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[NFC] Add NetBSD note, missing noexcept.

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David Chisnall
2019-08-02 12:26:29 +01:00
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@@ -43,13 +43,16 @@ snmalloc has platform abstraction layers for XNU (macOS, iOS, and so on),
FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, and Linux and is expected to work out of the box on FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, and Linux and is expected to work out of the box on
these systems. these systems.
Please open issues if it does not. Please open issues if it does not.
Note that NetBSD, by default, ships with a toolchain that emits calls to
`libatomic` but does not ship `libatomic`.
To use snmalloc on NetBSD, you must either acquire a `libatomic` implementation
(for example, from the GCC or LLVM project) or compile with clang.
snmalloc has very few dependencies, CMake, Ninja, Clang 6.0 or later and a C++17 snmalloc has very few dependencies, CMake, Ninja, Clang 6.0 or later and a C++17
standard library. standard library.
Building with GCC is currently not recommended because GCC lacks support for the Building with GCC is currently not recommended because GCC lacks support for the
`selectany` attribute to specify variables in a COMDAT. `selectany` attribute to specify variables in a COMDAT.
It will, however, build with GCC-7, but some of global variables will be It will build with GCC-7, but some of global variables will be preemptible.
preemptible.
To build a debug configuration: To build a debug configuration:
``` ```
@@ -127,7 +130,7 @@ your system.
The PAL must implement the following methods: The PAL must implement the following methods:
```c++ ```c++
void error(const char* const str); void error(const char* const str) noexcept;
``` ```
Report a fatal error and exit. Report a fatal error and exit.