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H. Peter Anvin hpa@zytor.com
Tue Jun 10 15:54:49 GMT 2025


On June 10, 2025 8:40:00 AM PDT, Adhemerval Zanella Netto <adhemerval.zanella@linaro.org> wrote:
>
>
>On 07/06/25 23:19, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>> From: "H. Peter Anvin" (Intel) <hpa@zytor.com>
>> 
>> Subject: [PATCH v7 00/14] termios: support arbitrary baud rates on Linux, minor cleanups, alternative interface
>> 
>> This is the arbitrary baud rates on Linux patchset, and the (proposed)
>> "explicitly true baudrate" interface proposed for future
>> standardization.
>> 
>> It also includes some generic cleanups to the best of my ability, and
>> removes USE_OLD_TTY from Hurd, which was the only remaining cause of
>> speed_t not being an actual baud rate.
>> 
>> A git tree is also available at:
>> https://git.zytor.com/linux/glibc/ branch hpa/termios7
>> 
>> Changes in v7: (special thanks to Adhemerval Zanella for reviews)
>> 
>> - Stylistic and typo fixes.
>> - Add missing copyright headers.
>> - Make the (already existing) padding field in struct termios explicit
>>   and make sure the full structure is initialized by tcgetattr(). This
>>   could help future expansion, and is just good practice.
>>   (Added as a separate patch in order to not invalidate previous
>>   reviews.)
>
>Unfortunately this break m68k, since it uses 2-byte alignment.  One 
>possibility is to add a termios-struct.h for m68k, another one is
>drop this patch (and send a new one for this specific change).
>
>> - Simplify the test case by making better use of <support/check.h>
>>   macros. (Not quite as completely as Adhemerval had suggested, in
>>   order to get a little more information into certain error messages.)
>> 
>> Changes in v6: (special thanks to Adhemerval Zanella for bug reports)
>> 
>> - Fix the definition of CIBAUD on Alpha, and add explicit compile-time
>>   tests for CBAUD and CIBAUD validity.
>> - Fix the PowerPC build (stray <bits/sockios.h> remained, rather than
>>   <linux/sockios.h>.)
>> - Remove a spurious indentation change in <bits/termios-struct.h> on
>>   Linux.
>> - Separate the unification of the B constants and the updating of the
>>   manual into separate patches.
>> - Update the baud_t documentation to indicate that speed_t == baud_t
>>   is not going to be guaranteed in future versions, only that baud_t
>>   is a numeric type.
>> 
>> Changes in v5.2:
>> 
>> - tst-termios-linux: clean up the definition of the VERIFY and CHECK macros
>> - make sure sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/Makefile is sorted to prevent lint error
>> 
>> Changes in v5:
>> 
>> - Added test for various combinations of the legacy and new interfaces.
>> - Fix several typos that caused major malfunctions, oops...
>> - Added Signed-off-bys for the Hurd patches.
>> 
>> Changes in v4:
>> 
>> - Using <linux/sockios.h> instead of a copied <bits/sockios.h>.
>> - __local_isatty() renamed __isatty_nostatus().
>> - Use *_CALL() versions of the SYSCALL macros.
>> - Fix USE_OLD_TTY removal on Hurd (missing #endif.)
>> - Fix speed_t being signed on Hurd (should be unsigned per POSIX.)
>> - Merge the speed_t constant definitions as they are now all identical.
>> - Use anonymous unions to support both __ispeed/__ospeed and
>>   c_ispeed/c_ospeed on all platforms, for consistency.
>> - All baud rate constants added to the manual.
>> 
>> Changes in v3:
>> 
>> - Fix improper use of tcsetattr() instead of __tcsetattr() in
>>   misc/getpass.c
>> - The .abilist files need to be sorted
>> - Move Hurd USE_OLD_TTY removal to before the *baud() interface patch
>> 
>>  NEWS                                               |   4 +
>>  bits/termios-baud.h                                |  72 +++
>>  bits/termios.h                                     |  54 +-
>>  include/termios.h                                  |  27 +-
>>  include/unistd.h                                   |   1 +
>>  io/Makefile                                        |   1 +
>>  .../mips/kernel_termios.h => io/isatty_nostatus.c  |  36 +-
>>  libio/filedoalloc.c                                |  12 +-
>>  login/openpty.c                                    |   2 +-
>>  manual/terminal.texi                               | 164 +++++-
>>  misc/getpass.c                                     |   4 +-
>>  sysdeps/mach/hurd/bits/ioctls.h                    |  31 +-
>>  sysdeps/mach/hurd/i386/libc.abilist                |   5 +
>>  sysdeps/mach/hurd/x86_64/libc.abilist              |   5 +
>>  sysdeps/unix/bsd/tcsetattr.c                       |   6 +-
>>  sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/Makefile                   |   2 +-
>>  sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/Versions                   |   7 +
>>  sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/aarch64/libc.abilist       |  10 +
>>  .../unix/sysv/linux/alpha/bits/termios-c_cflag.h   |   2 +
>>  .../alpha/bits/{termios-baud.h => termios-cbaud.h} |  43 +-
>>  sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/alpha/kernel-features.h    |  11 +
>>  sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/alpha/kernel_termios.h     |  43 --
>>  sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/alpha/libc.abilist         |  10 +
>>  sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/arc/libc.abilist           |  10 +
>>  sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/arm/be/libc.abilist        |  10 +
>>  sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/arm/le/libc.abilist        |  10 +
>>  sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/bits/ioctls.h              |  85 +--
>>  sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/bits/termios-c_cflag.h     |   4 +-
>>  .../linux/bits/{termios-baud.h => termios-cbaud.h} |  41 +-
>>  sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/bits/termios-struct.h      |  11 +-
>>  sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/bits/termios.h             |  50 +-
>>  sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/cfsetspeed.c               |  59 ++
>>  sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/csky/libc.abilist          |  10 +
>>  sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/hppa/libc.abilist          |  10 +
>>  sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/libc.abilist          |  10 +
>>  .../linux/{mips/bits/termios-struct.h => isatty.c} |  30 +-
>>  .../bits/termios-struct.h => isatty_nostatus.c}    |  28 +-
>>  sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/kernel-features.h          |   4 +
>>  sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/kernel_termios.h           |  20 +-
>>  .../unix/sysv/linux/loongarch/lp64/libc.abilist    |  10 +
>>  sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/m68k/coldfire/libc.abilist |  10 +
>>  sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/m68k/m680x0/libc.abilist   |  10 +
>>  sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/microblaze/be/libc.abilist |  10 +
>>  sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/microblaze/le/libc.abilist |  10 +
>>  sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/mips/Versions              |   4 +
>>  .../unix/sysv/linux/mips/mips32/fpu/libc.abilist   |  12 +
>>  .../unix/sysv/linux/mips/mips32/nofpu/libc.abilist |  12 +
>>  .../unix/sysv/linux/mips/mips64/n32/libc.abilist   |  12 +
>>  .../unix/sysv/linux/mips/mips64/n64/libc.abilist   |  12 +
>>  sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/mips/old_termios.h         |  12 +
>>  sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/old_termios.h              |   4 +
>>  sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/or1k/libc.abilist          |  10 +
>>  sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/bits/ioctls.h      |  36 ++
>>  .../unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/bits/termios-c_cflag.h |   4 +-
>>  .../bits/{termios-baud.h => termios-cbaud.h}       |  42 +-
>>  sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/kernel_termios.h   |  53 --
>>  .../sysv/linux/powerpc/powerpc32/fpu/libc.abilist  |  10 +
>>  .../linux/powerpc/powerpc32/nofpu/libc.abilist     |  10 +
>>  .../sysv/linux/powerpc/powerpc64/be/libc.abilist   |  10 +
>>  .../sysv/linux/powerpc/powerpc64/le/libc.abilist   |  10 +
>>  sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/riscv/rv32/libc.abilist    |  10 +
>>  sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/riscv/rv64/libc.abilist    |  10 +
>>  sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/s390/s390-32/libc.abilist  |  10 +
>>  sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/s390/s390-64/libc.abilist  |  10 +
>>  sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sh/be/libc.abilist         |  10 +
>>  sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sh/le/libc.abilist         |  10 +
>>  sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sparc/Versions             |   4 +
>>  .../sparc/bits/{termios-baud.h => termios-cbaud.h} |  39 +-
>>  sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sparc/old_termios.h        |  12 +
>>  sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sparc/sparc32/libc.abilist |  12 +
>>  sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sparc/sparc64/libc.abilist |  12 +
>>  sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/speed.c                    | 363 ++++++++++--
>>  sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/tcgetattr.c                |  85 ++-
>>  sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/tcsetattr.c                | 125 +++--
>>  sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/termios_internals.h        |  97 ++++
>>  sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/tst-termios-linux.c        | 610 +++++++++++++++++++++
>>  sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/tst-termios-speed-tables.c |  86 +++
>>  sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/64/libc.abilist     |  10 +
>>  sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/x32/libc.abilist    |  10 +
>>  termios/Makefile                                   |   7 +-
>>  termios/Versions                                   |   4 +
>>  termios/baud.c                                     |  56 ++
>>  .../sparc/kernel_termios.h => termios/cfsetbaud.c  |  35 +-
>>  termios/cfsetspeed.c                               | 142 +----
>>  termios/speed.c                                    |  18 +-
>>  termios/sys/ttychars.h                             |   4 -
>>  termios/tcsetattr.c                                |   5 +-
>>  termios/termios.h                                  |  19 +-
>>  88 files changed, 2284 insertions(+), 778 deletions(-)
>

I'll respin the set if you want.


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