Rich Felker
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while the sh port is still experimental and subject to ABI instability, this is not actually an application/libc boundary ABI change. it only affects third-party APIs where jmp_buf is used in a shared structure at the ABI boundary, because nothing anywhere near the end of the jmp_buf object (which includes the oversized sigset_t) is accessed by libc. both glibc and uclibc have 15-slot jmp_buf for sh. presumably the smaller version was used in musl because the slots for fpu status register and thread pointer register (gbr) were incorrect and must not be restored by longjmp, but the size should have been preserved, as it's generally treated as a libc-agnostic ABI property for the arch, and having extra slots free in case we ever need them for something is useful anyway.
musl libc
musl, pronounced like the word "mussel", is an MIT-licensed
implementation of the standard C library targetting the Linux syscall
API, suitable for use in a wide range of deployment environments. musl
offers efficient static and dynamic linking support, lightweight code
and low runtime overhead, strong fail-safe guarantees under correct
usage, and correctness in the sense of standards conformance and
safety. musl is built on the principle that these goals are best
achieved through simple code that is easy to understand and maintain.
The 1.1 release series for musl features coverage for all interfaces
defined in ISO C99 and POSIX 2008 base, along with a number of
non-standardized interfaces for compatibility with Linux, BSD, and
glibc functionality.
For basic installation instructions, see the included INSTALL file.
Information on full musl-targeted compiler toolchains, system
bootstrapping, and Linux distributions built on musl can be found on
the project website:
http://www.musl-libc.org/