boost/config/platform/vxworks.hpp
// (C) Copyright Dustin Spicuzza 2009.
// Adapted to vxWorks 6.9 by Peter Brockamp 2012.
// Use, modification and distribution are subject to the
// Boost Software License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying file
// LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
// See http://www.boost.org for most recent version.
// Since WRS does not yet properly support boost under vxWorks
// and this file was badly outdated, but I was keen on using it,
// I patched boost myself to make things work. This has been tested
// and adapted by me for vxWorks 6.9 *only*, as I'm lacking access
// to earlier 6.X versions! The only thing I know for sure is that
// very old versions of vxWorks (namely everything below 6.x) are
// absolutely unable to use boost. This is mainly due to the completely
// outdated libraries and ancient compiler (GCC 2.96 or worse). Do
// not even think of getting this to work, a miserable failure will
// be guaranteed!
// Equally, this file has been tested for RTPs (Real Time Processes)
// only, not for DKMs (Downloadable Kernel Modules). These two types
// of executables differ largely in the available functionality of
// the C-library, STL, and so on. A DKM uses a library similar to those
// of vxWorks 5.X - with all its limitations and incompatibilities
// with respect to ANSI C++ and STL. So probably there might be problems
// with the usage of boost from DKMs. WRS or any voluteers are free to
// prove the opposite!
// ====================================================================
//
// Some important information regarding the usage of POSIX semaphores:
// -------------------------------------------------------------------
//
// VxWorks as a real time operating system handles threads somewhat
// different from what "normal" OSes do, regarding their scheduling!
// This could lead to a scenario called "priority inversion" when using
// semaphores, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priority_inversion.
//
// Now, VxWorks POSIX-semaphores for DKM's default to the usage of
// priority inverting semaphores, which is fine. On the other hand,
// for RTP's it defaults to using non priority inverting semaphores,
// which could easily pose a serious problem for a real time process,
// i.e. deadlocks! To overcome this two possibilities do exist:
//
// a) Patch every piece of boost that uses semaphores to instanciate
// the proper type of semaphores. This is non-intrusive with respect
// to the OS and could relatively easy been done by giving all
// semaphores attributes deviating from the default (for in-depth
// information see the POSIX functions pthread_mutexattr_init()
// and pthread_mutexattr_setprotocol()). However this breaks all
// too easily, as with every new version some boost library could
// all in a sudden start using semaphores, resurrecting the very
// same, hard to locate problem over and over again!
//
// b) We could change the default properties for POSIX-semaphores
// that VxWorks uses for RTP's and this is being suggested here,
// as it will more or less seamlessly integrate with boost. I got
// the following information from WRS how to do this, compare
// Wind River TSR# 1209768:
//
// Instructions for changing the default properties of POSIX-
// semaphores for RTP's in VxWorks 6.9:
// - Edit the file /vxworks-6.9/target/usr/src/posix/pthreadLib.c
// in the root of your Workbench-installation.
// - Around line 917 there should be the definition of the default
// mutex attributes:
//
// LOCAL pthread_mutexattr_t defaultMutexAttr =
// {
// PTHREAD_INITIALIZED_OBJ, PTHREAD_PRIO_NONE, 0,
// PTHREAD_MUTEX_DEFAULT
// };
//
// Here, replace PTHREAD_PRIO_NONE by PTHREAD_PRIO_INHERIT.
// - Around line 1236 there should be a definition for the function
// pthread_mutexattr_init(). A couple of lines below you should
// find a block of code like this:
//
// pAttr->mutexAttrStatus = PTHREAD_INITIALIZED_OBJ;
// pAttr->mutexAttrProtocol = PTHREAD_PRIO_NONE;
// pAttr->mutexAttrPrioceiling = 0;
// pAttr->mutexAttrType = PTHREAD_MUTEX_DEFAULT;
//
// Here again, replace PTHREAD_PRIO_NONE by PTHREAD_PRIO_INHERIT.
// - Finally, rebuild your VSB. This will create a new VxWorks kernel
// with the changed properties. That's it! Now, using boost should
// no longer cause any problems with task deadlocks!
//
// And here's another useful piece of information concerning VxWorks'
// POSIX-functionality in general:
// VxWorks is not a genuine POSIX-OS in itself, rather it is using a
// kind of compatibility layer (sort of a wrapper) to emulate the
// POSIX-functionality by using its own resources and functions.
// At the time a task (thread) calls it's first POSIX-function during
// runtime it is being transformed by the OS into a POSIX-thread.
// This transformation does include a call to malloc() to allocate the
// memory required for the housekeeping of POSIX-threads. In a high
// priority RTP this malloc() call may be highly undesirable, as its
// timing is more or less unpredictable (depending on what your actual
// heap looks like). You can circumvent this problem by calling the
// function thread_self() at a well defined point in the code of the
// task, e.g. shortly after the task spawns up. Thereby you are able
// to define the time when the task-transformation will take place and
// you could shift it to an uncritical point where a malloc() call is
// tolerable. So, if this could pose a problem for your code, remember
// to call thread_self() from the affected task at an early stage.
//
// ====================================================================
// Block out all versions before vxWorks 6.x, as these don't work:
// Include header with the vxWorks version information and query them
#include <version.h>
#if !defined(_WRS_VXWORKS_MAJOR) || (_WRS_VXWORKS_MAJOR < 6)
# error "The vxWorks version you're using is so badly outdated,\
it doesn't work at all with boost, sorry, no chance!"
#endif
// Handle versions above 5.X but below 6.9
#if (_WRS_VXWORKS_MAJOR == 6) && (_WRS_VXWORKS_MINOR < 9)
// TODO: Starting from what version does vxWorks work with boost?
// We can't reasonably insert a #warning "" as a user hint here,
// as this will show up with every file including some boost header,
// badly bugging the user... So for the time being we just leave it.
#endif
// vxWorks specific config options:
// --------------------------------
#define BOOST_PLATFORM "vxWorks"
// Special behaviour for DKMs:
#ifdef _WRS_KERNEL
// DKMs do not have the <cwchar>-header,
// but apparently they do have an intrinsic wchar_t meanwhile!
# define BOOST_NO_CWCHAR
// Lots of wide-functions and -headers are unavailable for DKMs as well:
# define BOOST_NO_CWCTYPE
# define BOOST_NO_SWPRINTF
# define BOOST_NO_STD_WSTRING
# define BOOST_NO_STD_WSTREAMBUF
#endif
// Generally available headers:
#define BOOST_HAS_UNISTD_H
#define BOOST_HAS_STDINT_H
#define BOOST_HAS_DIRENT_H
#define BOOST_HAS_SLIST
// vxWorks does not have installed an iconv-library by default,
// so unfortunately no Unicode support from scratch is available!
// Thus, instead it is suggested to switch to ICU, as this seems
// to be the most complete and portable option...
#define BOOST_LOCALE_WITH_ICU
// Generally available functionality:
#define BOOST_HAS_THREADS
#define BOOST_HAS_NANOSLEEP
#define BOOST_HAS_GETTIMEOFDAY
#define BOOST_HAS_CLOCK_GETTIME
#define BOOST_HAS_MACRO_USE_FACET
// Generally unavailable functionality, delivered by boost's test function:
//#define BOOST_NO_DEDUCED_TYPENAME // Commented this out, boost's test gives an errorneous result!
#define BOOST_NO_CXX11_EXTERN_TEMPLATE
#define BOOST_NO_CXX11_VARIADIC_MACROS
// Generally available threading API's:
#define BOOST_HAS_PTHREADS
#define BOOST_HAS_SCHED_YIELD
#define BOOST_HAS_SIGACTION
// Functionality available for RTPs only:
#ifdef __RTP__
# define BOOST_HAS_PTHREAD_MUTEXATTR_SETTYPE
# define BOOST_HAS_LOG1P
# define BOOST_HAS_EXPM1
#endif
// Functionality available for DKMs only:
#ifdef _WRS_KERNEL
// Luckily, at the moment there seems to be none!
#endif
// These #defines allow detail/posix_features to work, since vxWorks doesn't
// #define them itself for DKMs (for RTPs on the contrary it does):
#ifdef _WRS_KERNEL
# ifndef _POSIX_TIMERS
# define _POSIX_TIMERS 1
# endif
# ifndef _POSIX_THREADS
# define _POSIX_THREADS 1
# endif
#endif
// vxWorks doesn't work with asio serial ports:
#define BOOST_ASIO_DISABLE_SERIAL_PORT
// TODO: The problem here seems to bee that vxWorks uses its own, very specific
// ways to handle serial ports, incompatible with POSIX or anything...
// Maybe a specific implementation would be possible, but until the
// straight need arises... This implementation would presumably consist
// of some vxWorks specific ioctl-calls, etc. Any voluteers?
// vxWorks-around: <time.h> #defines CLOCKS_PER_SEC as sysClkRateGet() but
// miserably fails to #include the required <sysLib.h> to make
// sysClkRateGet() available! So we manually include it here.
#ifdef __RTP__
# include <time.h>
# include <sysLib.h>
#endif
// vxWorks-around: In <stdint.h> the macros INT32_C(), UINT32_C(), INT64_C() and
// UINT64_C() are defined errorneously, yielding not a signed/
// unsigned long/long long type, but a signed/unsigned int/long
// type. Eventually this leads to compile errors in ratio_fwd.hpp,
// when trying to define several constants which do not fit into a
// long type! We correct them here by redefining.
#include <cstdint>
// Some macro-magic to do the job
#define VX_JOIN(X, Y) VX_DO_JOIN(X, Y)
#define VX_DO_JOIN(X, Y) VX_DO_JOIN2(X, Y)
#define VX_DO_JOIN2(X, Y) X##Y
// Correctly setup the macros
#undef INT32_C
#undef UINT32_C
#undef INT64_C
#undef UINT64_C
#define INT32_C(x) VX_JOIN(x, L)
#define UINT32_C(x) VX_JOIN(x, UL)
#define INT64_C(x) VX_JOIN(x, LL)
#define UINT64_C(x) VX_JOIN(x, ULL)
// #include Libraries required for the following function adaption
#include <ioLib.h>
#include <tickLib.h>
#include <sys/time.h>
// Use C-linkage for the following helper functions
extern "C" {
// vxWorks-around: The required functions getrlimit() and getrlimit() are missing.
// But we have the similar functions getprlimit() and setprlimit(),
// which may serve the purpose.
// Problem: The vxWorks-documentation regarding these functions
// doesn't deserve its name! It isn't documented what the first two
// parameters idtype and id mean, so we must fall back to an educated
// guess - null, argh... :-/
// TODO: getprlimit() and setprlimit() do exist for RTPs only, for whatever reason.
// Thus for DKMs there would have to be another implementation.
#ifdef __RTP__
inline int getrlimit(int resource, struct rlimit *rlp){
return getprlimit(0, 0, resource, rlp);
}
inline int setrlimit(int resource, const struct rlimit *rlp){
return setprlimit(0, 0, resource, const_cast<struct rlimit*>(rlp));
}
#endif
// vxWorks has ftruncate() only, so we do simulate truncate():
inline int truncate(const char *p, off_t l){
int fd = open(p, O_WRONLY);
if (fd == -1){
errno = EACCES;
return -1;
}
if (ftruncate(fd, l) == -1){
close(fd);
errno = EACCES;
return -1;
}
return close(fd);
}
// Fake symlink handling by dummy functions:
inline int symlink(const char*, const char*){
// vxWorks has no symlinks -> always return an error!
errno = EACCES;
return -1;
}
inline ssize_t readlink(const char*, char*, size_t){
// vxWorks has no symlinks -> always return an error!
errno = EACCES;
return -1;
}
#if (_WRS_VXWORKS_MAJOR < 7)
inline int gettimeofday(struct timeval *tv, void * /*tzv*/) {
struct timespec ts;
clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &ts);
tv->tv_sec = ts.tv_sec;
tv->tv_usec = ts.tv_nsec / 1000;
return 0;
}
#endif
// vxWorks does provide neither struct tms nor function times()!
// We implement an empty dummy-function, simply setting the user
// and system time to the half of thew actual system ticks-value
// and the child user and system time to 0.
// Rather ugly but at least it suppresses compiler errors...
// Unfortunately, this of course *does* have an severe impact on
// dependant libraries, actually this is chrono only! Here it will
// not be possible to correctly use user and system times! But
// as vxWorks is lacking the ability to calculate user and system
// process times there seems to be no other possible solution.
struct tms{
clock_t tms_utime; // User CPU time
clock_t tms_stime; // System CPU time
clock_t tms_cutime; // User CPU time of terminated child processes
clock_t tms_cstime; // System CPU time of terminated child processes
};
inline clock_t times(struct tms *t){
struct timespec ts;
clock_gettime(CLOCK_THREAD_CPUTIME_ID, &ts);
clock_t ticks(static_cast<clock_t>(static_cast<double>(ts.tv_sec) * CLOCKS_PER_SEC +
static_cast<double>(ts.tv_nsec) * CLOCKS_PER_SEC / 1000000.0));
t->tms_utime = ticks/2U;
t->tms_stime = ticks/2U;
t->tms_cutime = 0; // vxWorks is lacking the concept of a child process!
t->tms_cstime = 0; // -> Set the wait times for childs to 0
return ticks;
}
extern void bzero (void *, size_t); // FD_ZERO uses bzero() but doesn't include strings.h
} // extern "C"
// Put the selfmade functions into the std-namespace, just in case
namespace std {
# ifdef __RTP__
using ::getrlimit;
using ::setrlimit;
# endif
using ::truncate;
using ::symlink;
using ::readlink;
using ::times;
using ::gettimeofday;
}
// Some more macro-magic:
// vxWorks-around: Some functions are not present or broken in vxWorks
// but may be patched to life via helper macros...
// Include signal.h which might contain a typo to be corrected here
#include <signal.h>
inline int getpagesize() { return sysconf(_SC_PAGESIZE); } // getpagesize is deprecated anyway!
#ifndef S_ISSOCK
# define S_ISSOCK(mode) ((mode & S_IFMT) == S_IFSOCK) // Is file a socket?
#endif
inline int lstat(p, b) { return stat(p, b); } // lstat() == stat(), as vxWorks has no symlinks!
#ifndef FPE_FLTINV
# define FPE_FLTINV (FPE_FLTSUB+1) // vxWorks has no FPE_FLTINV, so define one as a dummy
#endif
#if !defined(BUS_ADRALN) && defined(BUS_ADRALNR)
# define BUS_ADRALN BUS_ADRALNR // Correct a supposed typo in vxWorks' <signal.h>
#endif
typedef int locale_t; // locale_t is a POSIX-extension, currently not present in vxWorks!
// #include boilerplate code:
#include <boost/config/detail/posix_features.hpp>
// vxWorks lies about XSI conformance, there is no nl_types.h:
#undef BOOST_HAS_NL_TYPES_H
// vxWorks 7 adds C++11 support
// however it is optional, and does not match exactly the support determined
// by examining Dinkum STL version and GCC version (or ICC and DCC)
#ifndef _WRS_CONFIG_LANG_LIB_CPLUS_CPLUS_USER_2011
# define BOOST_NO_CXX11_HDR_ARRAY
# define BOOST_NO_CXX11_HDR_TYPEINDEX
# define BOOST_NO_CXX11_HDR_TYPE_TRAITS
# define BOOST_NO_CXX11_HDR_TUPLE
# define BOOST_NO_CXX11_ALLOCATOR
# define BOOST_NO_CXX11_SMART_PTR
# define BOOST_NO_CXX11_STD_ALIGN
# define BOOST_NO_CXX11_HDR_UNORDERED_SET
# define BOOST_NO_CXX11_HDR_TYPE_TRAITS
# define BOOST_NO_CXX11_HDR_UNORDERED_MAP
# define BOOST_NO_CXX11_HDR_FUNCTIONAL
# define BOOST_NO_CXX11_HDR_ATOMIC
#else
# define BOOST_NO_CXX11_NULLPTR
#endif