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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Andrea Corallo <akrl@sdf.org>
Cc: monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: On elisp running native
Date: Sat, 28 Dec 2019 15:34:00 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <83png8o9pz.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <xjf36d4slvz.fsf@sdf.org> (message from Andrea Corallo on Sat, 28 Dec 2019 11:57:36 +0000)

> From: Andrea Corallo <akrl@sdf.org>
> Cc: monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, emacs-devel@gnu.org
> Date: Sat, 28 Dec 2019 11:57:36 +0000
> 
> Every .el file is compiled into a .eln.  This is technically a shared
> library.
> 
> Into the .eln Emacs is expecting to find a bunch of symbols.  Two of
> these are used for relocating objects and Emacs primitive functions.  So
> Emacs essentially writes some pointers into them.

Can you tell more about this part?  What does this relocation include,
and to what extent the details depend on the .eln file being in ELF
format?

> Then there's 'top_level_run'.  This is a real function that is responsible for
> modifying the environment as the execution of the various top level forms
> on the original .el file would do.
> 
> Emacs jumps into 'top_level_run' and this will call back into Emacs for
> evaluating forms and/or defining native functions (effectively new
> subrs).  This function is obviously not called when resuming from an
> image dump.

So when Emacs calls a Lisp function foo-bar, that call will produce a
call to 'top_level_run' function of the corresponding .eln file, and
then 'top_level_run' of that .eln will call the code produced from
'foo-bar'?  How does Emacs know which .eln "provides" foo-bar?

And how would the code in the .eln know to call back into Emacs?  When
you compile the native code, do you leave the symbols of Emacs
functions unresolved, and rely on the dynamic linker to resolve them?
If so, this doesn't work on Windows: you will get link errors.

Thanks.



  reply	other threads:[~2019-12-28 13:34 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 210+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-11-28  6:54 On elisp running native Andrea Corallo
2019-11-28 11:31 ` Óscar Fuentes
2019-11-28 14:07   ` Andrea Corallo
2019-11-28 12:47 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2019-11-28 20:15   ` Andrea Corallo
2019-11-29  6:03     ` Lars Brinkhoff
2019-11-28 16:04 ` Stefan Monnier
2019-11-28 17:28   ` Andrea Corallo
2019-11-28 21:06     ` Stefan Monnier
2019-11-28 22:52       ` Andrea Corallo
2019-11-29  0:20       ` Eric Abrahamsen
2019-11-29 14:59       ` Andrea Corallo
2019-11-29 15:10         ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-11-29 15:30           ` Stefan Monnier
2019-12-01 10:34             ` Andrea Corallo
2019-12-01 15:27               ` Stefan Monnier
2019-11-29 16:43           ` Andrea Corallo
2019-11-29 19:26             ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-11-29 21:18               ` Andrea Corallo
2019-12-08 20:18 ` Andrea Corallo
2019-12-26 13:05   ` Andrea Corallo
2019-12-26 17:30     ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-12-26 18:14       ` Andrea Corallo
2019-12-26 20:37         ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-12-26 22:10           ` Andrea Corallo
2019-12-27  9:12             ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-12-27 10:46               ` Andrea Corallo
2019-12-27 14:03                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-12-28  1:17               ` Richard Stallman
2019-12-28  7:50                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-12-28  8:17                 ` Andrea Corallo
2019-12-29  0:08                   ` Richard Stallman
2019-12-29  9:29                     ` Andrea Corallo
2019-12-28 13:07               ` Dmitry Gutov
2019-12-28 13:28                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-12-28 19:56                 ` Óscar Fuentes
2019-12-29 19:59                 ` chad
2019-12-30  8:17                   ` arthur miller
2019-12-30 14:09                     ` Dmitry Gutov
2019-12-30 15:25                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-12-30 22:03                       ` arthur miller
2019-12-31  3:34                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-12-30 13:56                   ` Dmitry Gutov
2019-12-30 14:04                     ` Juanma Barranquero
2019-12-30  8:47                 ` Achim Gratz
2019-12-27 15:53             ` Stefan Monnier
2019-12-27 21:02               ` Andrea Corallo
2019-12-27 22:19                 ` Stefan Monnier
2019-12-28  8:34                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-12-28  8:56                   ` Andrea Corallo
2019-12-28 10:06                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-12-28 11:57                       ` Andrea Corallo
2019-12-28 13:34                         ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2019-12-28 14:35                           ` Andrea Corallo
2019-12-28 18:38                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-12-28 22:13                               ` Andrea Corallo
2019-12-31  9:55                               ` Andrea Corallo
2019-12-31 15:49                                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-02-24 23:21                       ` Andrea Corallo
2020-02-25  6:14                         ` yyoncho
2020-02-25  7:29                           ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-02-25 12:59                             ` Andrea Corallo
2020-02-28  4:34                               ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-02-28  8:26                                 ` Andrea Corallo
2020-02-28  9:23                                   ` yyoncho
2020-04-26 12:00                           ` Andrea Corallo
2020-04-27  4:41                             ` yyoncho
2019-12-26 20:26     ` Stefan Monnier
2019-12-26 20:58       ` dick.r.chiang
2019-12-26 21:57       ` Andrea Corallo
2019-12-27  8:22         ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-12-27 10:49           ` Andrea Corallo
2019-12-28 16:10           ` dick.r.chiang
2019-12-28 17:31             ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-12-31 10:24           ` Andrea Corallo
2019-12-31 15:51             ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-12-31 16:21               ` Andrea Corallo
2019-12-31 16:47                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-12-31 22:15                   ` Óscar Fuentes
2020-01-01 12:41                   ` Andrea Corallo
2020-01-01 15:14                     ` Stefan Monnier
2020-01-01 18:42                       ` Andrea Corallo
2020-01-02  7:55                         ` arthur miller
2020-01-02 11:31                           ` Andrea Corallo
2020-01-02 13:53                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-01-04 18:17                           ` Stefan Monnier
2020-01-05  1:33                             ` Jean-Christophe Helary
2020-01-05  4:51                               ` Stefan Monnier
2020-01-05  5:18                                 ` Jean-Christophe Helary
2020-01-05  6:36                                   ` Stefan Monnier
2020-01-02 13:47                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-01-04 18:14                         ` Stefan Monnier
2020-01-05 10:00                           ` Andrea Corallo
2020-01-02 11:47                       ` Andrea Corallo
2020-01-02 16:52                         ` Ergus
2020-01-02 17:55                           ` Andrea Corallo
2020-01-11 14:10                         ` Andrea Corallo
2020-02-04 11:28                           ` Andrea Corallo
2020-02-04 15:30                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-02-04 18:39                               ` Andrea Corallo
2020-02-04 18:58                                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-02-04 19:00                                 ` Paul Eggert
2020-02-04 20:30                                   ` Andrea Corallo
2020-02-05 10:15                                     ` Andrea Corallo
2020-02-05 14:24                                       ` Stefan Monnier
2020-02-15  9:29                                         ` Andrea Corallo
2020-02-16 18:18                                           ` Andrea Corallo
2020-02-22 10:15                                             ` On elisp running native - deferred compilation Andrea Corallo
2020-02-22 14:19                                               ` Stefan Monnier
2020-03-04 19:34                                             ` On elisp running native Andrea Corallo
2020-03-04 20:21                                               ` Michael Albinus
2020-03-04 22:16                                                 ` Andrea Corallo
2020-03-05 19:33                                                   ` Michael Albinus
2020-03-06 21:44                                                     ` Andrea Corallo
2020-03-07  9:09                                                       ` Michael Albinus
2020-03-07  9:33                                                         ` Andrea Corallo
2020-03-07  9:41                                                           ` Michael Albinus
     [not found]                                                             ` <xjf36akjx8e.fsf@sdf.org>
     [not found]                                                               ` <87y2sca2ex.fsf@gmx.de>
     [not found]                                                                 ` <xjfy2scigxn.fsf@sdf.org>
     [not found]                                                                   ` <xjftv30hytf.fsf@sdf.org>
2020-03-07 17:57                                                                     ` Michael Albinus
2020-03-07 18:49                                                                       ` Andrea Corallo
2020-03-07 18:54                                                                         ` Michael Albinus
2020-03-07 19:19                                                                           ` Andrea Corallo
2020-03-08 15:03                                                                             ` Andrea Corallo
2020-03-08 20:16                                                                               ` Michael Albinus
2020-03-08 20:55                                                                                 ` Andrea Corallo
2020-03-08 21:09                                                                                   ` Michael Albinus
2020-03-08 21:29                                                                                     ` Andrea Corallo
2020-03-08 21:32                                                                                       ` Michael Albinus
2020-03-08 21:37                                                                                         ` Andrea Corallo
2020-03-05 10:54                                               ` Adam Porter
2020-03-05 12:43                                                 ` Gong-Yi Liao 廖宮毅
2020-03-05 13:27                                                   ` Andrea Corallo
2020-03-08 14:37                                                     ` Gong-Yi Liao 廖宮毅
2020-03-08 15:13                                                       ` Andrea Corallo
2020-03-15 19:00                                                     ` Gong-Yi Liao 廖宮毅
2020-03-15 20:00                                                       ` Andrea Corallo
2020-03-05 13:19                                                 ` Andrea Corallo
2020-03-05 14:42                                                   ` Adam Porter
2020-03-05 19:46                                                     ` Andrea Corallo
2020-03-06 21:15                                                   ` Adam Porter
2020-03-06 21:23                                                     ` Adam Porter
2020-03-06 21:52                                                       ` Andrea Corallo
2020-03-11 22:04                                                 ` Andrea Corallo
2020-03-12 17:10                                                   ` Adam Porter
2020-03-12 17:34                                                   ` Stefan Monnier
2020-03-12 18:03                                                     ` Andrea Corallo
2020-03-23 21:36                                               ` On elisp running native - Update7 Andrea Corallo
2020-03-24  2:59                                                 ` Gong-Yi Liao 廖宮毅
2020-03-24  8:44                                                   ` Andrea Corallo
2020-05-16 15:24                                                 ` On elisp running native - Update 8 Andrea Corallo
2020-05-16 16:21                                                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-05-16 20:44                                                     ` Andrea Corallo
2020-05-16 18:22                                                   ` Gregor Zattler
2020-05-16 19:59                                                     ` Andrea Corallo
2020-05-17  5:26                                                       ` Gregor Zattler
2020-06-14 13:23                                                   ` On elisp running native - Update 9 Andrea Corallo
2020-06-14 17:23                                                     ` arthur miller
2020-06-15  5:04                                                     ` Gong-Yi Liao 廖宮毅
2020-06-15  7:41                                                       ` Andrea Corallo
2020-06-17 23:54                                                     ` Stefan Monnier
2020-06-18  6:55                                                       ` Andrea Corallo
2020-07-16 20:00                                                     ` On elisp running native - Update 10 Andrea Corallo via Emacs development discussions.
2020-08-17 18:43                                                       ` On elisp running native - Update 11 Andrea Corallo via Emacs development discussions.
2020-08-18  5:13                                                         ` Arthur Miller
2020-08-18  8:17                                                           ` Andrea Corallo via Emacs development discussions.
2020-09-26 10:35                                                         ` On elisp running native - Update 12 Andrea Corallo via Emacs development discussions.
2020-09-26 14:29                                                           ` T.V Raman
2020-09-26 14:56                                                             ` Andrea Corallo via Emacs development discussions.
2020-09-26 15:07                                                               ` T.V Raman
2020-09-28 12:22                                                                 ` Lars Brinkhoff
2020-09-28 14:03                                                                   ` T.V Raman
2020-09-27 10:35                                                           ` Arthur Miller
2020-09-27 18:28                                                             ` Andrea Corallo via Emacs development discussions.
2020-09-27 18:30                                                               ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-09-27 20:39                                                                 ` T.V Raman
2020-09-27 22:10                                                                 ` Stefan Monnier
2020-09-28  6:06                                                                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-09-28 10:28                                                                   ` Andrea Corallo via Emacs development discussions.
2020-09-28 10:45                                                                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-09-28 11:02                                                                       ` Andrea Corallo via Emacs development discussions.
2020-09-27 20:37                                                               ` T.V Raman
2020-09-28 14:10                                                           ` Yuan Fu
2020-09-28 14:51                                                             ` Andrea Corallo via Emacs development discussions.
2020-09-28 15:20                                                               ` Yuan Fu
2020-09-28 15:32                                                                 ` Andrea Corallo via Emacs development discussions.
2020-09-28 15:19                                                           ` Caio Henrique
2020-09-28 15:39                                                             ` Andrea Corallo via Emacs development discussions.
2020-09-28 16:12                                                               ` Caio Henrique
2020-09-28 17:21                                                                 ` Andrea Corallo via Emacs development discussions.
2021-01-01 18:37                                                           ` On elisp running native - Update 13 Andrea Corallo via Emacs development discussions.
2021-01-01 20:07                                                             ` tomas
2020-01-01 15:19                     ` On elisp running native Óscar Fuentes
2020-01-01 18:48                       ` Andrea Corallo
2020-01-01 14:59             ` Stefan Monnier
2020-03-15 14:21 ` Spenser Truex
2020-03-15 20:10   ` Andrea Corallo
2020-03-18 14:58     ` Lars Brinkhoff
2020-03-18 17:14       ` Andrea Corallo
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2020-01-02 21:47 arthur miller
2020-03-06 13:28 Zhu Zihao
2020-03-06 17:51 ` Andrea Corallo
2020-03-09 17:55   ` Zhu Zihao
2020-03-09 18:52     ` Andrea Corallo
2020-03-09 19:14       ` Zhu Zihao
2020-03-09 19:41         ` Andrea Corallo
2020-03-09 21:06         ` Stefan Monnier
2020-03-09 19:18       ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-03-09 19:42         ` Andrea Corallo
2020-04-05 21:48         ` Andrea Corallo
2020-03-10 16:15   ` Zhu Zihao
2020-03-10 17:46     ` Andrea Corallo

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