llvm-project/libcxx/docs/DesignDocs/AvailabilityMarkup.rst

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Availability Markup
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Overview
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Libc++ is used as a system library on macOS and iOS (amongst others). In order
for users to be able to compile a binary that is intended to be deployed to an
older version of the platform, clang provides the
`availability attribute <https://clang.llvm.org/docs/AttributeReference.html#availability>`_
that can be placed on declarations to describe the lifecycle of a symbol in the
library.
Design
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When a new feature is introduced that requires dylib support, a macro should be
created in include/__config to mark this feature as unavailable for all the
systems. For example::
// Define availability macros.
#if defined(_LIBCPP_USE_AVAILABILITY_APPLE)
#define _LIBCPP_AVAILABILITY_BAD_OPTIONAL_ACCESS __attribute__((unavailable))
#else if defined(_LIBCPP_USE_AVAILABILITY_SOME_OTHER_VENDOR)
#define _LIBCPP_AVAILABILITY_BAD_OPTIONAL_ACCESS __attribute__((unavailable))
#else
#define _LIBCPP_AVAILABILITY_BAD_OPTIONAL_ACCESS
#endif
When the library is updated by the platform vendor, the markup can be updated.
For example::
#define _LIBCPP_AVAILABILITY_SHARED_MUTEX \
__attribute__((availability(macosx,strict,introduced=10.12))) \
__attribute__((availability(ios,strict,introduced=10.0))) \
__attribute__((availability(tvos,strict,introduced=10.0))) \
__attribute__((availability(watchos,strict,introduced=3.0)))
In the source code, the macro can be added on a class if the full class requires
type info from the library for example::
_LIBCPP_BEGIN_NAMESPACE_EXPERIMENTAL
class _LIBCPP_EXCEPTION_ABI _LIBCPP_AVAILABILITY_BAD_OPTIONAL_ACCESS bad_optional_access
: public std::logic_error {
or on a particular symbol:
_LIBCPP_OVERRIDABLE_FUNC_VIS _LIBCPP_AVAILABILITY_SIZED_NEW_DELETE void operator delete(void* __p, std::size_t __sz) _NOEXCEPT;
Testing
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Some parameters can be passed to lit to run the test-suite and exercising the
availability.
* The `platform` parameter controls the deployement target. For example lit can
be invoked with `--param=platform=macosx10.8`. Default is the current host.
* The `use_system_cxx_lib` parameter indicates to use another library than the
just built one. Invoking lit with `--param=use_system_cxx_lib=true` will run
the test-suite against the host system library. Alternatively a path to the
directory containing a specific prebuilt libc++ can be used, for example:
`--param=use_system_cxx_lib=/path/to/macOS/10.8/`.
* The `with_availability` boolean parameter enables the availability markup.
Tests can be marked as XFAIL based on multiple features made available by lit:
* if either `use_system_cxx_lib` or `with_availability` is passed to lit,
assuming `--param=platform=macosx10.8` is passed as well the following
features will be available:
- availability
- availability=x86_64
- availability=macosx
- availability=x86_64-macosx
- availability=x86_64-apple-macosx10.8
- availability=macosx10.8
This feature is used to XFAIL a test that *is* using a class of a method marked
as unavailable *and* that is expected to *fail* if deployed on an older system.
* if `use_system_cxx_lib` is passed to lit, the following features will also
be available:
- with_system_cxx_lib
- with_system_cxx_lib=x86_64
- with_system_cxx_lib=macosx
- with_system_cxx_lib=x86_64-macosx
- with_system_cxx_lib=x86_64-apple-macosx10.8
- with_system_cxx_lib=macosx10.8
This feature is used to XFAIL a test that is *not* using a class of a method
marked as unavailable *but* that is expected to fail if deployed on an older
system. For example if we know that it exhibits a but in the libc on a
particular system version.
* if `with_availability` is passed to lit, the following features will also
be available:
- availability_markup
- availability_markup=x86_64
- availability_markup=macosx
- availability_markup=x86_64-macosx
- availability_markup=x86_64-apple-macosx10.8
- availability_markup=macosx10.8
This feature is used to XFAIL a test that *is* using a class of a method
marked as unavailable *but* that is expected to *pass* if deployed on an older
system. For example if it is using a symbol in a statically evaluated context.