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1 /* Set flags signalling availability of kernel features based on given
2 kernel version number.
3 Copyright (C) 1999-2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
4 This file is part of the GNU C Library.
5
6 The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
7 modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
8 License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
9 version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
10
11 The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
12 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
13 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
14 Lesser General Public License for more details.
15
16 You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
17 License along with the GNU C Library; if not, write to the Free
18 Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA
19 02111-1307 USA. */
20
21 /* This file must not contain any C code. At least it must be protected
22 to allow using the file also in assembler files. */
23
24 #if defined __mips__
25 # include <sgidefs.h>
26 #endif
27
28 #ifndef __LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION
29 /* We assume the worst; all kernels should be supported. */
30 # define __LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION 0
31 #endif
32
33 /* We assume for __LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION the same encoding used in
34 linux/version.h. I.e., the major, minor, and subminor all get a
35 byte with the major number being in the highest byte. This means
36 we can do numeric comparisons.
37
38 In the following we will define certain symbols depending on
39 whether the describes kernel feature is available in the kernel
40 version given by __LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION. We are not always exactly
41 recording the correct versions in which the features were
42 introduced. If somebody cares these values can afterwards be
43 corrected. Most of the numbers here are set corresponding to
44 2.2.0. */
45
46 /* `getcwd' system call. */
47 #if __LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION >= 131584
48 # define __ASSUME_GETCWD_SYSCALL 1
49 #endif
50
51 /* Real-time signal became usable in 2.1.70. */
52 #if __LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION >= 131398
53 # define __ASSUME_REALTIME_SIGNALS 1
54 #endif
55
56 /* When were the `pread'/`pwrite' syscalls introduced? */
57 #if __LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION >= 131584
58 # define __ASSUME_PREAD_SYSCALL 1
59 # define __ASSUME_PWRITE_SYSCALL 1
60 #endif
61
62 /* When was `poll' introduced? */
63 #if __LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION >= 131584
64 # define __ASSUME_POLL_SYSCALL 1
65 #endif
66
67 /* The `lchown' syscall was introduced in 2.1.80. */
68 #if __LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION >= 131408
69 # define __ASSUME_LCHOWN_SYSCALL 1
70 #endif
71
72 /* When did the `setresuid' sysall became available? */
73 #if __LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION >= 131584 && !defined __sparc__
74 # define __ASSUME_SETRESUID_SYSCALL 1
75 #endif
76
77 /* The SIOCGIFNAME ioctl is available starting with 2.1.50. */
78 #if __LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION >= 131408
79 # define __ASSUME_SIOCGIFNAME 1
80 #endif
81
82 /* MSG_NOSIGNAL was at least available with Linux 2.2.0. */
83 #if __LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION >= 131584
84 # define __ASSUME_MSG_NOSIGNAL 1
85 #endif
86
87 /* The sendfile syscall was introduced in 2.2.0. */
88 #if __LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION >= 131584
89 # define __ASSUME_SENDFILE 1
90 #endif
91
92 /* On x86 another `getrlimit' syscall was added in 2.3.25. */
93 #if __LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION >= 131865 && defined __i386__
94 # define __ASSUME_NEW_GETRLIMIT_SYSCALL 1
95 #endif
96
97 /* On x86 the truncate64/ftruncate64 syscalls were introduced in 2.3.31. */
98 #if __LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION >= 131871 && defined __i386__
99 # define __ASSUME_TRUNCATE64_SYSCALL 1
100 #endif
101
102 /* On x86 the mmap2 syscall was introduced in 2.3.31. */
103 #if __LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION >= 131871 && defined __i386__
104 # define __ASSUME_MMAP2_SYSCALL 1
105 #endif
106
107 /* On x86 the stat64/lstat64/fstat64 syscalls were introduced in 2.3.34. */
108 #if __LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION >= 131874 && defined __i386__
109 # define __ASSUME_STAT64_SYSCALL 1
110 #endif
111
112 /* On sparc and ARM the truncate64/ftruncate64/mmap2/stat64/lstat64/fstat64
113 syscalls were introduced in 2.3.35. */
114 #if __LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION >= 131875 \
115 && ((defined __sparc__ && !defined __arch64__) || defined __arm__)
116 # define __ASSUME_TRUNCATE64_SYSCALL 1
117 # define __ASSUME_MMAP2_SYSCALL 1
118 # define __ASSUME_STAT64_SYSCALL 1
119 #endif
120
121 /* I know for sure that getrlimit are in 2.3.35 on powerpc. */
122 #if __LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION >= 131875 && defined __powerpc__
123 # define __ASSUME_NEW_GETRLIMIT_SYSCALL 1
124 #endif
125
126 /* I know for sure that these are in 2.3.35 on powerpc. But PowerPC64 does not
127 support separate 64-bit syscalls, already 64-bit */
128 #if __LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION >= 131875 && defined __powerpc__ \
129 && !defined __powerpc64__
130 # define __ASSUME_TRUNCATE64_SYSCALL 1
131 # define __ASSUME_STAT64_SYSCALL 1
132 #endif
133
134 /* Linux 2.3.39 introduced 32bit UID/GIDs. Some platforms had 32
135 bit type all along. */
136 #if __LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION >= 131879 || defined __powerpc__ || defined __mips__
137 # define __ASSUME_32BITUIDS 1
138 #endif
139
140 /* Linux 2.3.39 sparc added setresuid. */
141 #if __LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION >= 131879 && defined __sparc__
142 # define __ASSUME_SETRESUID_SYSCALL 1
143 #endif
144
145 #if __LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION >= 131879
146 # define __ASSUME_SETRESGID_SYSCALL 1
147 #endif
148
149 /* Linux 2.3.39 introduced IPC64. Except for powerpc. */
150 #if __LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION >= 131879 && !defined __powerpc__
151 # define __ASSUME_IPC64 1
152 #endif
153
154 /* MIPS platforms had IPC64 all along. */
155 #if defined __mips__
156 # define __ASSUME_IPC64 1
157 #endif
158
159 /* We can use the LDTs for threading with Linux 2.3.99 and newer. */
160 #if __LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION >= 131939
161 # define __ASSUME_LDT_WORKS 1
162 #endif
163
164 /* Linux 2.4.0 on PPC introduced a correct IPC64. But PowerPC64 does not
165 support a separate 64-bit sys call, already 64-bit */
166 #if __LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION >= 132096 && defined __powerpc__ \
167 && !defined __powerpc64__
168 # define __ASSUME_IPC64 1
169 #endif
170
171 /* SH kernels got stat64, mmap2, and truncate64 during 2.4.0-test. */
172 #if __LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION >= 132096 && defined __sh__
173 # define __ASSUME_TRUNCATE64_SYSCALL 1
174 # define __ASSUME_MMAP2_SYSCALL 1
175 # define __ASSUME_STAT64_SYSCALL 1
176 #endif
177
178 /* The changed st_ino field appeared in 2.4.0-test6. But we cannot
179 distinguish this version from other 2.4.0 releases. Therefore play
180 save and assume it available is for 2.4.1 and up. However, SH is lame,
181 and still does not have a 64-bit inode field. */
182 #if __LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION >= 132097 && !defined __alpha__ && !defined __sh__
183 # define __ASSUME_ST_INO_64_BIT 1
184 #endif
185
186 /* To support locking of large files a new fcntl() syscall was introduced
187 in 2.4.0-test7. We test for 2.4.1 for the earliest version we know
188 the syscall is available. */
189 #if __LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION >= 132097 && (defined __i386__ || defined __sparc__)
190 # define __ASSUME_FCNTL64 1
191 #endif
192
193 /* The AT_CLKTCK auxiliary vector entry was introduction in the 2.4.0
194 series. */
195 #if __LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION >= 132097
196 # define __ASSUME_AT_CLKTCK 1
197 #endif
198
199 /* Arm got fcntl64 in 2.4.4, PowerPC and SH have it also in 2.4.4 (I
200 don't know when it got introduced). But PowerPC64 does not support
201 separate FCNTL64 call, FCNTL is already 64-bit */
202 #if __LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION >= 132100 \
203 && (defined __arm__ || defined __powerpc__ || defined __sh__) \
204 && !defined __powerpc64__
205 # define __ASSUME_FCNTL64 1
206 #endif
207
208 /* The getdents64 syscall was introduced in 2.4.0-test7. We test for
209 2.4.1 for the earliest version we know the syscall is available. */
210 #if __LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION >= 132097
211 # define __ASSUME_GETDENTS64_SYSCALL 1
212 #endif
213
214 /* When did O_DIRECTORY became available? Early in 2.3 but when?
215 Be safe, use 2.3.99. */
216 #if __LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION >= 131939
217 # define __ASSUME_O_DIRECTORY 1
218 #endif
219
220 /* Starting with one of the 2.4.0 pre-releases the Linux kernel passes
221 up the page size information. */
222 #if __LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION >= 132097
223 # define __ASSUME_AT_PAGESIZE 1
224 #endif
225
226 /* Starting with at least 2.4.0 the kernel passes the uid/gid unconditionally
227 up to the child. */
228 #if __LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION >= 132097
229 # define __ASSUME_AT_XID 1
230 #endif
231
232 /* Starting with 2.4.5 kernels PPC passes the AUXV in the standard way
233 and the vfork syscall made it into the official kernel. */
234 #if __LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION >= (132096+5) && defined __powerpc__
235 # define __ASSUME_STD_AUXV 1
236 # define __ASSUME_VFORK_SYSCALL 1
237 #endif
238
239 /* Starting with 2.4.5 kernels the mmap2 syscall made it into the official
240 kernel. But PowerPC64 does not support a separate MMAP2 call. */
241 #if __LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION >= (132096+5) && defined __powerpc__ \
242 && !defined __powerpc64__
243 # define __ASSUME_MMAP2_SYSCALL 1
244 #endif
245
246 /* Starting with 2.4.21 PowerPC implements the new prctl syscall.
247 This allows applications to get/set the Floating Point Exception Mode. */
248 #if __LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION >= (132096+21) && defined __powerpc__
249 # define __ASSUME_NEW_PRCTL_SYSCALL 1
250 #endif
251
252 /* Starting with 2.4.21 the PowerPC32 clone syscall works as expected. */
253 #if __LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION >= (132096+21) && defined __powerpc__ \
254 && !defined __powerpc64__
255 # define __ASSUME_FIXED_CLONE_SYSCALL 1
256 #endif
257
258 /* Starting with 2.4.21 PowerPC64 implements the new rt_sigreturn syscall.
259 The new rt_sigreturn takes an ucontext pointer allowing rt_sigreturn
260 to be used in the set/swapcontext implementation. */
261 #if __LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION >= (132096+21) && defined __powerpc64__
262 # define __ASSUME_NEW_RT_SIGRETURN_SYSCALL 1
263 #endif
264
265 /* On x86, the set_thread_area syscall was introduced in 2.5.29, but its
266 semantics was changed in 2.5.30, and again after 2.5.31. */
267 #if __LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION >= 132384 && defined __i386__
268 # define __ASSUME_SET_THREAD_AREA_SYSCALL 1
269 #endif
270
271 /* The vfork syscall on x86 and arm was definitely available in 2.4. */
272 #if __LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION >= 132097 && (defined __i386__ || defined __arm__)
273 # define __ASSUME_VFORK_SYSCALL 1
274 #endif
275
276 /* There are an infinite number of PA-RISC kernel versions numbered
277 2.4.0. But they've not really been released as such. We require
278 and expect the final version here. */
279 #ifdef __hppa__
280 # define __ASSUME_32BITUIDS 1
281 # define __ASSUME_TRUNCATE64_SYSCALL 1
282 # define __ASSUME_MMAP2_SYSCALL 1
283 # define __ASSUME_STAT64_SYSCALL 1
284 # define __ASSUME_IPC64 1
285 # define __ASSUME_ST_INO_64_BIT 1
286 # define __ASSUME_FCNTL64 1
287 # define __ASSUME_GETDENTS64_SYSCALL 1
288 #endif
289
290 /* Alpha switched to a 64-bit timeval sometime before 2.2.0. */
291 #if __LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION >= 131584 && defined __alpha__
292 # define __ASSUME_TIMEVAL64 1
293 #endif
294
295 #if defined __mips__ && _MIPS_SIM == _ABIN32
296 # define __ASSUME_FCNTL64 1
297 #endif
298
299 /* The late 2.5 kernels saw a lot of new CLONE_* flags. Summarize
300 their availability with one define. The changes were made first
301 for i386 and the have to be done separately for the other archs.
302 For i386 we pick 2.5.50 as the first version with support. */
303 #if __LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION >= 132402 && defined __i386__
304 # define __ASSUME_CLONE_THREAD_FLAGS 1
305 #endif
306
307 /* These features were surely available with 2.4.12. */
308 #if __LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION >= 132108 && defined __mc68000__
309 # define __ASSUME_MMAP2_SYSCALL 1
310 # define __ASSUME_TRUNCATE64_SYSCALL 1
311 # define __ASSUME_STAT64_SYSCALL 1
312 # define __ASSUME_FCNTL64 1
313 # define __ASSUME_VFORK_SYSCALL 1
314 #endif
315
316 /* Beginning with 2.5.63 support for realtime and monotonic clocks and
317 timers based on them is available. */
318 #if __LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION >= 132415
319 # define __ASSUME_POSIX_TIMERS 1
320 #endif
321
322 /* Beginning with 2.6.12 the clock and timer supports CPU clocks. */
323 #if __LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION >= 0x2060c
324 # define __ASSUME_POSIX_CPU_TIMERS 1
325 #endif
326
327 /* The late 2.5 kernels saw a lot of new CLONE_* flags. Summarize
328 their availability with one define. The changes were made first
329 for i386 and the have to be done separately for the other archs.
330 For ia64, s390*, PPC, x86-64 we pick 2.5.64 as the first version
331 with support. */
332 #if __LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION >= 132416 \
333 && (defined __ia64__ || defined __s390__ || defined __powerpc__ \
334 || defined __x86_64__ || defined __sh__)
335 # define __ASSUME_CLONE_THREAD_FLAGS 1
336 #endif
337
338 /* With kernel 2.4.17 we always have netlink support. */
339 #if __LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION >= (132096+17)
340 # define __ASSUME_NETLINK_SUPPORT 1
341 #endif
342
343 /* The requeue futex functionality was introduced in 2.5.70. */
344 #if __LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION >= 132422
345 # define __ASSUME_FUTEX_REQUEUE 1
346 #endif
347
348 /* The statfs64 syscalls are available in 2.5.74. */
349 #if __LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION >= 132426
350 # define __ASSUME_STATFS64 1
351 #endif
352
353 /* Starting with at least 2.5.74 the kernel passes the setuid-like exec
354 flag unconditionally up to the child. */
355 #if __LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION >= 132426
356 # define __ASSUME_AT_SECURE 1
357 #endif
358
359 /* Starting with the 2.5.75 kernel the kernel fills in the correct value
360 in the si_pid field passed as part of the siginfo_t struct to signal
361 handlers. */
362 #if __LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION >= 132427
363 # define __ASSUME_CORRECT_SI_PID 1
364 #endif
365
366 /* The tgkill syscall was instroduced for i386 in 2.5.75. For Alpha
367 it was introduced in 2.6.0-test1 which unfortunately cannot be
368 distinguished from 2.6.0. On x86-64, ppc, and ppc64 it was
369 introduced in 2.6.0-test3. */
370 #if (__LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION >= 132427 && defined __i386__) \
371 || (__LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION >= 132609 && defined __alpha__) \
372 || (__LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION >= 132609 && defined __x86_64__) \
373 || (__LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION >= 132609 && defined __powerpc__) \
374 || (__LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION >= 132609 && defined __sh__)
375 # define __ASSUME_TGKILL 1
376 #endif
377
378 /* The utimes syscall has been available for some architectures
379 forever. For x86 it was introduced after 2.5.75, for x86-64,
380 ppc, and ppc64 it was introduced in 2.6.0-test3. */
381 #if defined __alpha__ || defined __ia64__ || defined __hppa__ \
382 || defined __sparc__ \
383 || (__LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION > 132427 && defined __i386__) \
384 || (__LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION > 132609 && defined __x86_64__) \
385 || (__LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION >= 132609 && defined __powerpc__) \
386 || (__LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION >= 132609 && defined __sh__)
387 # define __ASSUME_UTIMES 1
388 #endif
389
390 // XXX Disabled for now since the semantics we want is not achieved.
391 #if 0
392 /* The CLONE_STOPPED flag was introduced in the 2.6.0-test1 series. */
393 #if __LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION >= 132609
394 # define __ASSUME_CLONE_STOPPED 1
395 #endif
396 #endif
397
398 /* The fixed version of the posix_fadvise64 syscall appeared in
399 2.6.0-test3. At least for x86. Powerpc support appeared in
400 2.6.2, but for 32-bit userspace only. */
401 #if (__LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION >= 132609 && defined __i386__) \
402 || (__LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION >= 132610 && defined __powerpc__ \
403 && !defined __powerpc64__)
404 # define __ASSUME_FADVISE64_64_SYSCALL 1
405 #endif
406
407 /* The PROT_GROWSDOWN/PROT_GROWSUP flags were introduced in the 2.6.0-test
408 series. */
409 #if __LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION >= 132609
410 # define __ASSUME_PROT_GROWSUPDOWN 1
411 #endif
412
413 /* Starting with 2.6.0 PowerPC adds signal/swapcontext support for Vector
414 SIMD (AKA Altivec, VMX) instructions and register state. This changes
415 the overall size of the sigcontext and adds the swapcontext syscall. */
416 #if __LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION >= 132608 && defined __powerpc__
417 # define __ASSUME_SWAPCONTEXT_SYSCALL 1
418 #endif
419
420 /* The CLONE_DETACHED flag is not necessary in 2.6.2 kernels, it is
421 implied. */
422 #if __LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION >= 132610
423 # define __ASSUME_NO_CLONE_DETACHED 1
424 #endif
425
426 /* Starting with version 2.6.4-rc1 the getdents syscall returns d_type
427 information as well and in between 2.6.5 and 2.6.8 most compat wrappers
428 were fixed too. Except s390{,x} which was fixed in 2.6.11. */
429 #if (__LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION >= 0x020608 && !defined __s390__) \
430 || (__LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION >= 0x02060b && defined __s390__)
431 # define __ASSUME_GETDENTS32_D_TYPE 1
432 #endif
433
434 /* Starting with version 2.5.3, the initial location returned by `brk'
435 after exec is always rounded up to the next page. */
436 #if __LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION >= 132355
437 # define __ASSUME_BRK_PAGE_ROUNDED 1
438 #endif
439
440 /* Starting with version 2.6.9, the waitid system call is available.
441 Except for powerpc{,64} and s390{,x}, where it is available in 2.6.12. */
442 #if (__LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION >= 0x020609 \
443 && !defined __powerpc__ && !defined __s390__) \
444 || (__LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION >= 0x02060c \
445 && (defined __powerpc__ || defined __s390__))
446 # define __ASSUME_WAITID_SYSCALL 1
447 #endif
448
449 /* Starting with version 2.6.9, SSI_IEEE_RAISE_EXCEPTION exists. */
450 #if __LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION >= 0x020609 && defined __alpha__
451 #define __ASSUME_IEEE_RAISE_EXCEPTION 1
452 #endif
453
454 /* On sparc64 stat64/lstat64/fstat64 syscalls were introduced in 2.6.12. */
455 #if __LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION >= 0x02060c && defined __sparc__ \
456 && defined __arch64__
457 # define __ASSUME_STAT64_SYSCALL 1
458 #endif
459
460 /* Early kernel used "shm" as the filesystem name for the filesystem used
461 for shm_open etc. Later it is "tmpfs". 2.4.20 is a safe bet for the
462 cutover. */
463 #if __LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION >= 0x02041a
464 # define __ASSUME_TMPFS_NAME 1
465 #endif
466
467 /* pselect was introduced just after 2.6.16-rc1. Due to the way the
468 kernel versions are advertised we can only rely on 2.6.17 to have
469 the code. */
470 #if __LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION >= 0x020611 \
471 && (defined __i386__ || defined __powerpc__)
472 # define __ASSUME_PSELECT 1
473 #endif
474
475 /* ppoll was introduced just after 2.6.16-rc1. Due to the way the
476 kernel versions are advertised we can only rely on 2.6.17 to have
477 the code. */
478 #if __LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION >= 0x020611 \
479 && (defined __i386__ || defined __powerpc__)
480 # define __ASSUME_PPOLL 1
481 #endif
482
483 /* The *at syscalls were introduced just after 2.6.16-rc1. Due to the way the
484 kernel versions are advertised we can only rely on 2.6.17 to have
485 the code. */
486 #if __LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION >= 0x020611 \
487 && (defined __i386__ || defined __x86_64__)
488 # define __ASSUME_ATFCTS 1
489 #endif
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