Re: [PATCH] Automatic module globals management

Why so? It doesn't affect any compatibility. At 02:31 PM 6/8/2006, Ilia Alshanetsky wrote:

The patch is good, but I think this change maybe a bit too extreme for PHP 5.2 On 8-Jun-06, at 8:15 AM, Dmitry Stogov wrote:

Hi, The attached patch (for PHP_5_2) implements automatic management of module globals. The problem that module globals must be unregistered before extension unloading, because "globls_dtor" function is unloaded together with extension and cannot be called. To solve this problem extension writers now use the following pattern: PHP_MSHUTDOWN_FUNCTION(mod_name) { -#ifdef ZTS

-       ts_free_id(mod_name_globals_id);

-#else

-       mod_name_globals_dtor(&mod_name_globals TSRMLS_CC);

-#endif With my patch, extension writers should just extend module descriptor with globals descriptor and ctor/dtor callbacks.

        PHP_RSHUTDOWN(mod_name),
        PHP_MINFO(mod_name),
        NO_VERSION_YET,
-       STANDARD_MODULE_PROPERTIES
+       NULL,
+       ZEND_MG(mod_name),
+       ZEND_MGCTOR(mod_name),
+       ZEND_MGCTOR(mod_name),
+       STANDARD_MODULE_PROPERTIES_EX2

}; Old extensions are source compatible and may work without modification. The patch modifies only several extensions, but will modify others too. I like commit the patch into HEAD and PHP_5_2. Any objections, additional ideas? Thanks. Dmitry. <zts_globals-2.diff.txt>

Ilia Alshanetsky