ref #20694; quit value gets saturated to ranges (#20753)

* quit value gets saturated to ranges

* add documentation

* minimal changes

* refactor

* small fix

* add documentation

* fixes

* Update lib/system.nim

Co-authored-by: Juan Carlos <[email protected]>

Co-authored-by: Juan Carlos <[email protected]>

lib/genode/alloc.nim

@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ proc osDeallocPages(p: pointer; size: int) =
       if m.attachment == p:
         if m.size != size:
           echo "cannot partially detach dataspace"
-          quit -1
+          rawQuit -1
         runtimeEnv.detachAddress m.attachment
         runtimeEnv.freeDataspace m.ds
         m[] = Map()

lib/system.nim

@@ -1087,32 +1087,7 @@ proc align(address, alignment: int): int =
     result = (address + (alignment - 1)) and not (alignment - 1)
 
 when defined(nimNoQuit):
-  proc quit*(errorcode: int = QuitSuccess) = discard "ignoring quit"
-    ## Stops the program immediately with an exit code.
-    ##
-    ## Before stopping the program the "exit procedures" are called in the
-    ## opposite order they were added with `addExitProc <exitprocs.html#addExitProc,proc)>`_.
-    ##
-    ## The proc `quit(QuitSuccess)` is called implicitly when your nim
-    ## program finishes without incident for platforms where this is the
-    ## expected behavior. A raised unhandled exception is
-    ## equivalent to calling `quit(QuitFailure)`.
-    ##
-    ## Note that this is a *runtime* call and using `quit` inside a macro won't
-    ## have any compile time effect. If you need to stop the compiler inside a
-    ## macro, use the `error <manual.html#pragmas-error-pragma>`_ or `fatal
-    ## <manual.html#pragmas-fatal-pragma>`_ pragmas.
-    ##
-    ## .. danger:: In almost all cases, in particular in library code, prefer
-    ##   alternatives, e.g. `doAssert false` or raise a `Defect`.
-    ##   `quit` bypasses regular control flow in particular `defer`,
-    ##   `try`, `catch`, `finally` and `destructors`, and exceptions that may have been
-    ##   raised by an `addExitProc` proc, as well as cleanup code in other threads.
-    ##   It does *not* call the garbage collector to free all the memory,
-    ##   unless an `addExitProc` proc calls `GC_fullCollect <#GC_fullCollect>`_.
-
-elif defined(nimdoc):
-  proc quit*(errorcode: int = QuitSuccess) {.magic: "Exit", noreturn.}
+  proc rawQuit(errorcode: int = QuitSuccess) = discard "ignoring quit"
 
 elif defined(genode):
   import genode/env
@@ -1122,28 +1097,28 @@ elif defined(genode):
   type GenodeEnv* = GenodeEnvPtr
     ## Opaque type representing Genode environment.
 
-  proc quit*(env: GenodeEnv; errorcode: int) {.magic: "Exit", noreturn,
+  proc rawQuit(env: GenodeEnv; errorcode: int) {.magic: "Exit", noreturn,
     importcpp: "#->parent().exit(@); Genode::sleep_forever()", header: "<base/sleep.h>".}
 
-  proc quit*(errorcode: int = QuitSuccess) =
-    systemEnv.quit(errorcode)
+  proc rawQuit(errorcode: int = QuitSuccess) {.inline, noreturn.} =
+    systemEnv.rawQuit(errorcode)
+
 
 elif defined(js) and defined(nodejs) and not defined(nimscript):
-  proc quit*(errorcode: int = QuitSuccess) {.magic: "Exit",
+  proc rawQuit(errorcode: int = QuitSuccess) {.magic: "Exit",
     importc: "process.exit", noreturn.}
 
 else:
-  proc quit*(errorcode: int = QuitSuccess) {.
+  proc rawQuit(errorcode: int = QuitSuccess) {.
     magic: "Exit", importc: "exit", header: "<stdlib.h>", noreturn.}
 
-
 template sysAssert(cond: bool, msg: string) =
   when defined(useSysAssert):
     if not cond:
       cstderr.rawWrite "[SYSASSERT] "
       cstderr.rawWrite msg
       cstderr.rawWrite "\n"
-      quit 1
+      rawQuit 1
 
 const hasAlloc = (hostOS != "standalone" or not defined(nogc)) and not defined(nimscript)
 
@@ -2280,6 +2255,62 @@ when defined(js):
   include "system/jssys"
   include "system/reprjs"
 
+
+when defined(nimNoQuit):
+  proc quit*(errorcode: int = QuitSuccess) = discard "ignoring quit"
+    ## Stops the program immediately with an exit code.
+    ##
+    ## Before stopping the program the "exit procedures" are called in the
+    ## opposite order they were added with `addExitProc <exitprocs.html#addExitProc,proc)>`_.
+    ##
+    ## The proc `quit(QuitSuccess)` is called implicitly when your nim
+    ## program finishes without incident for platforms where this is the
+    ## expected behavior. A raised unhandled exception is
+    ## equivalent to calling `quit(QuitFailure)`.
+    ##
+    ## Note that this is a *runtime* call and using `quit` inside a macro won't
+    ## have any compile time effect. If you need to stop the compiler inside a
+    ## macro, use the `error <manual.html#pragmas-error-pragma>`_ or `fatal
+    ## <manual.html#pragmas-fatal-pragma>`_ pragmas.
+    ##
+    ## .. warning:: `errorcode` gets saturated when it exceeds the valid range
+    ##    on the specific platform. On Posix, the valid range is `low(int8)..high(int8)`.
+    ##    On Windows, the valid range is `low(int32)..high(int32)`. For instance,
+    ##    `quit(int(0x100000000))` is equal to `quit(127)` on Linux.
+    ##
+    ## .. danger:: In almost all cases, in particular in library code, prefer
+    ##   alternatives, e.g. `doAssert false` or raise a `Defect`.
+    ##   `quit` bypasses regular control flow in particular `defer`,
+    ##   `try`, `catch`, `finally` and `destructors`, and exceptions that may have been
+    ##   raised by an `addExitProc` proc, as well as cleanup code in other threads.
+    ##   It does *not* call the garbage collector to free all the memory,
+    ##   unless an `addExitProc` proc calls `GC_fullCollect <#GC_fullCollect>`_.
+
+elif defined(nimdoc):
+  proc quit*(errorcode: int = QuitSuccess) {.magic: "Exit", noreturn.}
+
+elif defined(genode):
+  proc quit*(errorcode: int = QuitSuccess) {.inline, noreturn.} =
+    rawQuit(errorcode)
+
+elif defined(js) and defined(nodejs) and not defined(nimscript):
+  proc quit*(errorcode: int = QuitSuccess) {.magic: "Exit",
+    importc: "process.exit", noreturn.}
+
+else:
+  proc quit*(errorcode: int = QuitSuccess) {.inline, noreturn.} =
+    when defined(posix): # posix uses low 8 bits
+      type ExitCodeRange = int8
+    else: # win32 uses low 32 bits
+      type ExitCodeRange = int32
+
+    if errorcode < low(ExitCodeRange):
+      rawQuit(low(ExitCodeRange).int)
+    elif errorcode > high(ExitCodeRange):
+      rawQuit(high(ExitCodeRange).int)
+    else:
+      rawQuit(errorcode)
+
 proc quit*(errormsg: string, errorcode = QuitFailure) {.noreturn.} =
   ## A shorthand for `echo(errormsg); quit(errorcode)`.
   when defined(nimscript) or defined(js) or (hostOS == "standalone"):
@@ -2662,7 +2693,7 @@ when defined(genode):
   proc nim_component_construct(env: GenodeEnv) {.exportc.} =
     ## Procedure called during `Component::construct` by the loader.
     if componentConstructHook.isNil:
-      env.quit(programResult)
+      env.rawQuit(programResult)
         # No native Genode application initialization,
         # exit as would POSIX.
     else:

lib/system/arc.nim

@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ proc nimRawDispose(p: pointer, alignment: int) {.compilerRtl.} =
     when defined(nimOwnedEnabled):
       if head(p).rc >= rcIncrement:
         cstderr.rawWrite "[FATAL] dangling references exist\n"
-        quit 1
+        rawQuit 1
     when defined(nimArcDebug):
       # we do NOT really free the memory here in order to reliably detect use-after-frees
       if freedCells.data == nil: init(freedCells)

lib/system/dyncalls.nim

@@ -47,14 +47,14 @@ proc nimLoadLibraryError(path: string) =
         copyMem(msg[msgIdx].addr, badExe.cstring, badExe.len)
       discard MessageBoxA(nil, msg[0].addr, nil, 0)
   cstderr.rawWrite("\n")
-  quit(1)
+  rawQuit(1)
 
 proc procAddrError(name: cstring) {.compilerproc, nonReloadable, hcrInline.} =
   # carefully written to avoid memory allocation:
   cstderr.rawWrite("could not import: ")
   cstderr.rawWrite(name)
   cstderr.rawWrite("\n")
-  quit(1)
+  rawQuit(1)
 
 # this code was inspired from Lua's source code:
 # Lua - An Extensible Extension Language
@@ -180,19 +180,19 @@ elif defined(nintendoswitch) or defined(freertos) or defined(zephyr):
   proc nimUnloadLibrary(lib: LibHandle) =
     cstderr.rawWrite("nimUnLoadLibrary not implemented")
     cstderr.rawWrite("\n")
-    quit(1)
+    rawQuit(1)
 
   proc nimLoadLibrary(path: string): LibHandle =
     cstderr.rawWrite("nimLoadLibrary not implemented")
     cstderr.rawWrite("\n")
-    quit(1)
+    rawQuit(1)
 
 
   proc nimGetProcAddr(lib: LibHandle, name: cstring): ProcAddr =
     cstderr.rawWrite("nimGetProAddr not implemented")
     cstderr.rawWrite(name)
     cstderr.rawWrite("\n")
-    quit(1)
+    rawQuit(1)
 
 else:
   {.error: "no implementation for dyncalls".}

lib/system/excpt.nim

@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ proc nimLeaveFinally() {.compilerRtl.} =
       c_longjmp(excHandler.context, 1)
     else:
       reportUnhandledError(currException)
-      quit(1)
+      rawQuit(1)
 
 when gotoBasedExceptions:
   var nimInErrorMode {.threadvar.}: bool
@@ -430,13 +430,13 @@ when gotoBasedExceptions:
     if nimInErrorMode and currException != nil:
       reportUnhandledError(currException)
       currException = nil
-      quit(1)
+      rawQuit(1)
 
 proc raiseExceptionAux(e: sink(ref Exception)) {.nodestroy.} =
   when defined(nimPanics):
     if e of Defect:
       reportUnhandledError(e)
-      quit(1)
+      rawQuit(1)
 
   if localRaiseHook != nil:
     if not localRaiseHook(e): return
@@ -458,7 +458,7 @@ proc raiseExceptionAux(e: sink(ref Exception)) {.nodestroy.} =
       c_longjmp(excHandler.context, 1)
     else:
       reportUnhandledError(e)
-      quit(1)
+      rawQuit(1)
 
 proc raiseExceptionEx(e: sink(ref Exception), ename, procname, filename: cstring,
                       line: int) {.compilerRtl, nodestroy.} =
@@ -501,7 +501,7 @@ proc threadTrouble() =
     if currException != nil: reportUnhandledError(currException)
   except:
     discard
-  quit 1
+  rawQuit 1
 
 proc writeStackTrace() =
   when hasSomeStackTrace:
@@ -544,7 +544,7 @@ proc callDepthLimitReached() {.noinline.} =
       "-d:nimCallDepthLimit=<int> but really try to avoid deep " &
       "recursions instead.\n"
   showErrorMessage2(msg)
-  quit(1)
+  rawQuit(1)
 
 proc nimFrame(s: PFrame) {.compilerRtl, inl, raises: [].} =
   if framePtr == nil:
@@ -597,7 +597,7 @@ when defined(cpp) and appType != "lib" and not gotoBasedExceptions and
     else:
       writeToStdErr msg & "\n"
 
-    quit 1
+    rawQuit 1
 
 when not defined(noSignalHandler) and not defined(useNimRtl):
   type Sighandler = proc (a: cint) {.noconv, benign.}
@@ -651,7 +651,7 @@ when not defined(noSignalHandler) and not defined(useNimRtl):
       # also return the correct exit code to the shell.
       discard c_raise(sign)
     else:
-      quit(1)
+      rawQuit(1)
 
   var SIG_IGN {.importc: "SIG_IGN", header: "<signal.h>".}: Sighandler
 

lib/system/fatal.nim

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ elif (defined(nimQuirky) or defined(nimPanics)) and not defined(nimscript):
         add(buf, name exceptn)
         add(buf, "]\n")
         cstderr.rawWrite buf
-      quit 1
+      rawQuit 1
 
   func sysFatal(exceptn: typedesc, message: string) {.inline, noreturn.} =
     sysFatal(exceptn, message, "")

lib/system/gc.nim

@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ template gcAssert(cond: bool, msg: string) =
       writeStackTrace()
       #var x: ptr int
       #echo x[]
-      quit 1
+      rawQuit 1
 
 proc addZCT(s: var CellSeq, c: PCell) {.noinline.} =
   if (c.refcount and ZctFlag) == 0:
@@ -626,7 +626,7 @@ when logGC:
       if cycleCheckA[i] == c: return true
     if cycleCheckALen == len(cycleCheckA):
       gcAssert(false, "cycle detection overflow")
-      quit 1
+      rawQuit 1
     cycleCheckA[cycleCheckALen] = c
     inc cycleCheckALen
 

lib/system/gc2.nim

@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ template gcAssert(cond: bool, msg: string) =
       echo "[GCASSERT] ", msg
       GC_disable()
       writeStackTrace()
-      quit 1
+      rawQuit 1
 
 proc cellToUsr(cell: PCell): pointer {.inline.} =
   # convert object (=pointer to refcount) to pointer to userdata

lib/system/gc_common.nim

@@ -472,12 +472,12 @@ proc nimRegisterGlobalMarker(markerProc: GlobalMarkerProc) {.compilerproc.} =
     inc globalMarkersLen
   else:
     cstderr.rawWrite("[GC] cannot register global variable; too many global variables")
-    quit 1
+    rawQuit 1
 
 proc nimRegisterThreadLocalMarker(markerProc: GlobalMarkerProc) {.compilerproc.} =
   if threadLocalMarkersLen <= high(threadLocalMarkers):
     threadLocalMarkers[threadLocalMarkersLen] = markerProc
     inc threadLocalMarkersLen
   else:
     cstderr.rawWrite("[GC] cannot register thread local variable; too many thread local variables")
-    quit 1
+    rawQuit 1

lib/system/gc_hooks.nim

@@ -24,15 +24,15 @@ proc nimRegisterGlobalMarker(markerProc: GlobalMarkerProc) {.compilerproc.} =
     inc globalMarkersLen
   else:
     cstderr.rawWrite("[GC] cannot register global variable; too many global variables")
-    quit 1
+    rawQuit 1
 
 proc nimRegisterThreadLocalMarker(markerProc: GlobalMarkerProc) {.compilerproc.} =
   if threadLocalMarkersLen <= high(threadLocalMarkers):
     threadLocalMarkers[threadLocalMarkersLen] = markerProc
     inc threadLocalMarkersLen
   else:
     cstderr.rawWrite("[GC] cannot register thread local variable; too many thread local variables")
-    quit 1
+    rawQuit 1
 
 proc traverseGlobals*() =
   for i in 0..globalMarkersLen-1:

lib/system/gc_ms.nim

@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ template gcAssert(cond: bool, msg: string) =
     if not cond:
       cstderr.rawWrite "[GCASSERT] "
       cstderr.rawWrite msg
-      quit 1
+      rawQuit 1
 
 proc cellToUsr(cell: PCell): pointer {.inline.} =
   # convert object (=pointer to refcount) to pointer to userdata

lib/system/memtracker.nim

@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ proc addEntry(entry: LogEntry) =
       cprintf("interesting %s:%ld %s\n", entry.file, entry.line, entry.op)
       let x = cast[proc() {.nimcall, tags: [], gcsafe, raises: [].}](writeStackTrace)
       x()
-      quit 1
+      rawQuit 1
       #if gLog.count > high(gLog.data):
       #  gLogger(gLog)
       #  gLog.count = 0

lib/system/mmdisp.nim

@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ else:
 proc raiseOutOfMem() {.noinline.} =
   if outOfMemHook != nil: outOfMemHook()
   cstderr.rawWrite("out of memory\n")
-  quit(1)
+  rawQuit(1)
 
 when defined(boehmgc):
   include system / mm / boehm

lib/system/orc.nim

@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ template orcAssert(cond, msg) =
   when logOrc:
     if not cond:
       cfprintf(cstderr, "[Bug!] %s\n", msg)
-      quit 1
+      rawQuit 1
 
 when logOrc:
   proc strstr(s, sub: cstring): cstring {.header: "<string.h>", importc.}
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ proc unregisterCycle(s: Cell) =
   when false:
     if idx >= roots.len or idx < 0:
       cprintf("[Bug!] %ld\n", idx)
-      quit 1
+      rawQuit 1
   roots.d[idx] = roots.d[roots.len-1]
   roots.d[idx][0].rootIdx = idx+1
   dec roots.len

lib/system/osalloc.nim

@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ elif defined(windows) and not defined(StandaloneHeapSize):
     when reallyOsDealloc:
       if virtualFree(p, 0, MEM_RELEASE) == 0:
         cprintf "virtualFree failing!"
-        quit 1
+        rawQuit 1
     #VirtualFree(p, size, MEM_DECOMMIT)
 
 elif hostOS == "standalone" or defined(StandaloneHeapSize):

lib/system/threadlocalstorage.nim

@@ -122,4 +122,4 @@ when not defined(useNimRtl):
     if nimThreadVarsSize() > sizeof(ThreadLocalStorage):
       c_fprintf(cstderr, """too large thread local storage size requested,
 use -d:\"nimTlsSize=X\" to setup even more or stop using unittest.nim""")
-      quit 1
+      rawQuit 1