aix: add required changes to build with clang

[abmusse]

This PR enables building Node.js on AIX with Clang by addressing several issues.

The game plan I have in mind to get AIX building with clang:

1. Confirm the changes in this PR doesn't break gcc builds (Node.js 24, 22, 20 still use it), then merge this PR

2. After this PR gets merged, update select compiler to use clang for Node.js 26+ builds
   (I have a draft PR for that here: aix: select clang for Node.26+ builds build#4286)

Changes

1. Add conditional flags for Clang builds

Some GCC flags don't work on Clang:

• -mfprnd
• -mno-popcntb
• -fno-extern-tls-init

These are now conditionally added only when Clang is not enabled.

For Clang builds, we need additional flags:

• -fno-integrated-as
• -fno-xl-pragma-pack

These flags are discussed in: https://chromium-review.googlesource.com/c/chromium/src/+/7120638

2. Fix OpenSSL implicit declaration errors

AIX header files don't ship declarations for sendmmsg and related functions, despite documentation showing they should be included. This appears to be a bug in AIX header files.

GCC tolerates implicit function declarations, but Clang 16+ treats them as errors:
https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/new-warnings-and-errors-clang-16

example:

16:55:13 ../deps/openssl/openssl/crypto/bio/bss_dgram.c: In function 'dgram_sendmmsg':
16:55:13 ../deps/openssl/openssl/crypto/bio/bss_dgram.c:1416:11: warning: implicit declaration of function 'sendmmsg'; did you mean 'sendmsg'? [-Wimplicit-function-declaration]
16:55:14  1416 |     ret = sendmmsg(b->num, mh, num_msg, sysflags);
16:55:14       |           ^~~~~~~~
16:55:14       |           sendmsg
16:55:14 ../deps/openssl/openssl/crypto/bio/bss_dgram.c: In function 'dgram_recvmmsg':
16:55:14 ../deps/openssl/openssl/crypto/bio/bss_dgram.c:1609:11: warning: implicit declaration of function 'recvmmsg'; did you mean 'recvmsg'? [-Wimplicit-function-declaration]
16:55:14  1609 |     ret = recvmmsg(b->num, mh, num_msg, sysflags, NULL);
16:55:14       |           ^~~~~~~~
16:55:14       |           recvmsg

ref: https://ci.nodejs.org/job/node-test-commit-aix/nodes=aix72-power9/62022/consoleFull
For now, we claim to not have these functions. The actual functions are available in libc, so an alternative would be to declare them ourselves for AIX 7.2+.

Ref: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/aix/7.2.0?topic=s-sendmmsg-subroutine

3. Cherry-pick V8 commit for AIX Clang support

Cherry-picked V8 commit 7107287 which adds required changes to build V8 with Clang on AIX.

Original commit: https://chromium-review.googlesource.com/c/v8/v8/+/7107287

4. Filter hidden visibility symbols from export script

Without filtering HIDDEN symbols, AIX Clang builds fail with linker errors:

ld: 0711-407 ERROR: Symbol [SYMBOL_NAME]
        Visibility is not allowed on a reference to an imported symbol.

Not including hidden symbols in the export files matches the recommendation by XLC documentation:

When using export lists, it is not recommended to put symbols with hidden visibility in the lists.

Ref: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/openxl-c-and-cpp-aix/17.1.4?topic=libraries-symbol-exports-visibilities

5. Add weak symbol detection in create_expfile.sh

AIX export files support the weak keyword to mark weak symbols. According to IBM documentation:

Each line within an import or export file contains the name of a symbol, optionally followed by an address or a keyword. Primary keywords are svc, svc32, svc3264, svc64, syscall, syscall32, syscall3264, syscall64, symbolic, nosymbolic, nosymbolic-, list, cm, bss, internal, hidden, protected, and export. A few more keywords are weak and required, which can be used along with another keyword.

ref: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/aix/7.2.0?topic=l-ld-command#ld__a3119106d

This helps preserve C++ weak symbol semantics and preventing potential linker conflicts.

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Review requested:

• @nodejs/gyp
• @nodejs/security-wg
• @nodejs/v8-update

[richardlau]

This needs to be made upstream as otherwise it's going to get reverted every OpenSSL upgrade we take: https://github.com/openssl/openssl/blob/72d5e8dcd2977234e47e840d2173917daa8bb0fa/crypto/bio/bss_dgram.c#L71-L72

[abmusse]

I found a similar issue upstream: openssl/openssl#23751

Someone there mentioned that the headers for sendmmsg recvmmsg are in another location:

#include <net/proto_uipc.h>

I will open up a PR on upstream and see what maintainers say.

[abmusse]

I see that that documentation claims its available here: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/aix/7.2.0?topic=s-sendmmsg-subroutine
(Starting in AIX 7.2)

Following those docs you get back implicit function declaration for it.

You can re-recreate the behavior with this simple c program:

#include  <sys/types.h>
#include  <sys/socketvar.h>
#include  <sys/socket.h>
#include  <net/proto_uipc.h>

int main() {
    struct mmsghdr msgs[1];
    
    /* This causes implicit declaration warning - no header declares sendmmsg */
    sendmmsg(0, msgs, 1, 0);
    
    return 0;
}

Clang:

$ /opt/clang+llvm-20.1.7-powerpc64-ibm-aix-7.2/bin/clang -o aix-sendmmsg-issue.out aix-sendmmsg-issue.c 
aix-sendmmsg-issue.c:23:5: error: call to undeclared function 'sendmmsg'; ISO C99 and later do not support implicit function declarations [-Wimplicit-function-declaration]
   23 |     sendmmsg(0, msgs, 1, 0);
      |     ^
aix-sendmmsg-issue.c:23:5: note: did you mean 'nsendmsg'?
/usr/include/sys/socket.h:645:9: note: 'nsendmsg' declared here
  645 | ssize_t sendmsg(int, const struct msghdr *, int);
      |         ^
/usr/include/sys/socket.h:174:25: note: expanded from macro 'sendmsg'
  174 | #define sendmsg         nsendmsg
      |                         ^
1 error generated.

GCC:

$ /opt/freeware/bin/gcc-12 -o aix-sendmmsg-issue.out aix-sendmmsg-issue.c 
aix-sendmmsg-issue.c: In function 'main':
aix-sendmmsg-issue.c:23:5: warning: implicit declaration of function 'sendmmsg'; did you mean 'sendmsg'? [-Wimplicit-function-declaration]
   23 |     sendmmsg(0, msgs, 1, 0);
      |     ^~~~~~~~
      |     sendmsg

Even including net/proto_uipc.h it fails too, upon further investigation looks like everything in that header is wrapped in #ifdef _KERNEL so it seems like sendmmsg / recvmmsg is not really usuable unless _KERNEL is defined.

With the above information, I'm now going forward with my changes in the PR on upstream openssl to just fall back to sendmsg and recvmsg.

I will try to open an issue with AIX team about sendmmsg not being available.

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