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Rich Felker c20804500d fix major scanf breakage with unbuffered streams, fmemopen, etc.
the shgetc api, used internally in scanf and int/float scanning code
to handle field width limiting and pushback, was designed assuming
that pushback could be achieved via a simple decrement on the file
buffer pointer. this only worked by chance for regular FILE streams,
due to the linux readv bug workaround in __stdio_read which moves the
last requested byte through the buffer rather than directly back to
the caller. for unbuffered streams and streams not using __stdio_read
but some other underlying read function, the first character read
could be completely lost, and replaced by whatever junk happened to be
in the unget buffer.

to fix this, simply have shgetc, when it performs an underlying read
operation on the stream, store the character read at the -1 offset
from the read buffer pointer. this is valid even for unbuffered
streams, as they have an unget buffer located just below the start of
the zero-length buffer. the check to avoid storing the character when
it is already there is to handle the possibility of read-only buffers.
no application-exposed FILE types are allowed to use read-only
buffers, but sscanf and strto* may use them internally when calling
functions which use the shgetc api.
2013-06-22 17:11:17 -04:00
arch Merge remote-tracking branch 'nsz/review' 2013-05-26 18:22:12 -04:00
crt align stack properly for calling global ctors/dtors on x86[_64] 2013-06-03 17:32:42 -04:00
dist add another example option to dist/config.mak 2012-04-24 16:49:11 -04:00
include add clock id macros for a number of new(ish) Linux-specific clocks 2013-06-08 11:42:52 -04:00
lib new solution for empty lib dir (old one had some problems) 2011-02-17 17:12:52 -05:00
src fix major scanf breakage with unbuffered streams, fmemopen, etc. 2013-06-22 17:11:17 -04:00
tools fix mixup in previous change to gcc wrapper 2013-06-07 10:18:07 -04:00
.gitignore new gcc wrapper, entirely specfile based 2012-04-22 14:32:49 -04:00
configure treat invalid C as an error even if warnings aren't enabled. 2012-12-11 23:28:31 -05:00
COPYRIGHT mention bits headers in another part of copyright file 2013-04-20 14:03:12 -04:00
INSTALL update readme and release notes for 0.9.8 2012-11-26 21:01:30 -05:00
Makefile remove soname from libc.so/ld-musl 2013-03-09 22:34:11 -05:00
README update documentation 2012-10-26 20:14:19 -04:00
WHATSNEW release notes for 0.9.10 2013-04-14 01:51:00 -04:00

musl libc - a new standard library to power a new generation of
Linux-based devices. musl is lightweight, fast, simple, free, and
strives to be correct in the sense of standards-conformance and
safety.

musl is an alternative to glibc, eglibc, uClibc, dietlibc, and klibc.
For reasons why one might prefer musl, please see the FAQ and libc
comparison chart on the project website,

    http://www.musl-libc.org/

For installation instructions, see the INSTALL file.

Please refer to the COPYRIGHT file for details on the copyright and
license status of code included in musl (standard MIT license).



Greetings!

The 0.9.x release series for musl features interface coverage for all
interfaces defined in ISO C99 and POSIX 2008 base, along with a number
of non-standardized interfaces for compatibility with Linux, BSD, and
glibc functionality. As the release series progresses, we are
gradually adding support for incomplete functionality in existing
interfaces, additional functions that are deemed to be important due
to their use in real-world software, and support for new library and
language features in C11 such as thread-local storage, which is now
supported on all targets. In addition, support for additional target
cpu architectures is being added.

The number of packages build successfully against musl - either
out-of-the-box or with minor patches to address portability errors -
has exceeded 5000 and is steadily growing. In addition to application
compatibility testing, unit testing has been conducted using three
separate test frameworks and numerous additional standalone test cases
to verify the correctness of the implementation.

Included with this package is a gcc wrapper script (musl-gcc) which
allows you to build musl-linked programs using an existing gcc 3.x or
4.x toolchain on the host. There are also now at several mini
distributions (in the form of build scripts) which provide a
self-hosting musl-based toolchain and system root. These are much
better options than the wrapper script if you wish to use dynamic
linking or build packages with many library dependencies. See the musl
website for details.

The musl project is actively seeking contributors, mostly in the areas
of porting, testing, and application compatibility improvement. For
bug reports, support requests, or to get involved in development,
please visit #musl on Freenode IRC or subscribe to the musl mailing
list by sending a blank email to musl-subscribe AT lists DOT openwall
DOT com.

Thank you for using musl.

Cheers,

Rich Felker / dalias