Test status

Test cases

test-many-klibcs implements:

  1. Build for each architecture (with a cross-compiler where needed)
  2. Run various programs (using qemu-user where needed) in static and shared configurations: a. Many self-test programs (through system shell) b. “sh -c exit” c. “sh -c ‘.../bin/true; exit’”

Test failures

2.0.10

  • arm, i386, m68k, parisc, ppc, sh:
    • Fail to build (with Linux 5.19 headers)
  • arm64:
    • 2a:malloctest2, 2a:setjmptest, 2a:sigint: Fail in shared build with GNU toolchain (gcc 12.1.0, binutils 2.38.90.20220713)
    • 2c: Fails with SIGSEGV in static build with LLVM, but only on QEMU
  • riscv64:
    • 2a:sigint: Fails when built with Clang, but only on QEMU
  • s390x:
    • 2a:environ, 2a:opentest, 2a:setjmptest: Produce wrong output when built with Clang, but only on QEMU
    • 2a:malloctest, 2a:malloctest2, 2c: Appear to loop forever when built with Clang, but only on QEMU
    • 2a:sscanf: Exits with error when built with Clang, but only on QEMU

2.0.10+git20221002

  • mipsisa64r6, mipsisa64r6el:
    • Linker error “relocation truncated to fit: R_MIPS_PC26_S2” when building a shared executable with gcc
  • riscv64:
    • 2a:sigint: Fails when built with Clang, maybe only on QEMU
  • s390x:
    • 2a:environ, 2a:opentest, 2a:setjmptest: Produce wrong output when built with Clang, maybe only on QEMU
    • 2a:malloctest, 2a:malloctest2, 2c: Appear to loop forever when built with Clang, maybe only on QEMU
    • 2a:sscanf: Exits with error when built with Clang, maybe only on QEMU
  • sh4:
    • All executables hang when built with gcc 12

Known bugs elsewhere

QEMU 3.1 had a bug in handling of struct timveval on sparc64, and a bug in the ELF loader. Additionally, it has a lot of bugs in signal handling on alpha and sparc. All of those are fixed in my local build, qemu-user-static_3.1+dfsg-2.1_amd64.deb.

QEMU 6.1 fixes those plus the s390x failures, but also has regressions for armhf, hppa, and riscv64.

Clang 13 has a bug that affects i386, -mregparm, and optimisation of printf() to puts(). The call to puts() passes arguments using the usual stack-based calling convention. This is now worked-around by disabling CONFIG_REGPARM.

LLD 13 has a bug affecting mips and mips64 that puts trap instructions (sigrie) instead of nops in branch delay slots. Patching these back to nops made the tests pass. I have only seen this in klibc.so, not in any executables.

LLD 13 seems to have a bug in PowerPC global register initialisation affecting most tests on ppc64.

LLD 13 is missing required features for riscv64 and sparc64.