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[libfortran] Thread safety and simplification of error printing

Message ID BANLkTim_=echKhQHOEi-yj_+wA+E93Hfgg@mail.gmail.com
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Janne Blomqvist May 8, 2011, 4:53 p.m. UTC
On Sun, May 8, 2011 at 14:40, Janne Blomqvist <blomqvist.janne@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, May 7, 2011 at 19:35, Janne Blomqvist <blomqvist.janne@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> the error printing functionality (in io/unix.c) st_printf and
>> st_vprintf are not thread-safe as they use a static buffer. However,
>> since these routines are used when something has gone wrong, we
>> shouldn't use malloc() to allocate thread-specific buffers or anything
>> fancy like that. The way the buffer is used is that it is filled with
>> vs(n)printf() and then the buffer is written using write(); the
>> simplest way to fix this is to just print directly using vfprintf(),
>> which is what this patch does. Also, the patch uses
>> flockfile/funlockfile in a few places to increase the likelihood of
>> multiple related messages to end up together on the output.
>>
>> As stderr is unbuffered and stdout is buffered, this patch also gets
>> rid of the functionality to choose where to send the error output, as
>> we don't want to deal with buffering in the error handling path. IMHO
>> this is no loss, as all targets/shells/batch schedulers/ etc. where
>> this might be relevant, offer functionality to redirect stderr to
>> wherever stdout goes. So there is no need for a gfortran-specific
>> mechanism for this.
>
> While this patch makes error printing thread-safe, it's no longer
> async-signal-safe as the stderr lock might lead to a deadlock. So I'm
> retracting this patch and thinking some more about this problem.

So here is an updated patch. Compared to the status quo the main
differences are that it uses a stack allocated buffer to do the
formatting instead of a static one. This prevents conflicts from
multiple threads and in contrast to the approach in the previous patch
should also be async-signal-safe (or at least, less likely to go
belly-up when called from within a signal handler than using
vfprintf() directly). It also introduces a new function to write a
string to standard error without any formatting (estr_write), which is
simpler and less likely to cause problems than the general purpose
vs(n)printf() used before. This can be used in lieu of st_printf in
the majority of cases where no formatting is done.

Regtested on x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu, Ok for trunk?

frontend ChangeLog:

2011-05-08  Janne Blomqvist  <jb@gcc.gnu.org>

	* gfortran.texi: Remove GFORTRAN_USE_STDERR documentation.


library ChangeLog:

2011-05-08  Janne Blomqvist  <jb@gcc.gnu.org>

	* io/unix.c (st_vprintf,st_printf): Move to runtime/error.c.
	* libgfortran.h (struct options_t): Remove use_stderr field.
	(st_vprintf,st_printf): Move prototypes.
	(estr_write): New prototype.
	* runtime/error.c (sys_exit): Use estr_write instead of st_printf.
	(estr_write): New function.
	(st_vprintf): Move from io/unix.c, use stack allocated buffer,
	always output to stderr.
	(st_printf): Move from io/unix.c.
	(show_locus): Use a local variable instead of static.
	(os_error): Use estr_write instead of st_printf.
	(runtime_error): Likewise.
	(runtime_error_at): Likewise.
	(runtime_warning_at): Likewise.
	(internal_error): Likewise.
	(generate_error): Likewise.
	(generate_warning): Likewise.
	(notify_std): Likewise.
	* runtime/pause.c (do_pause): Likewise.
	(pause_string): Likewise.
	* runtime/stop.c (stop_string): Likewise.
	(error_stop_string): Likewise.
	* config/fpu_aix.h (set_fpu): Likewise.
	* config/fpu_generic.h (set_fpu): Likewise.
	* config/fpu_glibc.h (set_fpu): Likewise.
	* config/fpu-sysv.h (set_fpu): Likewise.
	* runtime/backtrace.c (dump_glibc_backtrace): Likewise.
	(show_backtrace): Likewise.
	* runtime/environ.c (print_spaces): Likewise.
	(show_string): Likewise.
	(show_variables): Likewise.
	(variable_table[]): Remove GFORTRAN_USE_STDERR entry.

Comments

Janne Blomqvist May 13, 2011, 9:23 a.m. UTC | #1
PING

On Sun, May 8, 2011 at 19:53, Janne Blomqvist <blomqvist.janne@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, May 8, 2011 at 14:40, Janne Blomqvist <blomqvist.janne@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Sat, May 7, 2011 at 19:35, Janne Blomqvist <blomqvist.janne@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> the error printing functionality (in io/unix.c) st_printf and
>>> st_vprintf are not thread-safe as they use a static buffer. However,
>>> since these routines are used when something has gone wrong, we
>>> shouldn't use malloc() to allocate thread-specific buffers or anything
>>> fancy like that. The way the buffer is used is that it is filled with
>>> vs(n)printf() and then the buffer is written using write(); the
>>> simplest way to fix this is to just print directly using vfprintf(),
>>> which is what this patch does. Also, the patch uses
>>> flockfile/funlockfile in a few places to increase the likelihood of
>>> multiple related messages to end up together on the output.
>>>
>>> As stderr is unbuffered and stdout is buffered, this patch also gets
>>> rid of the functionality to choose where to send the error output, as
>>> we don't want to deal with buffering in the error handling path. IMHO
>>> this is no loss, as all targets/shells/batch schedulers/ etc. where
>>> this might be relevant, offer functionality to redirect stderr to
>>> wherever stdout goes. So there is no need for a gfortran-specific
>>> mechanism for this.
>>
>> While this patch makes error printing thread-safe, it's no longer
>> async-signal-safe as the stderr lock might lead to a deadlock. So I'm
>> retracting this patch and thinking some more about this problem.
>
> So here is an updated patch. Compared to the status quo the main
> differences are that it uses a stack allocated buffer to do the
> formatting instead of a static one. This prevents conflicts from
> multiple threads and in contrast to the approach in the previous patch
> should also be async-signal-safe (or at least, less likely to go
> belly-up when called from within a signal handler than using
> vfprintf() directly). It also introduces a new function to write a
> string to standard error without any formatting (estr_write), which is
> simpler and less likely to cause problems than the general purpose
> vs(n)printf() used before. This can be used in lieu of st_printf in
> the majority of cases where no formatting is done.
>
> Regtested on x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu, Ok for trunk?
>
> frontend ChangeLog:
>
> 2011-05-08  Janne Blomqvist  <jb@gcc.gnu.org>
>
>        * gfortran.texi: Remove GFORTRAN_USE_STDERR documentation.
>
>
> library ChangeLog:
>
> 2011-05-08  Janne Blomqvist  <jb@gcc.gnu.org>
>
>        * io/unix.c (st_vprintf,st_printf): Move to runtime/error.c.
>        * libgfortran.h (struct options_t): Remove use_stderr field.
>        (st_vprintf,st_printf): Move prototypes.
>        (estr_write): New prototype.
>        * runtime/error.c (sys_exit): Use estr_write instead of st_printf.
>        (estr_write): New function.
>        (st_vprintf): Move from io/unix.c, use stack allocated buffer,
>        always output to stderr.
>        (st_printf): Move from io/unix.c.
>        (show_locus): Use a local variable instead of static.
>        (os_error): Use estr_write instead of st_printf.
>        (runtime_error): Likewise.
>        (runtime_error_at): Likewise.
>        (runtime_warning_at): Likewise.
>        (internal_error): Likewise.
>        (generate_error): Likewise.
>        (generate_warning): Likewise.
>        (notify_std): Likewise.
>        * runtime/pause.c (do_pause): Likewise.
>        (pause_string): Likewise.
>        * runtime/stop.c (stop_string): Likewise.
>        (error_stop_string): Likewise.
>        * config/fpu_aix.h (set_fpu): Likewise.
>        * config/fpu_generic.h (set_fpu): Likewise.
>        * config/fpu_glibc.h (set_fpu): Likewise.
>        * config/fpu-sysv.h (set_fpu): Likewise.
>        * runtime/backtrace.c (dump_glibc_backtrace): Likewise.
>        (show_backtrace): Likewise.
>        * runtime/environ.c (print_spaces): Likewise.
>        (show_string): Likewise.
>        (show_variables): Likewise.
>        (variable_table[]): Remove GFORTRAN_USE_STDERR entry.
>
>
> --
> Janne Blomqvist
>
Steve Kargl May 14, 2011, 12:53 a.m. UTC | #2
On Sun, May 08, 2011 at 07:53:43PM +0300, Janne Blomqvist wrote:
> 
> 2011-05-08  Janne Blomqvist  <jb@gcc.gnu.org>
> 
> 	* gfortran.texi: Remove GFORTRAN_USE_STDERR documentation.
> 
> 
> library ChangeLog:
> 
> 2011-05-08  Janne Blomqvist  <jb@gcc.gnu.org>
> 
> 	* io/unix.c (st_vprintf,st_printf): Move to runtime/error.c.
> 	* libgfortran.h (struct options_t): Remove use_stderr field.
> 	(st_vprintf,st_printf): Move prototypes.
> 	(estr_write): New prototype.
> 	* runtime/error.c (sys_exit): Use estr_write instead of st_printf.
> 	(estr_write): New function.
> 	(st_vprintf): Move from io/unix.c, use stack allocated buffer,
> 	always output to stderr.
> 	(st_printf): Move from io/unix.c.
> 	(show_locus): Use a local variable instead of static.
> 	(os_error): Use estr_write instead of st_printf.
> 	(runtime_error): Likewise.
> 	(runtime_error_at): Likewise.
> 	(runtime_warning_at): Likewise.
> 	(internal_error): Likewise.
> 	(generate_error): Likewise.
> 	(generate_warning): Likewise.
> 	(notify_std): Likewise.
> 	* runtime/pause.c (do_pause): Likewise.
> 	(pause_string): Likewise.
> 	* runtime/stop.c (stop_string): Likewise.
> 	(error_stop_string): Likewise.
> 	* config/fpu_aix.h (set_fpu): Likewise.
> 	* config/fpu_generic.h (set_fpu): Likewise.
> 	* config/fpu_glibc.h (set_fpu): Likewise.
> 	* config/fpu-sysv.h (set_fpu): Likewise.
> 	* runtime/backtrace.c (dump_glibc_backtrace): Likewise.
> 	(show_backtrace): Likewise.
> 	* runtime/environ.c (print_spaces): Likewise.
> 	(show_string): Likewise.
> 	(show_variables): Likewise.
> 	(variable_table[]): Remove GFORTRAN_USE_STDERR entry.
> 

OK.
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Patch

diff --git a/gcc/fortran/gfortran.texi b/gcc/fortran/gfortran.texi
index 1284c3d..c810fe2 100644
--- a/gcc/fortran/gfortran.texi
+++ b/gcc/fortran/gfortran.texi
@@ -579,7 +579,6 @@  Malformed environment variables are silently ignored.
 * GFORTRAN_STDIN_UNIT:: Unit number for standard input
 * GFORTRAN_STDOUT_UNIT:: Unit number for standard output
 * GFORTRAN_STDERR_UNIT:: Unit number for standard error
-* GFORTRAN_USE_STDERR:: Send library output to standard error
 * GFORTRAN_TMPDIR:: Directory for scratch files
 * GFORTRAN_UNBUFFERED_ALL:: Don't buffer I/O for all units.
 * GFORTRAN_UNBUFFERED_PRECONNECTED:: Don't buffer I/O for preconnected units.
@@ -613,14 +612,6 @@  This environment variable can be used to select the unit number
 preconnected to standard error.  This must be a positive integer.
 The default value is 0.
 
-@node GFORTRAN_USE_STDERR
-@section @env{GFORTRAN_USE_STDERR}---Send library output to standard error
-
-This environment variable controls where library output is sent.
-If the first letter is @samp{y}, @samp{Y} or @samp{1}, standard
-error is used.  If the first letter is @samp{n}, @samp{N} or
-@samp{0}, standard output is used.
-
 @node GFORTRAN_TMPDIR
 @section @env{GFORTRAN_TMPDIR}---Directory for scratch files
 
diff --git a/libgfortran/config/fpu-aix.h b/libgfortran/config/fpu-aix.h
index 7d6f8df..262557b 100644
--- a/libgfortran/config/fpu-aix.h
+++ b/libgfortran/config/fpu-aix.h
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ 
 /* AIX FPU-related code.
-   Copyright 2005, 2007, 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   Copyright 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
    Contributed by Francois-Xavier Coudert <coudert@clipper.ens.fr>
 
-This file is part of the GNU Fortran 95 runtime library (libgfortran).
+This file is part of the GNU Fortran runtime library (libgfortran).
 
 Libgfortran is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public
@@ -38,44 +38,44 @@  set_fpu (void)
 #ifdef TRP_INVALID
     mode |= TRP_INVALID;
 #else
-    st_printf ("Fortran runtime warning: IEEE 'invalid operation' "
-	       "exception not supported.\n");
+    estr_write ("Fortran runtime warning: IEEE 'invalid operation' "
+	        "exception not supported.\n");
 #endif
 
   if (options.fpe & GFC_FPE_DENORMAL)
-    st_printf ("Fortran runtime warning: IEEE 'denormal number' "
-	       "exception not supported.\n");
+    estr_write ("Fortran runtime warning: IEEE 'denormal number' "
+	        "exception not supported.\n");
 
   if (options.fpe & GFC_FPE_ZERO)
 #ifdef TRP_DIV_BY_ZERO
     mode |= TRP_DIV_BY_ZERO;
 #else
-    st_printf ("Fortran runtime warning: IEEE 'division by zero' "
-	       "exception not supported.\n");
+    estr_write ("Fortran runtime warning: IEEE 'division by zero' "
+	        "exception not supported.\n");
 #endif
 
   if (options.fpe & GFC_FPE_OVERFLOW)
 #ifdef TRP_OVERFLOW
     mode |= TRP_OVERFLOW;
 #else
-    st_printf ("Fortran runtime warning: IEEE 'overflow' "
-	       "exception not supported.\n");
+    estr_write ("Fortran runtime warning: IEEE 'overflow' "
+	        "exception not supported.\n");
 #endif
 
   if (options.fpe & GFC_FPE_UNDERFLOW)
 #ifdef TRP_UNDERFLOW
     mode |= TRP_UNDERFLOW;
 #else
-    st_printf ("Fortran runtime warning: IEEE 'underflow' "
-	       "exception not supported.\n");
+    estr_write ("Fortran runtime warning: IEEE 'underflow' "
+	        "exception not supported.\n");
 #endif
 
   if (options.fpe & GFC_FPE_PRECISION)
 #ifdef TRP_UNDERFLOW
     mode |= TRP_UNDERFLOW;
 #else
-    st_printf ("Fortran runtime warning: IEEE 'loss of precision' "
-	       "exception not supported.\n");
+    estr_write ("Fortran runtime warning: IEEE 'loss of precision' "
+	        "exception not supported.\n");
 #endif
 
   fp_trap(FP_TRAP_SYNC);
diff --git a/libgfortran/config/fpu-generic.h b/libgfortran/config/fpu-generic.h
index 234e6e2..72de91b 100644
--- a/libgfortran/config/fpu-generic.h
+++ b/libgfortran/config/fpu-generic.h
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ 
 /* Fallback FPU-related code (for systems not otherwise supported).
-   Copyright 2005, 2007, 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   Copyright 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
    Contributed by Francois-Xavier Coudert <coudert@clipper.ens.fr>
 
-This file is part of the GNU Fortran 95 runtime library (libgfortran).
+This file is part of the GNU Fortran runtime library (libgfortran).
 
 Libgfortran is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public
@@ -32,21 +32,21 @@  void
 set_fpu (void)
 {
   if (options.fpe & GFC_FPE_INVALID)
-    st_printf ("Fortran runtime warning: IEEE 'invalid operation' "
-	       "exception not supported.\n");
+    estr_write ("Fortran runtime warning: IEEE 'invalid operation' "
+	        "exception not supported.\n");
   if (options.fpe & GFC_FPE_DENORMAL)
-    st_printf ("Fortran runtime warning: IEEE 'denormal number' "
-	       "exception not supported.\n");
+    estr_write ("Fortran runtime warning: IEEE 'denormal number' "
+	        "exception not supported.\n");
   if (options.fpe & GFC_FPE_ZERO)
-    st_printf ("Fortran runtime warning: IEEE 'division by zero' "
-	       "exception not supported.\n");
+    estr_write ("Fortran runtime warning: IEEE 'division by zero' "
+	        "exception not supported.\n");
   if (options.fpe & GFC_FPE_OVERFLOW)
-    st_printf ("Fortran runtime warning: IEEE 'overflow' "
-	       "exception not supported.\n");
+    estr_write ("Fortran runtime warning: IEEE 'overflow' "
+	        "exception not supported.\n");
   if (options.fpe & GFC_FPE_UNDERFLOW)
-    st_printf ("Fortran runtime warning: IEEE 'underflow' "
-	       "exception not supported.\n");
+    estr_write ("Fortran runtime warning: IEEE 'underflow' "
+	        "exception not supported.\n");
   if (options.fpe & GFC_FPE_PRECISION)
-    st_printf ("Fortran runtime warning: IEEE 'loss of precision' "
-	       "exception not supported.\n");
+    estr_write ("Fortran runtime warning: IEEE 'loss of precision' "
+	        "exception not supported.\n");
 }
diff --git a/libgfortran/config/fpu-glibc.h b/libgfortran/config/fpu-glibc.h
index 807f094..669b7ad 100644
--- a/libgfortran/config/fpu-glibc.h
+++ b/libgfortran/config/fpu-glibc.h
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ 
 /* FPU-related code for systems with GNU libc.
-   Copyright 2005, 2007, 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   Copyright 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
    Contributed by Francois-Xavier Coudert <coudert@clipper.ens.fr>
 
-This file is part of the GNU Fortran 95 runtime library (libgfortran).
+This file is part of the GNU Fortran runtime library (libgfortran).
 
 Libgfortran is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@  void set_fpu (void)
 #ifdef FE_INVALID
     feenableexcept (FE_INVALID);
 #else
-    st_printf ("Fortran runtime warning: IEEE 'invalid operation' "
-	       "exception not supported.\n");
+    estr_write ("Fortran runtime warning: IEEE 'invalid operation' "
+	        "exception not supported.\n");
 #endif
 
 /* glibc does never have a FE_DENORMAL.  */
@@ -49,39 +49,39 @@  void set_fpu (void)
 #ifdef FE_DENORMAL
     feenableexcept (FE_DENORMAL);
 #else
-    st_printf ("Fortran runtime warning: IEEE 'denormal number' "
-	       "exception not supported.\n");
+    estr_write ("Fortran runtime warning: IEEE 'denormal number' "
+	        "exception not supported.\n");
 #endif
 
   if (options.fpe & GFC_FPE_ZERO)
 #ifdef FE_DIVBYZERO
     feenableexcept (FE_DIVBYZERO);
 #else
-    st_printf ("Fortran runtime warning: IEEE 'division by zero' "
-	       "exception not supported.\n");
+    estr_write ("Fortran runtime warning: IEEE 'division by zero' "
+	        "exception not supported.\n");
 #endif
 
   if (options.fpe & GFC_FPE_OVERFLOW)
 #ifdef FE_OVERFLOW
     feenableexcept (FE_OVERFLOW);
 #else
-    st_printf ("Fortran runtime warning: IEEE 'overflow' "
-	       "exception not supported.\n");
+    estr_write ("Fortran runtime warning: IEEE 'overflow' "
+	        "exception not supported.\n");
 #endif
 
   if (options.fpe & GFC_FPE_UNDERFLOW)
 #ifdef FE_UNDERFLOW
     feenableexcept (FE_UNDERFLOW);
 #else
-    st_printf ("Fortran runtime warning: IEEE 'underflow' "
-	       "exception not supported.\n");
+    estr_write ("Fortran runtime warning: IEEE 'underflow' "
+	        "exception not supported.\n");
 #endif
 
   if (options.fpe & GFC_FPE_PRECISION)
 #ifdef FE_INEXACT
     feenableexcept (FE_INEXACT);
 #else
-    st_printf ("Fortran runtime warning: IEEE 'loss of precision' "
-	       "exception not supported.\n");
+    estr_write ("Fortran runtime warning: IEEE 'loss of precision' "
+	        "exception not supported.\n");
 #endif
 }
diff --git a/libgfortran/config/fpu-sysv.h b/libgfortran/config/fpu-sysv.h
index 85ca252..4770089 100644
--- a/libgfortran/config/fpu-sysv.h
+++ b/libgfortran/config/fpu-sysv.h
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ 
 /* SysV FPU-related code (for systems not otherwise supported).
-   Copyright 2005, 2007, 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   Copyright 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
    Contributed by Francois-Xavier Coudert <coudert@clipper.ens.fr>
 
-This file is part of the GNU Fortran 95 runtime library (libgfortran).
+This file is part of the GNU Fortran runtime library (libgfortran).
 
 Libgfortran is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public
@@ -34,48 +34,48 @@  set_fpu (void)
 #ifdef FP_X_INV
     cw |= FP_X_INV;
 #else
-    st_printf ("Fortran runtime warning: IEEE 'invalid operation' "
-	       "exception not supported.\n");
+    estr_write ("Fortran runtime warning: IEEE 'invalid operation' "
+	        "exception not supported.\n");
 #endif
 
   if (options.fpe & GFC_FPE_DENORMAL)
 #ifdef FP_X_DNML
     cw |= FP_X_DNML;
 #else
-    st_printf ("Fortran runtime warning: IEEE 'denormal number' "
-	       "exception not supported.\n");
+    estr_write ("Fortran runtime warning: IEEE 'denormal number' "
+	        "exception not supported.\n");
 #endif
 
   if (options.fpe & GFC_FPE_ZERO)
 #ifdef FP_X_DZ
     cw |= FP_X_DZ;
 #else
-    st_printf ("Fortran runtime warning: IEEE 'division by zero' "
-	       "exception not supported.\n");
+    estr_write ("Fortran runtime warning: IEEE 'division by zero' "
+	        "exception not supported.\n");
 #endif
 
   if (options.fpe & GFC_FPE_OVERFLOW)
 #ifdef FP_X_OFL
     cw |= FP_X_OFL;
 #else
-    st_printf ("Fortran runtime warning: IEEE 'overflow' "
-	       "exception not supported.\n");
+    estr_write ("Fortran runtime warning: IEEE 'overflow' "
+	        "exception not supported.\n");
 #endif
 
   if (options.fpe & GFC_FPE_UNDERFLOW)
 #ifdef FP_X_UFL
     cw |= FP_X_UFL;
 #else
-    st_printf ("Fortran runtime warning: IEEE 'underflow' "
-	       "exception not supported.\n");
+    estr_write ("Fortran runtime warning: IEEE 'underflow' "
+	        "exception not supported.\n");
 #endif
 
   if (options.fpe & GFC_FPE_PRECISION)
 #ifdef FP_X_IMP
     cw |= FP_X_IMP;
 #else
-    st_printf ("Fortran runtime warning: IEEE 'loss of precision' "
-	       "exception not supported.\n");
+    estr_write ("Fortran runtime warning: IEEE 'loss of precision' "
+	        "exception not supported.\n");
 #endif
 
   fpsetmask(cw);
diff --git a/libgfortran/io/unix.c b/libgfortran/io/unix.c
index 4e4bc3b..c257766 100644
--- a/libgfortran/io/unix.c
+++ b/libgfortran/io/unix.c
@@ -1353,61 +1353,6 @@  error_stream (void)
 }
 
 
-/* st_vprintf()-- vprintf function for error output.  To avoid buffer
-   overruns, we limit the length of the buffer to ST_VPRINTF_SIZE.  2k
-   is big enough to completely fill a 80x25 terminal, so it shuld be
-   OK.  We use a direct write() because it is simpler and least likely
-   to be clobbered by memory corruption.  Writing an error message
-   longer than that is an error.  */
-
-#define ST_VPRINTF_SIZE 2048
-
-int
-st_vprintf (const char *format, va_list ap)
-{
-  static char buffer[ST_VPRINTF_SIZE];
-  int written;
-  int fd;
-
-  fd = options.use_stderr ? STDERR_FILENO : STDOUT_FILENO;
-#ifdef HAVE_VSNPRINTF
-  written = vsnprintf(buffer, ST_VPRINTF_SIZE, format, ap);
-#else
-  written = vsprintf(buffer, format, ap);
-
-  if (written >= ST_VPRINTF_SIZE-1)
-    {
-      /* The error message was longer than our buffer.  Ouch.  Because
-	 we may have messed up things badly, report the error and
-	 quit.  */
-#define ERROR_MESSAGE "Internal error: buffer overrun in st_vprintf()\n"
-      write (fd, buffer, ST_VPRINTF_SIZE-1);
-      write (fd, ERROR_MESSAGE, strlen(ERROR_MESSAGE));
-      sys_exit(2);
-#undef ERROR_MESSAGE
-
-    }
-#endif
-
-  written = write (fd, buffer, written);
-  return written;
-}
-
-/* st_printf()-- printf() function for error output.  This just calls
-   st_vprintf() to do the actual work.  */
-
-int
-st_printf (const char *format, ...)
-{
-  int written;
-  va_list ap;
-  va_start (ap, format);
-  written = st_vprintf(format, ap);
-  va_end (ap);
-  return written;
-}
-
-
 /* compare_file_filename()-- Given an open stream and a fortran string
  * that is a filename, figure out if the file is the same as the
  * filename. */
diff --git a/libgfortran/libgfortran.h b/libgfortran/libgfortran.h
index 6cccaca..ae86a02 100644
--- a/libgfortran/libgfortran.h
+++ b/libgfortran/libgfortran.h
@@ -508,7 +508,7 @@  typedef struct
   int separator_len;
   const char *separator;
 
-  int use_stderr, all_unbuffered, unbuffered_preconnected, default_recl;
+  int all_unbuffered, unbuffered_preconnected, default_recl;
   int fpe, dump_core, backtrace;
 }
 options_t;
@@ -691,6 +691,16 @@  internal_proto(show_backtrace);
 extern void sys_exit (int) __attribute__ ((noreturn));
 internal_proto(sys_exit);
 
+extern ssize_t estr_write (const char *);
+internal_proto(estr_write);
+
+extern int st_vprintf (const char *, va_list);
+internal_proto(st_vprintf);
+
+extern int st_printf (const char *, ...)
+  __attribute__((format (gfc_printf, 1, 2)));
+internal_proto(st_printf);
+
 extern const char *gfc_xtoa (GFC_UINTEGER_LARGEST, char *, size_t);
 internal_proto(gfc_xtoa);
 
@@ -792,13 +802,6 @@  internal_proto(close_units);
 extern int unit_to_fd (int);
 internal_proto(unit_to_fd);
 
-extern int st_printf (const char *, ...)
-  __attribute__ ((format (gfc_printf, 1, 2)));
-internal_proto(st_printf);
-
-extern int st_vprintf (const char *, va_list);
-internal_proto(st_vprintf);
-
 extern char * filename_from_unit (int);
 internal_proto(filename_from_unit);
 
diff --git a/libgfortran/runtime/backtrace.c b/libgfortran/runtime/backtrace.c
index 5e4f15c..aa77025 100644
--- a/libgfortran/runtime/backtrace.c
+++ b/libgfortran/runtime/backtrace.c
@@ -95,7 +95,11 @@  dump_glibc_backtrace (int depth, char *str[])
   int i;
 
   for (i = 0; i < depth; i++)
-    st_printf ("  + %s\n", str[i]);
+    {
+      estr_write ("  + ");
+      estr_write (str[i]);
+      estr_write ("\n");
+    }
 
   free (str);
 }
@@ -192,7 +196,7 @@  show_backtrace (void)
 
     if (fgets (func, sizeof(func), output))
       {
-	st_printf ("\nBacktrace for this error:\n");
+	estr_write ("\nBacktrace for this error:\n");
 
 	do
 	  {
@@ -222,7 +226,9 @@  show_backtrace (void)
 	    if (func[0] == '?' && func[1] == '?' && file[0] == '?'
 		&& file[1] == '?')
 	      {
-	        st_printf ("  + %s\n", str[i]);
+		estr_write ("  + ");
+		estr_write (str[i]);
+		estr_write ("\n");
 	        continue;
 	      }
 
@@ -239,15 +245,25 @@  show_backtrace (void)
 	      line = -1;
 
 	    if (strcmp (func, "MAIN__") == 0)
-	      st_printf ("  + in the main program\n");
+	      estr_write ("  + in the main program\n");
 	    else
-	      st_printf ("  + function %s (0x%s)\n", func, addr[i]);
+	      {
+		estr_write ("  + function ");
+		estr_write (func);
+		estr_write (" (0x");
+		estr_write (addr[i]);
+		estr_write (")\n");
+	      }
 
 	    if (line <= 0 && strcmp (file, "??") == 0)
 	      continue;
 
 	    if (line <= 0)
-	      st_printf ("    from file %s\n", file);
+	      {
+		estr_write ("    from file ");
+		estr_write (file);
+		estr_write ("\n");
+	      }
 	    else
 	      st_printf ("    at line %d of file %s\n", line, file);
 	  }
@@ -257,8 +273,8 @@  show_backtrace (void)
 	return;
 
 fallback:
-	st_printf ("** Something went wrong while running addr2line. **\n"
-		   "** Falling back  to a simpler  backtrace scheme. **\n");
+	estr_write ("** Something went wrong while running addr2line. **\n"
+		    "** Falling back  to a simpler  backtrace scheme. **\n");
       }
     }
   while (0);
@@ -288,7 +304,7 @@  fallback:
 	char *arg[NUM_ARGS+1];
 	char buf[20];
 
-	st_printf ("\nBacktrace for this error:\n");
+	estr_write ("\nBacktrace for this error:\n");
 	arg[0] = (char *) "pstack";
 	snprintf (buf, sizeof(buf), "%d", (int) getppid ());
 	arg[1] = buf;
@@ -301,7 +317,7 @@  fallback:
 #if GLIBC_BACKTRACE
 	dump_glibc_backtrace (depth, str);
 #else
-	st_printf ("  unable to produce a backtrace, sorry!\n");
+	estr_write ("  unable to produce a backtrace, sorry!\n");
 #endif
 
 	_exit (0);
@@ -316,7 +332,7 @@  fallback:
 
 #if GLIBC_BACKTRACE
   /* Fallback to the glibc backtrace.  */
-  st_printf ("\nBacktrace for this error:\n");
+  estr_write ("\nBacktrace for this error:\n");
   dump_glibc_backtrace (depth, str);
 #endif
 }
diff --git a/libgfortran/runtime/environ.c b/libgfortran/runtime/environ.c
index a6ce645..7695f0d 100644
--- a/libgfortran/runtime/environ.c
+++ b/libgfortran/runtime/environ.c
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@  print_spaces (int n)
 
   buffer[i] = '\0';
 
-  st_printf (buffer);
+  estr_write (buffer);
 }
 
 
@@ -261,7 +261,10 @@  show_string (variable * v)
   if (p == NULL)
     p = "";
 
-  st_printf ("%s  \"%s\"\n", var_source (v), p);
+  estr_write (var_source (v));
+  estr_write ("  \"");
+  estr_write (p);
+  estr_write ("\"\n");
 }
 
 
@@ -281,10 +284,6 @@  static variable variable_table[] = {
    "Unit number that will be preconnected to standard error\n"
    "(No preconnection if negative)", 0},
 
-  {"GFORTRAN_USE_STDERR", 1, &options.use_stderr, init_boolean,
-   show_boolean,
-   "Sends library output to standard error instead of standard output.", 0},
-
   {"GFORTRAN_TMPDIR", 0, NULL, init_string, show_string,
    "Directory for scratch files.  Overrides the TMP environment variable\n"
    "If TMP is not set " DEFAULT_TEMPDIR " is used.", 0},
@@ -352,32 +351,33 @@  show_variables (void)
   int n;
 
   /* TODO: print version number.  */
-  st_printf ("GNU Fortran 95 runtime library version "
+  estr_write ("GNU Fortran runtime library version "
 	     "UNKNOWN" "\n\n");
 
-  st_printf ("Environment variables:\n");
-  st_printf ("----------------------\n");
+  estr_write ("Environment variables:\n");
+  estr_write ("----------------------\n");
 
   for (v = variable_table; v->name; v++)
     {
-      n = st_printf ("%s", v->name);
+      n = estr_write (v->name);
       print_spaces (25 - n);
 
       if (v->show == show_integer)
-	st_printf ("Integer ");
+	estr_write ("Integer ");
       else if (v->show == show_boolean)
-	st_printf ("Boolean ");
+	estr_write ("Boolean ");
       else
-	st_printf ("String  ");
+	estr_write ("String  ");
 
       v->show (v);
-      st_printf ("%s\n\n", v->desc);
+      estr_write (v->desc);
+      estr_write ("\n\n");
     }
 
   /* System error codes */
 
-  st_printf ("\nRuntime error codes:");
-  st_printf ("\n--------------------\n");
+  estr_write ("\nRuntime error codes:");
+  estr_write ("\n--------------------\n");
 
   for (n = LIBERROR_FIRST + 1; n < LIBERROR_LAST; n++)
     if (n < 0 || n > 9)
@@ -385,10 +385,8 @@  show_variables (void)
     else
       st_printf (" %d  %s\n", n, translate_error (n));
 
-  st_printf ("\nCommand line arguments:\n");
-  st_printf ("  --help               Print this list\n");
-
-  /* st_printf("  --resume <dropfile>  Resume program execution from dropfile\n"); */
+  estr_write ("\nCommand line arguments:\n");
+  estr_write ("  --help               Print this list\n");
 
   sys_exit (0);
 }
diff --git a/libgfortran/runtime/error.c b/libgfortran/runtime/error.c
index 06c144a..e619044 100644
--- a/libgfortran/runtime/error.c
+++ b/libgfortran/runtime/error.c
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@  sys_exit (int code)
       struct rlimit core_limit;
 
       if (getrlimit (RLIMIT_CORE, &core_limit) == 0 && core_limit.rlim_cur == 0)
-	st_printf ("** Warning: a core dump was requested, but the core size"
+	estr_write ("** Warning: a core dump was requested, but the core size"
 		   "limit\n**          is currently zero.\n\n");
 #endif
       
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@  sys_exit (int code)
 #if defined(HAVE_KILL) && defined(HAVE_GETPID) && defined(SIGQUIT)
       kill (getpid (), SIGQUIT);
 #else
-      st_printf ("Core dump not possible, sorry.");
+      estr_write ("Core dump not possible, sorry.");
 #endif
     }
 
@@ -112,6 +112,67 @@  sys_exit (int code)
  * Other error returns are reserved for the STOP statement with a numeric code.
  */
 
+
+/* Write a null-terminated C string to standard error. This function
+   is async-signal-safe.  */
+
+ssize_t
+estr_write (const char *str)
+{
+  return write (STDERR_FILENO, str, strlen (str));
+}
+
+
+/* st_vprintf()-- vsnprintf-like function for error output.  We use a
+   stack allocated buffer for formatting; since this function might be
+   called from within a signal handler, printing directly to stderr
+   with vfprintf is not safe since the stderr locking might lead to a
+   deadlock.  */
+
+#define ST_VPRINTF_SIZE 512
+
+int
+st_vprintf (const char *format, va_list ap)
+{
+  int written;
+  char buffer[ST_VPRINTF_SIZE];
+
+#ifdef HAVE_VSNPRINTF
+  written = vsnprintf(buffer, ST_VPRINTF_SIZE, format, ap);
+#else
+  written = vsprintf(buffer, format, ap);
+
+  if (written >= ST_VPRINTF_SIZE - 1)
+    {
+      /* The error message was longer than our buffer.  Ouch.  Because
+	 we may have messed up things badly, report the error and
+	 quit.  */
+#define ERROR_MESSAGE "Internal error: buffer overrun in st_vprintf()\n"
+      write (STDERR_FILENO, buffer, ST_VPRINTF_SIZE - 1);
+      write (STDERR_FILENO, ERROR_MESSAGE, strlen(ERROR_MESSAGE));
+      sys_exit(2);
+#undef ERROR_MESSAGE
+
+    }
+#endif
+
+  written = write (STDERR_FILENO, buffer, written);
+  return written;
+}
+
+
+int
+st_printf (const char * format, ...)
+{
+  int written;
+  va_list ap;
+  va_start (ap, format);
+  written = st_vprintf (format, ap);
+  va_end (ap);
+  return written;
+}
+
+
 /* gfc_xtoa()-- Integer to hexadecimal conversion.  */
 
 const char *
@@ -177,7 +238,7 @@  gf_strerror (int errnum,
 void
 show_locus (st_parameter_common *cmp)
 {
-  static char *filename;
+  char *filename;
 
   if (!options.locus || cmp == NULL || cmp->filename == NULL)
     return;
@@ -185,6 +246,7 @@  show_locus (st_parameter_common *cmp)
   if (cmp->unit > 0)
     {
       filename = filename_from_unit (cmp->unit);
+
       if (filename != NULL)
 	{
 	  st_printf ("At line %d of file %s (unit = %d, file = '%s')\n",
@@ -233,8 +295,11 @@  os_error (const char *message)
 {
   char errmsg[STRERR_MAXSZ];
   recursion_check ();
-  st_printf ("Operating system error: %s\n%s\n", 
-	     gf_strerror (errno, errmsg, STRERR_MAXSZ), message);
+  estr_write ("Operating system error: ");
+  estr_write (gf_strerror (errno, errmsg, STRERR_MAXSZ));
+  estr_write ("\n");
+  estr_write (message);
+  estr_write ("\n");
   sys_exit (1);
 }
 iexport(os_error);
@@ -249,11 +314,11 @@  runtime_error (const char *message, ...)
   va_list ap;
 
   recursion_check ();
-  st_printf ("Fortran runtime error: ");
+  estr_write ("Fortran runtime error: ");
   va_start (ap, message);
   st_vprintf (message, ap);
   va_end (ap);
-  st_printf ("\n");
+  estr_write ("\n");
   sys_exit (2);
 }
 iexport(runtime_error);
@@ -267,12 +332,12 @@  runtime_error_at (const char *where, const char *message, ...)
   va_list ap;
 
   recursion_check ();
-  st_printf ("%s\n", where);
-  st_printf ("Fortran runtime error: ");
+  estr_write (where);
+  estr_write ("\nFortran runtime error: ");
   va_start (ap, message);
   st_vprintf (message, ap);
   va_end (ap);
-  st_printf ("\n");
+  estr_write ("\n");
   sys_exit (2);
 }
 iexport(runtime_error_at);
@@ -283,12 +348,12 @@  runtime_warning_at (const char *where, const char *message, ...)
 {
   va_list ap;
 
-  st_printf ("%s\n", where);
-  st_printf ("Fortran runtime warning: ");
+  estr_write (where);
+  estr_write ("\nFortran runtime warning: ");
   va_start (ap, message);
   st_vprintf (message, ap);
   va_end (ap);
-  st_printf ("\n");
+  estr_write ("\n");
 }
 iexport(runtime_warning_at);
 
@@ -301,7 +366,9 @@  internal_error (st_parameter_common *cmp, const char *message)
 {
   recursion_check ();
   show_locus (cmp);
-  st_printf ("Internal Error: %s\n", message);
+  estr_write ("Internal Error: ");
+  estr_write (message);
+  estr_write ("\n");
 
   /* This function call is here to get the main.o object file included
      when linking statically. This works because error.o is supposed to
@@ -474,7 +541,9 @@  generate_error (st_parameter_common *cmp, int family, const char *message)
 
   recursion_check ();
   show_locus (cmp);
-  st_printf ("Fortran runtime error: %s\n", message);
+  estr_write ("Fortran runtime error: ");
+  estr_write (message);
+  estr_write ("\n");
   sys_exit (2);
 }
 iexport(generate_error);
@@ -489,7 +558,9 @@  generate_warning (st_parameter_common *cmp, const char *message)
     message = " ";
 
   show_locus (cmp);
-  st_printf ("Fortran runtime warning: %s\n", message);
+  estr_write ("Fortran runtime warning: ");
+  estr_write (message);
+  estr_write ("\n");
 }
 
 
@@ -532,13 +603,17 @@  notify_std (st_parameter_common *cmp, int std, const char * message)
     {
       recursion_check ();
       show_locus (cmp);
-      st_printf ("Fortran runtime error: %s\n", message);
+      estr_write ("Fortran runtime error: ");
+      estr_write (message);
+      estr_write ("\n");
       sys_exit (2);
     }
   else
     {
       show_locus (cmp);
-      st_printf ("Fortran runtime warning: %s\n", message);
+      estr_write ("Fortran runtime warning: ");
+      estr_write (message);
+      estr_write ("\n");
     }
   return FAILURE;
 }
diff --git a/libgfortran/runtime/pause.c b/libgfortran/runtime/pause.c
index 61ab4db..0e3c8ae 100644
--- a/libgfortran/runtime/pause.c
+++ b/libgfortran/runtime/pause.c
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ 
-/* Implementation of the STOP statement.
-   Copyright 2002, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+/* Implementation of the PAUSE statement.
+   Copyright 2002, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
    Contributed by Paul Brook <paul@nowt.org>
 
-This file is part of the GNU Fortran 95 runtime library (libgfortran).
+This file is part of the GNU Fortran runtime library (libgfortran).
 
 Libgfortran is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public
@@ -25,18 +25,19 @@  see the files COPYING3 and COPYING.RUNTIME respectively.  If not, see
 
 #include "libgfortran.h"
 #include <string.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
 
 static void
 do_pause (void)
 {
   char buff[4];
-  st_printf ("To resume execution, type go.  "
-	     "Other input will terminate the job.\n");
+  estr_write ("To resume execution, type go.  "
+	      "Other input will terminate the job.\n");
 
   fgets(buff, 4, stdin);
   if (strncmp(buff, "go\n", 3) != 0)
     stop_string ('\0', 0);
-  st_printf ("RESUMED\n");
+  estr_write ("RESUMED\n");
 }
 
 /* A numeric PAUSE statement.  */
@@ -59,10 +60,11 @@  export_proto(pause_string);
 void
 pause_string (char *string, GFC_INTEGER_4 len)
 {
-  st_printf ("PAUSE ");
-  while (len--)
-    st_printf ("%c", *(string++));
-  st_printf ("\n");
+  estr_write ("PAUSE ");
+  ssize_t w = write (STDERR_FILENO, string, len);
+  (void) sizeof (w); /* Avoid compiler warning about not using write
+			return val.  */
+  estr_write ("\n");
 
   do_pause ();
 }
diff --git a/libgfortran/runtime/stop.c b/libgfortran/runtime/stop.c
index 29f5031..b6f61ff 100644
--- a/libgfortran/runtime/stop.c
+++ b/libgfortran/runtime/stop.c
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ 
 /* Implementation of the STOP statement.
-   Copyright 2002, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   Copyright 2002, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
    Contributed by Paul Brook <paul@nowt.org>
 
-This file is part of the GNU Fortran 95 runtime library (libgfortran).
+This file is part of the GNU Fortran runtime library (libgfortran).
 
 Libgfortran is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@  see the files COPYING3 and COPYING.RUNTIME respectively.  If not, see
 
 #include "libgfortran.h"
 #include <string.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
 
 /* A numeric STOP statement.  */
 
@@ -65,10 +66,10 @@  stop_string (const char *string, GFC_INTEGER_4 len)
 {
   if (string)
     {
-      st_printf ("STOP ");
-      while (len--)
-	st_printf ("%c", *(string++));
-      st_printf ("\n");
+      estr_write ("STOP ");
+      ssize_t w = write (STDERR_FILENO, string, len);
+      (void) sizeof (w); /* Avoid compiler warning about not using w.  */
+      estr_write ("\n");
     }
   sys_exit (0);
 }
@@ -86,10 +87,10 @@  export_proto(error_stop_string);
 void
 error_stop_string (const char *string, GFC_INTEGER_4 len)
 {
-  st_printf ("ERROR STOP ");
-  while (len--)
-    st_printf ("%c", *(string++));
-  st_printf ("\n");
+  estr_write ("ERROR STOP ");
+  ssize_t w = write (STDERR_FILENO, string, len);
+  (void) sizeof (w); /* Avoid compiler warning about not using w.  */
+  estr_write ("\n");
 
   sys_exit (1);
 }