From: "Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
To: Alejandro Colomar <colomar.6.4.3@gmail.com>
Cc: mtk.manpages@gmail.com, linux-man@vger.kernel.org,
gcc@gcc.gnu.org, libc-alpha@sourceware.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] system_data_types.7: Add 'void *'
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2020 13:54:03 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <51fd9c8d-9030-775f-8c35-f5e41bab4c0e@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <41ab7ed9-3ce0-f8ad-38f4-c4bbeca138f8@gmail.com>
Hi Alex,
On 10/1/20 6:55 PM, Alejandro Colomar wrote:
>
>
> On 2020-10-01 18:38, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote:
>> Hi Alex,
>>
>>> +According to the C language standard,
>>> +a pointer to any object type may be converted to a pointer to
>>> +.I void
>>> +and back.
>>> +POSIX further requires that any pointer,
>>> +including pointers to functions,
>>> +may be converted to a pointer to
>>> +.I void
>>> +and back.
>> I know you are correct about POSIX, but which part of the
>> standard did you find this information in? The only
>> reference that I find in POSIX is the dlsym() spec. Is it
>> covered also somewhere else in the standrd?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Michael
>>
>
> Hi Michael,
>
> I've bean searching, and dlsym is the only one:
>
> ________
>
> user@debian:~/Desktop/src/Standards/susv4-2018$ grep -rn "pointer to a
> function"
> functions/regfree.html:530:"undefined" means that the action
> by the application is an error, of similar severity to passing a bad
> pointer to a function.</p>
> functions/dlsym.html:138:<p>Note that conversion from a <b>void *</b>
> pointer to a function pointer as in:</p>
> functions/regcomp.html:530:"undefined" means that the action
> by the application is an error, of similar severity to passing a bad
> pointer to a function.</p>
> functions/regexec.html:530:"undefined" means that the action
> by the application is an error, of similar severity to passing a bad
> pointer to a function.</p>
> functions/V2_chap02.html:3039:<p>There are three types of action that
> can be associated with a signal: SIG_DFL, SIG_IGN, or a pointer to a
> function. Initially,
> functions/regerror.html:530:"undefined" means that the action
> by the application is an error, of similar severity to passing a bad
> pointer to a function.</p>
> user@debian:~/Desktop/src/Standards/susv4-2018$ grep -rn "function pointer"
> basedefs/glob.h.html:165:"../functions/glob.html"><i>glob</i>()</a>
> prototype definition by removing the <b>restrict</b> qualifier from the
> function pointer
> xrat/V4_xsh_chap02.html:114:when the application requires it; for
> example, if its address is to be stored in a function pointer variable.</p>
> functions/dlsym.html:138:<p>Note that conversion from a <b>void *</b>
> pointer to a function pointer as in:</p>
> user@debian:~/Desktop/src/Standards/susv4-2018$ grep -rn "pointer to
> function"
> functions/dlsym.html:73:converted from type pointer to function to type
> pointer to <b>void</b>; otherwise, <i>dlsym</i>() shall return the
> address of the
> user@debian:~/Desktop/src/Standards/susv4-2018$
>
> From those, the only one that documents this is functions/dlsym.
> The rest is noise.
>
> The most explicit paragraph in dlsym is the following:
>
> [[
> Note that conversion from a void * pointer to a function pointer as in:
>
> fptr = (int (*)(int))dlsym(handle, "my_function");
>
> is not defined by the ISO C standard.
> This standard requires this conversion to work correctly
> on conforming implementations.
> ]]
Okay -- so, one more thing for a revised (squashed) patch.
I think you better say that that POSIX requirements exists
only since POS0X.1-2008 Technical Corrigendum 1 (2013).
Thanks,
Michael
--
Michael Kerrisk
Linux man-pages maintainer; http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/
Linux/UNIX System Programming Training: http://man7.org/training/
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-10-02 11:54 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 32+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-10-01 15:06 [PATCH 0/2] Document void * Alejandro Colomar
2020-10-01 15:06 ` [PATCH 1/2] system_data_types.7: Add 'void *' Alejandro Colomar
2020-10-01 15:06 ` [PATCH 2/2] void-*.3: New link to system_data_types(7) Alejandro Colomar
2020-10-01 15:34 ` [PATCH 0/2] Document void * Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2020-10-01 15:40 ` Alejandro Colomar
2020-10-01 15:49 ` [PATCH v2 0/2] Document 'void *' Alejandro Colomar
2020-10-01 15:49 ` [PATCH v2 1/2] system_data_types.7: Add " Alejandro Colomar
2020-10-01 16:38 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2020-10-01 16:55 ` Alejandro Colomar
2020-10-02 11:54 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) [this message]
2020-10-08 13:52 ` Vincent Lefevre
2020-10-12 9:36 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2020-10-01 17:32 ` Paul Eggert
2020-10-02 8:24 ` Alejandro Colomar
2020-10-02 8:48 ` Alejandro Colomar
2020-10-02 11:44 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2020-10-02 9:10 ` David Laight
2020-10-02 17:00 ` Paul Eggert
2020-10-02 10:49 ` Jonathan Wakely
2020-10-02 11:31 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2020-10-02 13:06 ` Jonathan Wakely
2020-10-02 13:20 ` Alejandro Colomar
2020-10-02 13:27 ` Jonathan Wakely
2020-10-02 13:51 ` Alejandro Colomar
2020-10-03 8:00 ` Navigational corrections (was: Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] system_data_types.7: Add 'void *') Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2020-10-03 9:16 ` Navigational corrections Alejandro Colomar
2020-10-03 11:39 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2020-10-05 22:08 ` Alejandro Colomar
2020-10-07 6:53 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2020-10-01 15:49 ` [PATCH v2 2/2] void.3: New link to system_data_types(7) Alejandro Colomar
2020-10-02 13:19 ` [PATCH 0/2] Document void * Jonathan Wakely
2020-10-03 11:44 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
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