From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from sc8-sf-mx2-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.92] helo=mail.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list1-new.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HKHKd-0005DX-N6 for user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Thu, 22 Feb 2007 09:02:13 -0800 Received: from saraswathi.solana.com ([198.99.130.12]) by mail.sourceforge.net with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.44) id 1HKHKa-0001DW-FJ for user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Thu, 22 Feb 2007 09:02:09 -0800 Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2007 11:54:09 -0500 From: Jeff Dike Message-ID: <20070222165409.GC3396@ccure.user-mode-linux.org> References: <200702082157.l18LvVFB007602@ccure.user-mode-linux.org> <200702220107.30766.blaisorblade@yahoo.it> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200702220107.30766.blaisorblade@yahoo.it> Subject: Re: [uml-devel] [PATCH 2/3] UML - x86_64 thread fixes List-Id: The user-mode Linux development list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: user-mode-linux-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: user-mode-linux-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net To: Blaisorblade Cc: akpm@osdl.org, wstearns@pobox.com, user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Feb 22, 2007 at 01:07:30AM +0100, Blaisorblade wrote: > 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? Is there any prospect that %gs will be getting similar treatment? %fs is set through CLONE_SETTLS, so it would seem that something like a new clone flag would be required for this. > 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). Maybe because I forgot about it - do you have a pointer? Jeff -- Work email - jdike at linux dot intel dot com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ User-mode-linux-devel mailing list User-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/user-mode-linux-devel