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authorIan Lance Taylor <ian@gcc.gnu.org>2015-10-31 00:59:47 +0000
committerIan Lance Taylor <ian@gcc.gnu.org>2015-10-31 00:59:47 +0000
commitaf146490bb04205107cb23e301ec7a8ff927b5fc (patch)
tree13beeaed3698c61903fe93fb1ce70bd9b18d4e7f /libgo/go/cmd/cgo/doc.go
parent725e1be3406315d9bcc8195d7eef0a7082b3c7cc (diff)
downloadgcc-af146490bb04205107cb23e301ec7a8ff927b5fc.tar.gz
runtime: Remove now unnecessary pad field from ParFor.
It is not needed due to the removal of the ctx field. Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/16525 From-SVN: r229616
Diffstat (limited to 'libgo/go/cmd/cgo/doc.go')
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1 files changed, 132 insertions, 109 deletions
diff --git a/libgo/go/cmd/cgo/doc.go b/libgo/go/cmd/cgo/doc.go
index 6179c7afd19..b2a5428f3f4 100644
--- a/libgo/go/cmd/cgo/doc.go
+++ b/libgo/go/cmd/cgo/doc.go
@@ -20,16 +20,23 @@ the C parts of the package. For example:
// #include <errno.h>
import "C"
+The preamble may contain any C code, including function and variable
+declarations and definitions. These may then be referred to from Go
+code as though they were defined in the package "C". All names
+declared in the preamble may be used, even if they start with a
+lower-case letter. Exception: static variables in the preamble may
+not be referenced from Go code; static functions are permitted.
+
See $GOROOT/misc/cgo/stdio and $GOROOT/misc/cgo/gmp for examples. See
"C? Go? Cgo!" for an introduction to using cgo:
-http://golang.org/doc/articles/c_go_cgo.html.
+https://golang.org/doc/articles/c_go_cgo.html.
CFLAGS, CPPFLAGS, CXXFLAGS and LDFLAGS may be defined with pseudo #cgo
directives within these comments to tweak the behavior of the C or C++
compiler. Values defined in multiple directives are concatenated
together. The directive can include a list of build constraints limiting its
effect to systems satisfying one of the constraints
-(see http://golang.org/pkg/go/build/#hdr-Build_Constraints for details about the constraint syntax).
+(see https://golang.org/pkg/go/build/#hdr-Build_Constraints for details about the constraint syntax).
For example:
// #cgo CFLAGS: -DPNG_DEBUG=1
@@ -60,6 +67,18 @@ concatenated and used at link time. All the pkg-config directives are
concatenated and sent to pkg-config simultaneously to add to each appropriate
set of command-line flags.
+When the cgo directives are parsed, any occurrence of the string ${SRCDIR}
+will be replaced by the absolute path to the directory containing the source
+file. This allows pre-compiled static libraries to be included in the package
+directory and linked properly.
+For example if package foo is in the directory /go/src/foo:
+
+ // #cgo LDFLAGS: -L${SRCDIR}/libs -lfoo
+
+Will be expanded to:
+
+ // #cgo LDFLAGS: -L/go/src/foo/libs -lfoo
+
When the Go tool sees that one or more Go files use the special import
"C", it will look for other non-Go files in the directory and compile
them as part of the Go package. Any .c, .s, or .S files will be
@@ -71,17 +90,19 @@ compilers may be changed by the CC and CXX environment variables,
respectively; those environment variables may include command line
options.
-To enable cgo during cross compiling builds, set the CGO_ENABLED
-environment variable to 1 when building the Go tools with make.bash.
-Also, set CC_FOR_TARGET to the C cross compiler for the target. CC will
-be used for compiling for the host.
-
-After the Go tools are built, when running the go command, CC_FOR_TARGET is
-ignored. The value of CC_FOR_TARGET when running make.bash is the default
-compiler. However, you can set the environment variable CC, not CC_FOR_TARGET,
-to control the compiler when running the go tool.
+The cgo tool is enabled by default for native builds on systems where
+it is expected to work. It is disabled by default when
+cross-compiling. You can control this by setting the CGO_ENABLED
+environment variable when running the go tool: set it to 1 to enable
+the use of cgo, and to 0 to disable it. The go tool will set the
+build constraint "cgo" if cgo is enabled.
-CXX_FOR_TARGET works in a similar way for C++ code.
+When cross-compiling, you must specify a C cross-compiler for cgo to
+use. You can do this by setting the CC_FOR_TARGET environment
+variable when building the toolchain using make.bash, or by setting
+the CC environment variable any time you run the go tool. The
+CXX_FOR_TARGET and CXX environment variables work in a similar way for
+C++ code.
Go references to C
@@ -195,16 +216,18 @@ Not all Go types can be mapped to C types in a useful way.
Using //export in a file places a restriction on the preamble:
since it is copied into two different C output files, it must not
-contain any definitions, only declarations. Definitions must be
-placed in preambles in other files, or in C source files.
+contain any definitions, only declarations. If a file contains both
+definitions and declarations, then the two output files will produce
+duplicate symbols and the linker will fail. To avoid this, definitions
+must be placed in preambles in other files, or in C source files.
Using cgo directly
Usage:
- go tool cgo [cgo options] [-- compiler options] file.go
+ go tool cgo [cgo options] [-- compiler options] gofiles...
-Cgo transforms the input file.go into four output files: two Go source
-files, a C file for 6c (or 8c or 5c), and a C file for gcc.
+Cgo transforms the specified input Go source files into several output
+Go and C source files.
The compiler options are passed through uninterpreted when
invoking the C compiler to compile the C parts of the package.
@@ -217,18 +240,23 @@ The following options are available when running cgo directly:
build when building a cgo package.
-dynout file
Write -dynimport output to file.
+ -dynpackage package
+ Set Go package for -dynimport output.
-dynlinker
Write dynamic linker as part of -dynimport output.
-godefs
Write out input file in Go syntax replacing C package
names with real values. Used to generate files in the
syscall package when bootstrapping a new target.
- -cdefs
- Like -godefs, but write file in C syntax.
- Used to generate files in the runtime package when
- bootstrapping a new target.
-objdir directory
Put all generated files in directory.
+ -importpath string
+ The import path for the Go package. Optional; used for
+ nicer comments in the generated files.
+ -exportheader file
+ If there are any exported functions, write the
+ generated export declarations to file.
+ C code can #include this to see the declarations.
-gccgo
Generate output for the gccgo compiler rather than the
gc compiler.
@@ -363,9 +391,9 @@ the translation process.
Translating Go
-[The rest of this comment refers to 6g and 6c, the Go and C compilers
-that are part of the amd64 port of the gc Go toolchain. Everything here
-applies to another architecture's compilers as well.]
+[The rest of this comment refers to 6g, the Go compiler that is part
+of the amd64 port of the gc Go toolchain. Everything here applies to
+another architecture's compilers as well.]
Given the input Go files x.go and y.go, cgo generates these source
files:
@@ -373,44 +401,41 @@ files:
x.cgo1.go # for 6g
y.cgo1.go # for 6g
_cgo_gotypes.go # for 6g
- _cgo_defun.c # for 6c
+ _cgo_import.go # for 6g (if -dynout _cgo_import.go)
x.cgo2.c # for gcc
y.cgo2.c # for gcc
+ _cgo_defun.c # for gcc (if -gccgo)
_cgo_export.c # for gcc
+ _cgo_export.h # for gcc
_cgo_main.c # for gcc
+ _cgo_flags # for alternative build tools
The file x.cgo1.go is a copy of x.go with the import "C" removed and
references to C.xxx replaced with names like _Cfunc_xxx or _Ctype_xxx.
The definitions of those identifiers, written as Go functions, types,
or variables, are provided in _cgo_gotypes.go.
-Here is a _cgo_gotypes.go containing definitions for C.flush (provided
-in the preamble) and C.puts (from stdio):
+Here is a _cgo_gotypes.go containing definitions for needed C types:
type _Ctype_char int8
type _Ctype_int int32
type _Ctype_void [0]byte
- func _Cfunc_CString(string) *_Ctype_char
- func _Cfunc_flush() _Ctype_void
- func _Cfunc_puts(*_Ctype_char) _Ctype_int
-
-For functions, cgo only writes an external declaration in the Go
-output. The implementation is in a combination of C for 6c (meaning
-any gc-toolchain compiler) and C for gcc.
-
-The 6c file contains the definitions of the functions. They all have
-similar bodies that invoke runtime·cgocall to make a switch from the
-Go runtime world to the system C (GCC-based) world.
+The _cgo_gotypes.go file also contains the definitions of the
+functions. They all have similar bodies that invoke runtime·cgocall
+to make a switch from the Go runtime world to the system C (GCC-based)
+world.
For example, here is the definition of _Cfunc_puts:
- void _cgo_be59f0f25121_Cfunc_puts(void*);
+ //go:cgo_import_static _cgo_be59f0f25121_Cfunc_puts
+ //go:linkname __cgofn__cgo_be59f0f25121_Cfunc_puts _cgo_be59f0f25121_Cfunc_puts
+ var __cgofn__cgo_be59f0f25121_Cfunc_puts byte
+ var _cgo_be59f0f25121_Cfunc_puts = unsafe.Pointer(&__cgofn__cgo_be59f0f25121_Cfunc_puts)
- void
- ·_Cfunc_puts(struct{uint8 x[1];}p)
- {
- runtime·cgocall(_cgo_be59f0f25121_Cfunc_puts, &p);
+ func _Cfunc_puts(p0 *_Ctype_char) (r1 _Ctype_int) {
+ _cgo_runtime_cgocall(_cgo_be59f0f25121_Cfunc_puts, uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(&p0)))
+ return
}
The hexadecimal number is a hash of cgo's input, chosen to be
@@ -421,6 +446,7 @@ file compiled by gcc, the file x.cgo2.c:
void
_cgo_be59f0f25121_Cfunc_puts(void *v)
{
+ _cgo_wait_runtime_init_done();
struct {
char* p0;
int r;
@@ -429,7 +455,8 @@ file compiled by gcc, the file x.cgo2.c:
a->r = puts((void*)a->p0);
}
-It extracts the arguments from the pointer to _Cfunc_puts's argument
+It waits for Go runtime to be initialized (required for shared libraries),
+extracts the arguments from the pointer to _Cfunc_puts's argument
frame, invokes the system C function (in this case, puts), stores the
result in the frame, and returns.
@@ -448,6 +475,7 @@ _cgo_main.c:
int main() { return 0; }
void crosscall2(void(*fn)(void*, int), void *a, int c) { }
+ void _cgo_wait_runtime_init_done() { }
void _cgo_allocate(void *a, int c) { }
void _cgo_panic(void *a, int c) { }
@@ -456,23 +484,21 @@ code generated for gcc. The build process links this stub, along with
_cgo_export.c and *.cgo2.c, into a dynamic executable and then lets
cgo examine the executable. Cgo records the list of shared library
references and resolved names and writes them into a new file
-_cgo_import.c, which looks like:
+_cgo_import.go, which looks like:
- #pragma cgo_dynamic_linker "/lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2"
- #pragma cgo_import_dynamic puts puts#GLIBC_2.2.5 "libc.so.6"
- #pragma cgo_import_dynamic __libc_start_main __libc_start_main#GLIBC_2.2.5 "libc.so.6"
- #pragma cgo_import_dynamic stdout stdout#GLIBC_2.2.5 "libc.so.6"
- #pragma cgo_import_dynamic fflush fflush#GLIBC_2.2.5 "libc.so.6"
- #pragma cgo_import_dynamic _ _ "libpthread.so.0"
- #pragma cgo_import_dynamic _ _ "libc.so.6"
+ //go:cgo_dynamic_linker "/lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2"
+ //go:cgo_import_dynamic puts puts#GLIBC_2.2.5 "libc.so.6"
+ //go:cgo_import_dynamic __libc_start_main __libc_start_main#GLIBC_2.2.5 "libc.so.6"
+ //go:cgo_import_dynamic stdout stdout#GLIBC_2.2.5 "libc.so.6"
+ //go:cgo_import_dynamic fflush fflush#GLIBC_2.2.5 "libc.so.6"
+ //go:cgo_import_dynamic _ _ "libpthread.so.0"
+ //go:cgo_import_dynamic _ _ "libc.so.6"
In the end, the compiled Go package, which will eventually be
presented to 6l as part of a larger program, contains:
- _go_.6 # 6g-compiled object for _cgo_gotypes.go *.cgo1.go
- _cgo_defun.6 # 6c-compiled object for _cgo_defun.c
+ _go_.6 # 6g-compiled object for _cgo_gotypes.go, _cgo_import.go, *.cgo1.go
_all.o # gcc-compiled object for _cgo_export.c, *.cgo2.c
- _cgo_import.6 # 6c-compiled object for _cgo_import.c
The final program will be a dynamic executable, so that 6l can avoid
needing to process arbitrary .o files. It only needs to process the .o
@@ -496,20 +522,21 @@ Runtime
When using cgo, Go must not assume that it owns all details of the
process. In particular it needs to coordinate with C in the use of
-threads and thread-local storage. The runtime package, in its own
-(6c-compiled) C code, declares a few uninitialized (default bss)
+threads and thread-local storage. The runtime package declares a few
variables:
- bool runtime·iscgo;
- void (*libcgo_thread_start)(void*);
- void (*initcgo)(G*);
+ var (
+ iscgo bool
+ _cgo_init unsafe.Pointer
+ _cgo_thread_start unsafe.Pointer
+ )
Any package using cgo imports "runtime/cgo", which provides
-initializations for these variables. It sets iscgo to 1, initcgo to a
-gcc-compiled function that can be called early during program startup,
-and libcgo_thread_start to a gcc-compiled function that can be used to
-create a new thread, in place of the runtime's usual direct system
-calls.
+initializations for these variables. It sets iscgo to true, _cgo_init
+to a gcc-compiled function that can be called early during program
+startup, and _cgo_thread_start to a gcc-compiled function that can be
+used to create a new thread, in place of the runtime's usual direct
+system calls.
Internal and External Linking
@@ -522,12 +549,12 @@ code can only be used as a dynamic library). On the other hand, when
using internal linking, 6l can generate Go binaries by itself.
In order to allow linking arbitrary object files without requiring
-dynamic libraries, cgo will soon support an "external" linking mode
-too. In external linking mode, 6l does not process any host object
-files. Instead, it collects all the Go code and writes a single go.o
-object file containing it. Then it invokes the host linker (usually
-gcc) to combine the go.o object file and any supporting non-Go code
-into a final executable. External linking avoids the dynamic library
+dynamic libraries, cgo supports an "external" linking mode too. In
+external linking mode, 6l does not process any host object files.
+Instead, it collects all the Go code and writes a single go.o object
+file containing it. Then it invokes the host linker (usually gcc) to
+combine the go.o object file and any supporting non-Go code into a
+final executable. External linking avoids the dynamic library
requirement but introduces a requirement that the host linker be
present to create such a binary.
@@ -555,13 +582,13 @@ to be made when linking the final binary.
Linking Directives
In either linking mode, package-specific directives must be passed
-through to 6l. These are communicated by writing #pragma directives
-in a C source file compiled by 6c. The directives are copied into the .6 object file
-and then processed by the linker.
+through to 6l. These are communicated by writing //go: directives in a
+Go source file compiled by 6g. The directives are copied into the .6
+object file and then processed by the linker.
The directives are:
-#pragma cgo_import_dynamic <local> [<remote> ["<library>"]]
+//go:cgo_import_dynamic <local> [<remote> ["<library>"]]
In internal linking mode, allow an unresolved reference to
<local>, assuming it will be resolved by a dynamic library
@@ -572,9 +599,9 @@ The directives are:
In the <remote>, # or @ can be used to introduce a symbol version.
Examples:
- #pragma cgo_import_dynamic puts
- #pragma cgo_import_dynamic puts puts#GLIBC_2.2.5
- #pragma cgo_import_dynamic puts puts#GLIBC_2.2.5 "libc.so.6"
+ //go:cgo_import_dynamic puts
+ //go:cgo_import_dynamic puts puts#GLIBC_2.2.5
+ //go:cgo_import_dynamic puts puts#GLIBC_2.2.5 "libc.so.6"
A side effect of the cgo_import_dynamic directive with a
library is to make the final binary depend on that dynamic
@@ -582,12 +609,12 @@ The directives are:
symbols, use _ for local and remote.
Example:
- #pragma cgo_import_dynamic _ _ "libc.so.6"
+ //go:cgo_import_dynamic _ _ "libc.so.6"
For compatibility with current versions of SWIG,
- #pragma dynimport is an alias for #pragma cgo_import_dynamic.
+ #pragma dynimport is an alias for //go:cgo_import_dynamic.
-#pragma cgo_dynamic_linker "<path>"
+//go:cgo_dynamic_linker "<path>"
In internal linking mode, use "<path>" as the dynamic linker
in the final binary. This directive is only needed from one
@@ -595,9 +622,9 @@ The directives are:
supplied by runtime/cgo.
Example:
- #pragma cgo_dynamic_linker "/lib/ld-linux.so.2"
+ //go:cgo_dynamic_linker "/lib/ld-linux.so.2"
-#pragma cgo_export_dynamic <local> <remote>
+//go:cgo_export_dynamic <local> <remote>
In internal linking mode, put the Go symbol
named <local> into the program's exported symbol table as
@@ -606,9 +633,9 @@ The directives are:
to share Go's data.
For compatibility with current versions of SWIG,
- #pragma dynexport is an alias for #pragma cgo_export_dynamic.
+ #pragma dynexport is an alias for //go:cgo_export_dynamic.
-#pragma cgo_import_static <local>
+//go:cgo_import_static <local>
In external linking mode, allow unresolved references to
<local> in the go.o object file prepared for the host linker,
@@ -616,9 +643,9 @@ The directives are:
other object files that will be linked with go.o.
Example:
- #pragma cgo_import_static puts_wrapper
+ //go:cgo_import_static puts_wrapper
-#pragma cgo_export_static <local> <remote>
+//go:cgo_export_static <local> <remote>
In external linking mode, put the Go symbol
named <local> into the program's exported symbol table as
@@ -626,15 +653,15 @@ The directives are:
mechanism makes it possible for C code to call back into Go or
to share Go's data.
-#pragma cgo_ldflag "<arg>"
+//go:cgo_ldflag "<arg>"
In external linking mode, invoke the host linker (usually gcc)
with "<arg>" as a command-line argument following the .o files.
Note that the arguments are for "gcc", not "ld".
Example:
- #pragma cgo_ldflag "-lpthread"
- #pragma cgo_ldflag "-L/usr/local/sqlite3/lib"
+ //go:cgo_ldflag "-lpthread"
+ //go:cgo_ldflag "-L/usr/local/sqlite3/lib"
A package compiled with cgo will include directives for both
internal and external linking; the linker will select the appropriate
@@ -647,22 +674,18 @@ The following code will be generated by cgo:
// compiled by 6g
- type _Ctype_double float64
- func _Cfunc_sin(_Ctype_double) _Ctype_double
-
- // compiled by 6c
+ //go:cgo_ldflag "-lm"
- #pragma cgo_import_dynamic sin sin#GLIBC_2.2.5 "libm.so.6"
-
- #pragma cgo_import_static _cgo_gcc_Cfunc_sin
- #pragma cgo_ldflag "-lm"
+ type _Ctype_double float64
- void _cgo_gcc_Cfunc_sin(void*);
+ //go:cgo_import_static _cgo_gcc_Cfunc_sin
+ //go:linkname __cgo_gcc_Cfunc_sin _cgo_gcc_Cfunc_sin
+ var __cgo_gcc_Cfunc_sin byte
+ var _cgo_gcc_Cfunc_sin = unsafe.Pointer(&__cgo_gcc_Cfunc_sin)
- void
- ·_Cfunc_sin(struct{uint8 x[16];}p)
- {
- runtime·cgocall(_cgo_gcc_Cfunc_sin, &p);
+ func _Cfunc_sin(p0 _Ctype_double) (r1 _Ctype_double) {
+ _cgo_runtime_cgocall(_cgo_gcc_Cfunc_sin, uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(&p0)))
+ return
}
// compiled by gcc, into foo.cgo2.o
@@ -682,8 +705,8 @@ using the internal or external mode. If other packages are compiled in
"external only" mode, then the final link will be an external one.
Otherwise the link will be an internal one.
-The directives in the 6c-compiled file are used according to the kind
-of final link used.
+The linking directives are used according to the kind of final link
+used.
In internal mode, 6l itself processes all the host object files, in
particular foo.cgo2.o. To do so, it uses the cgo_import_dynamic and
@@ -694,10 +717,10 @@ symbol sin with version GLIBC_2.2.5 from the dynamic library
runtime dynamic linker.
In external mode, 6l does not process any host object files, in
-particular foo.cgo2.o. It links together the 6g- and 6c-generated
-object files, along with any other Go code, into a go.o file. While
-doing that, 6l will discover that there is no definition for
-_cgo_gcc_Cfunc_sin, referred to by the 6c-compiled source file. This
+particular foo.cgo2.o. It links together the 6g-generated object
+files, along with any other Go code, into a go.o file. While doing
+that, 6l will discover that there is no definition for
+_cgo_gcc_Cfunc_sin, referred to by the 6g-compiled source file. This
is okay, because 6l also processes the cgo_import_static directive and
knows that _cgo_gcc_Cfunc_sin is expected to be supplied by a host
object file, so 6l does not treat the missing symbol as an error when