@@ -172,7 +172,20 @@ will be used, and CFLAGS sets optimization options for the compiler.
'--enable-tunables'
Tunables support allows additional library parameters to be
customized at runtime. This is an experimental feature and affects
- startup time and is thus disabled by default.
+ startup time and is thus disabled by default. This option can take
+ the following values:
+
+ * NO This is the default if the option is not passed to
+ configure. This disables tunables.
+
+ * YES This is the default if the option is passed to configure.
+ This enables tunables and selects the default frontend
+ (currently VALSTRING).
+
+ * VALSTRING This enables tunables and selects the VALSTRING
+ frontend for tunables. This frontend allows users to specify
+ tunables as a colon-separated list in a single environment
+ variable GLIBC_TUNABLES.
'--build=BUILD-SYSTEM'
'--host=HOST-SYSTEM'
@@ -935,7 +935,7 @@ CPPFLAGS = $(config-extra-cppflags) $(CPPUNDEFS) $(CPPFLAGS-config) \
$(libof-$(<F)) $(libof-$(@F)),$(CPPFLAGS-$(lib))) \
$(CPPFLAGS-$(<F)) $(CPPFLAGS-$(@F)) $(CPPFLAGS-$(basename $(@F)))
-ifeq (yes,$(have-tunables))
+ifneq (no,$(have-tunables))
CPPFLAGS += -DTOP_NAMESPACE=glibc
endif
@@ -1115,7 +1115,7 @@ endif
# Build the tunables list header early since it could be used by any module in
# glibc.
-ifeq (yes,$(have-tunables))
+ifneq (no,$(have-tunables))
before-compile += $(common-objpfx)dl-tunable-list.h
$(common-objpfx)dl-tunable-list.h: $(..)scripts/gen-tunables.awk \
@@ -1454,7 +1454,8 @@ Optional Features:
--disable-build-nscd disable building and installing the nscd daemon
--disable-nscd library functions will not contact the nscd daemon
--enable-pt_chown Enable building and installing pt_chown
- --enable-tunables Enable tunables support
+ --enable-tunables Enable tunables support. Known values are 'yes',
+ 'no' and 'valstring'
--enable-mathvec Enable building and installing mathvec [default
depends on architecture]
@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@ fi
AC_ARG_ENABLE([tunables],
[AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-tunables],
- [Enable tunables support])],
+ [Enable tunables support. Known values are 'yes', 'no' and 'valstring'])],
[have_tunables=$enableval],
[have_tunables=no])
AC_SUBST(have_tunables)
@@ -36,8 +36,10 @@ ifeq (yes,$(use-ldconfig))
dl-routines += dl-cache
endif
-ifeq (yes,$(have-tunables))
+ifneq (no,$(have-tunables))
dl-routines += dl-tunables
+tunables-type = $(addprefix TUNABLES_FRONTEND_,$(have-tunables))
+CPPFLAGS-dl-tunables.c = -DTUNABLES_FRONTEND=$(tunables-type)
# Make sure that the compiler does not insert any library calls in tunables
# code paths.
@@ -30,7 +30,9 @@
#define TUNABLES_INTERNAL 1
#include "dl-tunables.h"
-#define GLIBC_TUNABLES "GLIBC_TUNABLES"
+#if TUNABLES_FRONTEND == TUNABLES_FRONTEND_valstring
+# define GLIBC_TUNABLES "GLIBC_TUNABLES"
+#endif
/* Compare environment or tunable names, bounded by the name hardcoded in
glibc. */
@@ -48,6 +50,7 @@ is_name (const char *orig, const char *envname)
return false;
}
+#if TUNABLES_FRONTEND == TUNABLES_FRONTEND_valstring
static char *
tunables_strdup (const char *in)
{
@@ -70,6 +73,7 @@ tunables_strdup (const char *in)
return out;
}
+#endif
static char **
get_next_env (char **envp, char **name, size_t *namelen, char **val)
@@ -244,6 +248,7 @@ tunable_initialize (tunable_t *cur, const char *strval)
}
}
+#if TUNABLES_FRONTEND == TUNABLES_FRONTEND_valstring
static void
parse_tunables (char *tunestr)
{
@@ -309,6 +314,7 @@ parse_tunables (char *tunestr)
return;
}
}
+#endif
static size_t
min_strlen (const char *s)
@@ -329,6 +335,7 @@ disable_tunable (tunable_id_t id, char **envp)
if (env_alias != NULL)
tunables_unsetenv (envp, tunable_list[id].env_alias);
+#if TUNABLES_FRONTEND == TUNABLES_FRONTEND_valstring
char *tunable = getenv (GLIBC_TUNABLES);
const char *cmp = tunable_list[id].name;
const size_t len = min_strlen (cmp);
@@ -345,6 +352,7 @@ disable_tunable (tunable_id_t id, char **envp)
}
tunable++;
}
+#endif
}
/* Disable the glibc.malloc.check tunable in SETUID/SETGID programs unless
@@ -375,6 +383,7 @@ __tunables_init (char **envp)
while ((envp = get_next_env (envp, &envname, &len, &envval)) != NULL)
{
+#if TUNABLES_FRONTEND == TUNABLES_FRONTEND_valstring
if (is_name (GLIBC_TUNABLES, envname))
{
char *val = tunables_strdup (envval);
@@ -382,6 +391,7 @@ __tunables_init (char **envp)
parse_tunables (val);
continue;
}
+#endif
for (int i = 0; i < sizeof (tunable_list) / sizeof (tunable_t); i++)
{
@@ -84,5 +84,9 @@ extern void __tunable_set_val (tunable_id_t, void *, tunable_callback_t);
/* Namespace sanity for callback functions. Use this macro to keep the
namespace of the modules clean. */
# define DL_TUNABLE_CALLBACK(__name) _dl_tunable_ ## __name
+
+# define TUNABLES_FRONTEND_valstring 1
+/* The default value for TUNABLES_FRONTEND. */
+# define TUNABLES_FRONTEND_yes TUNABLES_FRONTEND_valstring
# endif
#endif
@@ -203,7 +203,23 @@ Use this option to disable the vector math library.
@item --enable-tunables
Tunables support allows additional library parameters to be customized at
runtime. This is an experimental feature and affects startup time and is thus
-disabled by default.
+disabled by default. This option can take the following values:
+
+@itemize @bullet
+@item @var{no}
+This is the default if the option is not passed to configure. This disables
+tunables.
+
+@item @var{yes}
+This is the default if the option is passed to configure. This enables tunables
+and selects the default frontend (currently @var{valstring}).
+
+@item @var{valstring}
+This enables tunables and selects the @var{valstring} frontend for tunables.
+This frontend allows users to specify tunables as a colon-separated list in a
+single environment variable @var{GLIBC_TUNABLES}.
+
+@end itemize
@item --build=@var{build-system}
@itemx --host=@var{host-system}