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[PATCH v6 0/6] MR6866: ntdll: On macOS x86_64, swap GSBASE between the TEB and macOS TSD when entering/leaving PE code.
by Brendan Shanks (＠bshanks) March 25, 2025

March 25, 2025

x86_64 Windows and macOS both use `%gs` to access thread-specific data (Windows TEB, macOS TSD). To date, Wine has worked around this conflict by filling the most important TEB fields (`0x30`/`Self`, `0x58`/`ThreadLocalStorage`) in the macOS TSD structure (Apple reserved the fields for our use). This was sufficient for most Windows apps. CrossOver's Wine had an additional hack to handle `0x60`/`ProcessEnvironmentBlock`, and binary patches for certain CEF binaries which directly accessed `0x8`/`StackBase`. Additionally, Apple's libd3dshared could activate a special mode in Rosetta 2 where code executing in certain regions would use the Windows TEB when accessing `%gs`. Now that the PE separation is complete, GSBASE can be swapped when entering/exiting PE code. This is done in the syscall dispatcher, unix-call dispatcher, and for user-mode callbacks. GSBASE also needs to be set to the macOS TSD when entering signal handlers (in `init_handler()`), and then restored to the Windows TEB when exiting (in `leave_handler()`). Some changes to the syscall dispatcher were needed to ensure that the TEB is not accessed through `%gs` while on the kernel stack (since a SIGUSR1 while on the kernel stack will result in GSBASE being set to the TSD). --- I've tested this successfully on macOS 15 (Apple Silicon and Intel) and macOS 10.13 with several apps and games, including the `cefclient.exe` CEF sample. Encouragingly, in some simple tests I didn't see a noticeable performance regression from this MR. There are drawbacks though: - libraries which jump directly from PE code into Unix code (expecting that %gs is always pointing to the macOS TSD) will crash. Notable examples are D3DMetal and DXMT. These will need to be changed to use Unix calls. - If Windows code uses the `syscall` instruction directly, the stack pointer likely needs to be valid (which is probably not true on Windows). This is due to the syscall dispatcher saving registers onto the user stack and having to call `_thread_set_tsd_base`. I can't say I've ever seen direct syscalls done with an invalid `%rsp`, but it seems like something anticheat code might do. --- macOS does not have a public API for setting GSBASE, but the private `_thread_set_tsd_base()` works and was added in macOS 10.12. `_thread_set_tsd_base()` is a small thunk that sets `%esi`, `%eax`, and does the `syscall`: https://github.com/apple-oss-distributions/xnu/blob/8d741a5de7ff4191bf97d57…. The syscall instruction itself clobbers `%rcx` and `%r11`. I've tried to save as few registers as possible when calling `_thread_set_tsd_base()`, but there may be room for improvement there. --- I also tested an alternate implementation strategy for this which took advantage of the expanded "full" thread state which is passed to signal handlers when a process has set a user LDT. The full thread state includes GSBASE, so GSBASE is set back to whatever is in the sigcontext on return (like every other field in the context). This would avoid needing to explicitly reset GSBASE in `leave_handler()`. This strategy was simpler, but I'm not using it for 2 reasons: - the "full" thread state is only available starting with macOS 10.15, and we still support 10.13. - more crucially, Rosetta 2 doesn't seem to correctly implement the GS.base field of the full thread state. It's set to 0 on entry, and isn't read on exit. -- v6: ntdll: Remove x86_64 Mac-specific TEB access workarounds that are no longer needed. ntdll: On macOS x86_64, swap GSBASE between the TEB and macOS TSD when entering/leaving PE code. ntdll: Set %rsp to be inside syscall_frame before accessing %gs in x86_64 syscall dispatcher. https://gitlab.winehq.org/wine/wine/-/merge_requests/6866

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[PATCH v15 0/1] MR7607: win32u: Add stub for NtUserSetAdditionalForegroundBoostProcesses.
by Louis Lenders (＠xe) March 25, 2025

March 25, 2025

Microsoft Edge worked if windows version is set to win8.1 (or win7) but now crashes in current wine due to this unimplemented function. This patch makes it work again in win8.1 mode; (It's still broken in win10 mode, see https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=56378 for more info) -- v15: win32u: Add stub for NtUserSetAdditionalForegroundBoostProcesses. https://gitlab.winehq.org/wine/wine/-/merge_requests/7607

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[PATCH v14 0/2] MR7607: win32u: Add stub for NtUserSetAdditionalForegroundBoostProcesses.
by Louis Lenders (＠xe) March 25, 2025

March 25, 2025

Microsoft Edge worked if windows version is set to win8.1 (or win7) but now crashes in current wine due to this unimplemented function. This patch makes it work again in win8.1 mode; (It's still broken in win10 mode, see https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=56378 for more info) -- v14: v2: handle handles inside array and rename variable. win32u: Add stub for NtUserSetAdditionalForegroundBoostProcesses. https://gitlab.winehq.org/wine/wine/-/merge_requests/7607

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[PATCH v4 0/5] MR7540: kernel32/tests: Add tests for maximum path length limitation.
by Yongjie Yao (＠yaoyongjie) March 25, 2025

March 25, 2025

In CopyFileEx, and DeleteFile functions, by default, the file name and path are limited to MAX_PATH characters. To extend this limit to 32,767 wide characters, need prepend "\\\\?\\" to the path. -- v4: kernelbase: Limit the maximum path length for DeleteFile. kernelbase: Fix DeleteFileA doesn't support long path. kernelbase: Limit the maximum path length for filesystem. ntdll: Load the value of longPathAware from manifest. kernel32/tests: Add tests for maximum path length limitation. https://gitlab.winehq.org/wine/wine/-/merge_requests/7540

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[PATCH v2 0/3] MR7653: windowscodecs/metadata: Always initialize handler pointer.
by Nikolay Sivov (＠nsivov) March 25, 2025

March 25, 2025

In case of empty block reader we currently return uninitialized pointer that is accessed later. Signed-off-by: Nikolay Sivov <nsivov(a)codeweavers.com> -- v2: windowscodecs/tests: Add some tests for the App0 reader. https://gitlab.winehq.org/wine/wine/-/merge_requests/7653

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[PATCH v2 0/2] MR7649: mf/tests: Add timestamp tests for audio decoders.
by Brendan McGrath (＠redmcg) March 25, 2025

March 25, 2025

This MR is similar to MR !7563 but targets the MFT audio decoders rather than the video decoders. -- v2: mf/tests: Add timestamp tests for wma audio decoder. mf/tests: Add timestamp tests for aac audio decoder. https://gitlab.winehq.org/wine/wine/-/merge_requests/7649

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[PATCH 0/3] MR7653: windowscodecs/metadata: Always initialize handler pointer.
by Nikolay Sivov (＠nsivov) March 25, 2025

March 25, 2025

In case of empty block reader we currently return uninitialized pointer that is accessed later. Signed-off-by: Nikolay Sivov <nsivov(a)codeweavers.com> -- https://gitlab.winehq.org/wine/wine/-/merge_requests/7653

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[PATCH v2 0/2] MR7647: Add single point support for GdipGetPathWorldBounds
by Bartosz Kosiorek (＠gang65) March 25, 2025

March 25, 2025

-- v2: gdiplus: Add single point support for GdipGetPathWorldBounds gdiplus/test: add tests for GdipGetPathWorldBounds with single point https://gitlab.winehq.org/wine/wine/-/merge_requests/7647

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[PATCH v3 0/5] MR7540: kernel32/tests: Add tests for maximum path length limitation.
by Yongjie Yao (＠yaoyongjie) March 25, 2025

March 25, 2025

In CopyFileEx, and DeleteFile functions, by default, the file name and path are limited to MAX_PATH characters. To extend this limit to 32,767 wide characters, need prepend "\\\\?\\" to the path. -- v3: kernelbase: Limit the maximum path length for DeleteFile. kernelbase: Fix DeleteFileA doesn't support long path. kernelbase: Limit the maximum path length for filesystem. user32: Load the value of longPathAware from manifest. kernel32/tests: Add tests for maximum path length limitation. https://gitlab.winehq.org/wine/wine/-/merge_requests/7540

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[PATCH v5 0/1] MR7642: server: Fall back to epoll_wait if epoll_pwait2 isn't available at run-time.
by William Horvath (＠whrvt) March 24, 2025

March 24, 2025

This fixes a real problem and improves behavior at the same time. - Fixes: hanging when trying to run Wine built with epoll_pwait2 headers available but epoll_pwait2 is missing in the run-time kernel (i.e. build 5.11->run 5.10) - Improvement: bring the improved timeout resolution to Wine builds which didn't have epoll_pwait2 at compile time, if the run-time kernel supports it (i.e. build 5.10->run 6.14) This last point is especially important in my opinion, as it applies to official Proton builds. Proton is (currently) built in Debian 11 with kernel 5.10, but SteamOS is a moving target with a much newer kernel version being used to run these Wine builds. These builds use the lower resolution timeouts if epoll_pwait2 is only checked for at compile-time, when it can cheaply and easily be done at run-time instead. Fixes: 87ca5db40e2c1b37423bdc25101a5c5e39e67e6f An alternative to !7640 that kills two birds with one stone. -- v5: server: Use dlsym() to check for epoll_pwait2 at run-time. https://gitlab.winehq.org/wine/wine/-/merge_requests/7642

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