For performance reasons, we don't call the kernel helper. Instead, we directly
access the TLS register on ARMv6 and higher. For ARMv5TE, keep using the hard-coded
address populated by the kernel on each task switch.
NOTE: Since we don't call the kernel helper, this must precisely match your
kernel configuration. This is controlled by setting the ARCH_ARM_HAVE_TLS_REGISTER
variable to 'true' in your board configuration file.
This is needed to properly initialize the C runtime when libc.so
is loaded by the dynamic linker.
Move the temporary TLS setup before the first system call, just
in case something really horrible happens, we won't crash when
trying to write an error code in 'errno'
Remove the broken TLS_SLOT_THREAD_ID setup. First, this slot
should normally receive the address of a pthread_internal_t,
not a kernel thread identifier. Second, it is never used by
the linker anyway.
Also remove an obsolete comment.
Simplify the code a little, removing un-necessary mutex locks/unlocks.
Provide slightly better diagnostic message in case of corruption.
Use snprintf/strlcat instead of sprintf/strcat
The problem was due to the fact that, in the case of dynamic executables,
the dynamic linker calls the DT_PREINIT_ARRAY, DT_INIT and DT_INIT_ARRAY
constructors when loading shared libraries and dynamic executables,
*before* calling the executable's entry point (i.e. arch-$ARCH/bionic/crtbegin_dynamic.c)
which in turns call __libc_init() in libc.so, as defined by bionic/libc_init_dynamic.c
The latter did call these constructors array again, mistakenly.
The patch also updates the documentation of many related functions.
Also adds a new section to linker/README.TXT explaining restrictions on
C library usage.
The patch has been tested on a Dream for stability issues with
proprietary blobs:
- H264 decoding works
- Camera + Video recording works
- GPS works
- Sensors work
The tests in system/extra/tests/bionic/libc/common/test_static_cpp_mutex.cpp has been
run and shows the static C++ constructor being called only once.
