Re: [uml-devel] [PATCH 2/3] UML - x86_64 thread fixes

[Blaisorblade]

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).
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