On Thursday 08 February 2007 22:57, Jeff Dike wrote: > x86_64 needs some TLS fixes. What was missing was remembering the > child thread id during clone and stuffing it into the child during > each context switch. > > The %fs value is stored separately in the thread structure since the > host controls what effect it has on the actual register file. The > host also needs to store it in its own thread struct, so we need the > value kept outside the register file. Is there any reason for avoiding this treatment to %gs, apart that TLS code usually does not need it, even if the API allows for it to exist? I _do_ believe this patch fixes bug which can be tested (not verified everything), even if I wonder why you didn't look at the patch I sent to you time ago (I hadn't finished it, in truth, but there was most stuff - it had problems I couldn't debug at that time). -- Inform me of my mistakes, so I can add them to my list! Paolo Giarrusso, aka Blaisorblade http://www.user-mode-linux.org/~blaisorblade Chiacchiera con i tuoi amici in tempo reale! http://it.yahoo.com/mail_it/foot/*http://it.messenger.yahoo.com
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