP_HAS_THREAD_LIBRARY_EXTERNAL`` libc++ does not provide inline
-definitions for the internal API, instead assuming the definitions will be
-provided by an external library.
+On a production setting, this would be achieved through a custom
+``<__external_threading>`` header, which declares the libc++ internal threading
+API but leaves out the implementation.
+
+The ``-DLIBCXX_BUILD_EXTERNAL_THREAD_LIBRARY`` option allows building libc++ in
+such a configuration while allowing it to be tested on a platform that supports
+any of the threading systems (e.g. pthread) supported in ``__threading_support``
+header. Therefore, the main purpose of this option is to allow testing of this
+particular configuration of the library without being tied to a vendor-specific
+threading system. This option is only meant to be used by libc++ library
+developers.
Threading Configuration Macros
==============================
diff --git a/docs/DesignDocs/VisibilityMacros.rst b/docs/DesignDocs/VisibilityMacros.rst
index 7c6f39c44b48..694882dd2638 100644
--- a/docs/DesignDocs/VisibilityMacros.rst
+++ b/docs/DesignDocs/VisibilityMacros.rst
@@ -22,6 +22,12 @@ Visibility Macros
Mark a symbol as being exported by the libc++ library. This attribute must
be applied to the declaration of all functions exported by the libc++ dylib.
+**_LIBCPP_EXTERN_VIS**
+ Mark a symbol as being exported by the libc++ library. This attribute may
+ only be applied to objects defined in the libc++ library. On Windows this
+ macro applies `dllimport`/`dllexport` to the symbol. On all other platforms
+ this macro has no effect.
+
**_LIBCPP_OVERRIDABLE_FUNC_VIS**
Mark a symbol as being exported by the libc++ library, but allow it to be
overridden locally. On non-Windows, this is equivalent to `_LIBCPP_FUNC_VIS`.
@@ -41,18 +47,17 @@ Visibility Macros
A synonym for `_LIBCPP_INLINE_VISIBILITY`
**_LIBCPP_TYPE_VIS**
+ Mark a type's typeinfo, vtable and members as having default visibility.
+ This attribute cannot be used on class templates.
+
+**_LIBCPP_TEMPLATE_VIS**
Mark a type's typeinfo and vtable as having default visibility.
- `_LIBCPP_TYPE_VIS`. This macro has no effect on the visibility of the
- type's member functions. This attribute cannot be used on class templates.
+ This macro has no effect on the visibility of the type's member functions.
**GCC Behavior**: GCC does not support Clang's `type_visibility(...)`
attribute. With GCC the `visibility(...)` attribute is used and member
functions are affected.
-**_LIBCPP_TEMPLATE_VIS**
- The same as `_LIBCPP_TYPE_VIS` except that it may be applied to class
- templates.
-
**Windows Behavior**: DLLs do not support dllimport/export on class templates.
The macro has an empty definition on this platform.
@@ -104,6 +109,35 @@ Visibility Macros
the extern template declaration) as exported on Windows, as discussed above.
On all other platforms, this macro has an empty definition.
+**_LIBCPP_METHOD_TEMPLATE_IMPLICIT_INSTANTIATION_VIS**
+ Mark a symbol as hidden so it will not be exported from shared libraries. This
+ is intended specifically for method templates of either classes marked with
+ `_LIBCPP_TYPE_VIS` or classes with an extern template instantiation
+ declaration marked with `_LIBCPP_EXTERN_TEMPLATE_TYPE_VIS`.
+
+ When building libc++ with hidden visibility, we want explicit template
+ instantiations to export members, which is consistent with existing Windows
+ behavior. We also want classes annotated with `_LIBCPP_TYPE_VIS` to export
+ their members, which is again consistent with existing Windows behavior.
+ Both these changes are necessary for clients to be able to link against a
+ libc++ DSO built with hidden visibility without encountering missing symbols.
+
+ An unfortunate side effect, however, is that method templates of classes
+ either marked `_LIBCPP_TYPE_VIS` or with extern template instantiation
+ declarations marked with `_LIBCPP_EXTERN_TEMPLATE_TYPE_VIS` also get default
+ visibility when instantiated. These methods are often implicitly instantiated
+ inside other libraries which use the libc++ headers, and will therefore end up
+ being exported from those libraries, since those implicit instantiations will
+ receive default visibility. This is not acceptable for libraries that wish to
+ control their visibility, and led to PR30642.
+
+ Consequently, all such problematic method templates are explicitly marked
+ either hidden (via this macro) or inline, so that they don't leak into client
+ libraries. The problematic methods were found by running
+ `bad-visibility-finder <https://github.com/smeenai/bad-visibility-finder>`_
+ against the libc++ headers after making `_LIBCPP_TYPE_VIS` and
+ `_LIBCPP_EXTERN_TEMPLATE_TYPE_VIS` expand to default visibility.
+
**_LIBCPP_EXTERN_TEMPLATE_INLINE_VISIBILITY**
Mark a member function of a class template as visible and always inline. This
macro should only be applied to member functions of class templates that are
diff --git a/docs/UsingLibcxx.rst b/docs/UsingLibcxx.rst
index de87c9c159de..183664655aa3 100644
--- a/docs/UsingLibcxx.rst
+++ b/docs/UsingLibcxx.rst
@@ -146,6 +146,11 @@ thread safety annotations.
build of libc++ which does not export any symbols, which can be useful when
building statically for inclusion into another library.
+**_LIBCPP_DISABLE_EXTERN_TEMPLATE**:
+ This macro is used to disable extern template declarations in the libc++
+ headers. The intended use case is for clients who wish to use the libc++
+ headers without taking a dependency on the libc++ library itself.
+
**_LIBCPP_ENABLE_TUPLE_IMPLICIT_REDUCED_ARITY_EXTENSION**:
This macro is used to re-enable an extension in `std::tuple` which allowed
it to be implicitly constructed from fewer initializers than contained
@@ -173,3 +178,22 @@ thread safety annotations.
return Tup{"hello world", 42}; // explicit constructor called. OK.
}
+**_LIBCPP_DISABLE_ADDITIONAL_DIAGNOSTICS**:
+ This macro disables the additional diagnostics generated by libc++ using the
+ `diagnose_if` attribute. These additional diagnostics include checks for:
+
+ * Giving `set`, `map`, `multiset`, `multimap` a comparator which is not
+ const callable.
+
+C++17 Specific Configuration Macros
+-----------------------------------
+**_LIBCPP_ENABLE_CXX17_REMOVED_FEATURES**:
+ This macro is used to re-enable all the features removed in C++17. The effect
+ is equivalent to manually defining each macro listed below.
+
+**_LIBCPP_ENABLE_CXX17_REMOVED_UNEXPECTED_FUNCTIONS**:
+ This macro is used to re-enable the `set_unexpected`, `get_unexpected`, and
+ `unexpected` functions, which were removed in C++17.
+
+**_LIBCPP_ENABLE_CXX17_REMOVED_AUTO_PTR**:
+ This macro is used to re-enable `std::auto_ptr` in C++17.
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 743d0f7edad0..17fb401a8470 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -47,9 +47,9 @@ copyright = u'2011-2017, LLVM Project'
# built documents.
#
# The short X.Y version.
-version = '4'
+version = '5.0'
# The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = '4'
+release = '5.0'
# The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
# for a list of supported languages.
diff --git a/docs/index.rst b/docs/index.rst
index 9e72ca9d47a4..58043f5a49aa 100644
--- a/docs/index.rst
+++ b/docs/index.rst
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@
Overview
========
-libc++ is a new implementation of the C++ standard library, targeting C++11.
+libc++ is a new implementation of the C++ standard library, targeting C++11 and
+above.
* Features and Goals
@@ -119,7 +120,7 @@ This list contains known issues with libc++
A full list of currently open libc++ bugs can be `found here`__.
-.. __: https://llvm.org/bugs/buglist.cgi?component=All%20Bugs&product=libc%2B%2B&query_format=advanced&resolution=---&order=changeddate%20DESC%2Cassigned_to%20DESC%2Cbug_status%2Cpriority%2Cbug_id&list_id=74184
+.. __: https://bugs.llvm.org/buglist.cgi?component=All%20Bugs&product=libc%2B%2B&query_format=advanced&resolution=---&order=changeddate%20DESC%2Cassigned_to%20DESC%2Cbug_status%2Cpriority%2Cbug_id&list_id=74184
Design Documents
----------------
@@ -179,7 +180,7 @@ Quick Links
===========
* `LLVM Homepage <http://llvm.org/>`_
* `libc++abi Homepage <http://libcxxabi.llvm.org/>`_
-* `LLVM Bugzilla <http://llvm.org/bugs/>`_
+* `LLVM Bugzilla <https://bugs.llvm.org/>`_
* `cfe-commits Mailing List`_
* `cfe-dev Mailing List`_
* `Browse libc++ -- SVN <http://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/libcxx/trunk/>`_