dynamic-replacement runtime functions.
The recent change of how we do dynamic replacements added 2 new runtime
functions. This patch adds those functions to the Compatibility50 static
archive.
This will allow backward deployment to a swift 5.0 runtime.
Patch by Erik Eckstein with a modification to call the standard
libraries implementation (marked as weak) when it is available.
This ensures we can change the implementation in the future and are not
ABI locked.
rdar://problem/51601233
Instead of a thunk insert the dispatch into the original function.
If the original function should be executed the prolog just jumps to the "real" code in the function. Otherwise the replacement function is called.
There is one little complication here: when the replacement function calls the original function, the original function should not dispatch to the replacement again.
To pass this information, we use a flag in thread local storage.
The setting and reading of the flag is done in two new runtime functions.
rdar://problem/51043781
A dynamically replaceable function calls through a global variable that
holds the function pointer.
struct ChainEntry {
void *(funPtr)();
struct ChainEntry *next;
}
ChainEntry dynamicallyReplaceableVar;
void dynamicallyReplaceableFunction() {
dynamicallyReplaceableVar.funPtr()
}
dynamic replacements will be chainable so the global variable also
functions as the root entry in the chain of replacements.
A dynamic replacement functions can call the previous implementation by
going through its chain entry.
ChainEntry chainEntryOf_dynamic_replacement_for_foo;
void dynamic_replacement_for_foo() {
// call the previous (original) implementation.
chainEntryOf_dynamic_replacement_for_foo.funPtr();
}