This change reconciles our pledge() implementation with the OpenBSD kernel source code. We now a polyfill that's much closer to OpenBSD's behavior. For example, it was discovered that "stdio" permits threads. There were a bunch of Linux system calls that needed to be added, like sched_yield(). The exec / execnative category division is now dropped. We're instead using OpenBSD's "prot_exec" promise for launching APE binaries and dynamic shared objects. We also now filter clone() flags. The pledge.com command has been greatly improved. It now does unveiling by default when Landlock is available. It's now smart enough to unveil a superset of paths that OpenBSD automatically unveils with pledge(), such as /etc/localtime. pledge.com also now checks if the executable being launched is a dynamic shared object, in which case it unveils libraries. These changes now make it possible to pledge curl on ubuntu 20.04 glibc: pledge.com -p 'stdio rpath prot_exec inet dns tty sendfd recvfd' \ curl -s https://justine.lol/hello.txt Here's what pledging curl on Alpine 3.16 with Musl Libc looks like: pledge.com -p 'stdio rpath prot_exec dns inet' \ curl -s https://justine.lol/hello.txt Here's what pledging curl.com w/ ape loader looks like: pledge.com -p 'stdio rpath prot_exec dns inet' \ o//examples/curl.com https://justine.lol/hello.txt The most secure sandbox, is curl.com converted to static ELF: o//tool/build/assimilate.com o//examples/curl.com pledge.com -p 'stdio rpath dns inet' \ o//examples/curl.com https://justine.lol/hello.txt A weird corner case needed to be handled when resolving symbolic links during the unveiling process, that's arguably a Landlock bug. It's not surprising since Musl and Glibc are also inconsistent here too. |
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alg | ||
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calls | ||
crt | ||
dns | ||
elf | ||
fmt | ||
integral | ||
intrin | ||
isystem | ||
linux | ||
log | ||
mem | ||
nexgen32e | ||
nt | ||
rand | ||
runtime | ||
sock | ||
stdio | ||
str | ||
stubs | ||
sysv | ||
testlib | ||
thread | ||
time | ||
tinymath | ||
unicode | ||
x | ||
zipos | ||
assert.h | ||
atomic.h | ||
complex.h | ||
dce.h | ||
disclaimer.inc | ||
dos.h | ||
errno.h | ||
inttypes.h | ||
libc.mk | ||
limits.h | ||
literal.h | ||
mach.h | ||
macho.internal.h | ||
macros-cpp.internal.inc | ||
macros.internal.h | ||
macros.internal.inc | ||
math.h | ||
notice.inc | ||
notice.internal.h | ||
paths.h | ||
README.md | ||
type2str.h | ||
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Cosmopolitan Standard Library
This directory defines static archives defining functions, like
printf()
, mmap()
, win32, etc. Please note that the Cosmopolitan
build configuration doesn't link any C/C++ library dependencies
by default, so you still have the flexibility to choose the one
provided by your system. If you'd prefer Cosmopolitan, just add
$(LIBC)
and $(CRT)
to your linker arguments.
Your library is compromised of many bite-sized static archives. We use the checkdeps tool to guarantee that the contents of the archives are organized in a logical way that's easy to use with or without our makefile infrastructure, since there's no cyclic dependencies.
The Cosmopolitan Library exports only the most stable canonical
system calls for all supported operating systems, regardless of
which platform is used for compilation. We polyfill many of the
APIs, e.g. read()
, write()
so they work consistently everywhere
while other apis, e.g. CreateWindowEx()
, might only work on one
platform, in which case they become no-op functions on others.
Cosmopolitan polyfill wrappers will usually use the dollar sign naming convention, so they may be bypassed when necessary. This same convention is used when multiple implementations of string library and other performance-critical function are provided to allow Cosmopolitan to go fast on both old and newer computers.
We take an approach to configuration that relies heavily on the
compiler's dead code elimination pass (libc/dce.h
). Most of the
code is written so that, for example, folks not wanting support
for OpenBSD can flip a bit in SUPPORT_VECTOR
and that code will
be omitted from the build. The same is true for builds that are
tuned using -march=native
which effectively asks the library to
not include runtime support hooks for x86 processors older than
what you use.
Please note that, unlike Cygwin or MinGW, Cosmopolitan does not achieve broad support by bolting on a POSIX emulation layer. We do nothing more than (in most cases) stateless API translations that get you 90% of the way there in a fast lightweight manner. We therefore can't address some of the subtle differences, such as the nuances of absolute paths on Windows. Our approach could be compared to something more along the lines of, "the Russians just used a pencil to write in space", versus spending millions researching a pen like NASA.