boehm gc-8.2.4

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[Bruce Dubbs]

[8.2.4] 2023-05-26

• Abort with appropriate message if first call of mmap fails with EPERM
• Adjust CORD_ec comment placement in ec.h
• Adjust WoW64 workaround to work on UWP/WinRT
• Adjust naming of Win32/64 and x86/64 words in comments and documentation
• Avoid potential race between realloc and GC_block_was_dirty
• Do not double-clear first two words of object in GC_generic_malloc_aligned
• Do not mention FASTLOCK in comment
• Do not mix debug and non-debug allocations in disclaim tests
• Do not prohibit threaded builds with malloc redirection on non-Linux
• Do not prohibit zero proc argument in GC_register_disclaim_proc
• Eliminate '&array may not produce intended result' wcc warnings
• Eliminate 'GC_unmap_end declared but unused' bcc warning in disclaim_bench
• Eliminate 'ISO C++17 does not allow register specifier' gcc warning
• Eliminate 'cast signed to bigger unsigned' CSA warning in WARNs, new_thread
• Eliminate 'n obtained from untrusted source' code defect FP in test_cpp
• Eliminate 'skipping config since MAXSIG/_NSIG is unknown' cppcheck FP
• Eliminate data race FP between remove_protection and write_fault_handler
• Eliminate data race FP reported in need_unreachable_finalization by TSan
• Ensure 'new' system header is included by gc_cpp.h if GC_INCLUDE_NEW
• Ensure GC_NO_PTHREAD_SIGMASK defined if no GC_pthread_sigmask prototype
• Fix 'EMSCRIPTEN macro redefined' compile error
• Fix 'ISO C90 forbids mixed decl and code' warning in SOFT_VDB dirty_init
• Fix 'call to undeclared pthread_setname_np' errors in configure and cmake
• Fix 'failed to create new win32 semaphore' Cygwin fatal error at fork
• Fix 'operator new is missing throw(bad_alloc)' clang warning in gc_cpp.h
• Fix 'overflow in conversion from word' g++ warning in GC_init
• Fix 'unknown option --no-undefined' linker error in cmake script (OS X)
• Fix 'unresolved _end' linker error when targeting Android bitcode
• Fix CORD_next() indent inside loop in test_basics() of cordtest
• Fix DCL_LOCK_STATE placement in GC_set_oom_fn
• Fix GC_excl_table overrun on overflow in GC_exclude_static_roots
• Fix GC_thread_is_registered for finished threads
• Fix GC_unreachable_finalize_mark_proc to ensure its unique address
• Fix GC_unregister_my_thread call before GC functions usage in gctest
• Fix IRIX5 defined wrongly on FreeBSD/mips, WinCE/mips, Tandem S-Series
• Fix allocated objects count increment in alloc8bytes of gctest
• Fix alt-stack handling in GC_push_all_stacks if stack grows up
• Fix comparisons to heap boundary in GC_get_back_ptr_info and GC_mark_from
• Fix data race in GC_heapsize_at_forced_unmap variable
• Fix description of client promise for IGNORE_OFF_PAGE allocated objects
• Fix disabling of automatic dynamic libraries registration
• Fix double initialization of main thread local free lists on Win32
• Fix gccpp and gctba library names in gcinterface.md
• Fix infinite loop in disable_gc_for_dlopen and GC_wait_for_gc_completion
• Fix infinite wait in pthread_join/detach if thread already finished (Win32)
• Fix joinable threads shutdown on NaCl
• Fix loop condition over dll_thread_table in GC_lookup_pthread (Win32)
• Fix missing GC_CALLBACK for GC_waitForSingleObjectInfinite
• Fix missing extern C for __asan_default_options
• Fix missing libalphagc.so dependency in Makefile.direct
• Fix missing lock while updating GC_in_thread_creation in GC_exit_check
• Fix missing recovery from faults in GC_mark_some on Win64 if MinGW
• Fix missing result check of pthread_attr_getdetachstate in pthread_create
• Fix mistyped function name in documentation of REDIRECT_REALLOC
• Fix negative heap size values reported in WARN
• Fix null pointer dereference in TRACE_TARGET
• Fix of GC_bytes_allocd increment in GC_generic_malloc_inner
• Fix overlapping region assertion in mark_some if malloc redirect on Linux
• Fix potential SIGSEGV on out-of-memory in gctest
• Fix signals delivery fail in find-leak mode if init from non-main thread
• Fix stack top/bottom print order in GC_push_all_stacks if stack grows up
• Fix store-and-dirty call in GC_CONS
• Fix unregistering of thread created by intercepted pthread_create on NaCl
• Fix unused GC_parse_version if no SOFT_VDB and no parallel mark on Linux
• Fix use of unset errno after pthread_create/sigmask calls
• Fix various typos in comments and documentation
• Increment allocated objects count after GC_GCJ_MALLOC() in gctest
• Invoke GC_oom_fn if GC_make_array_descriptor failed because of no memory
• Make Emscripten Asyncify feature optional
• Mention gctba library in README.cmake
• Prevent 'function should return a value' BCC error in CMake script
• Provide meaningful error message in case of Emscripten threaded build
• Reduce local variable scope in resend_lost_signals_retry for cppcheck
• Remove disable-warning options from WCC_MAKEFILE unrecognized by wcc v2.0
• Remove false warning of missing libpthread.so on Linux
• Remove redundant 'ifdef THREADS' around LOCK/UNLOCK in call_with_alloc_lock
• Remove redundant GC_ATTR_UNUSED for GC_mark_and_push
• Remove unused GC_old_sig_mask from gc_locks.h
• Replace WARN in GC_mark_some wrapper back to GC_COND_LOG_PRINTF
• Specify throw and noexcept for operator new/delete in gc_cpp.h for MS VC
• Support Hurd/x86_64
• Support client-defined stack pointer adjustment before thread stack push
• Suppress 'unreachable code' wcc warning in I_HOLD_LOCK assertion (CMake)
• Update autotools for release preparation (ac-2.71, am-1.16.5, m4-1.14.19)
• Update dump function name in GC_DUMP_REGULARLY variable documentation
• Use emscripten_stack_get_base instead of emscripten_scan_stack
• Use sbrk() to get OS memory on Emscripten
• Workaround 'writing into region of size 0' gcc warning in suspend_handler
• Workaround CSA null pointer dereference FP in invalidate_map of cord/de
• Workaround a malfunction of soft-dirty bits clearing on Power9

[Bruce Dubbs]

Fixed at commits

b72894d022 Update to xfce4-session-4.18.3.
67f5429016 Update to xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin-0.4.7.
75532e57ce Update to gc-8.2.4.
167292dd07 Update to gnupg-2.4.2.
bb0a66137a Update to serf-1.3.10.

[Bruce Dubbs]

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