Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2003 20:13:26 -0700 From: Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@xcllnt.net> To: Daniel Eischen <eischen@vigrid.com> Cc: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org> Subject: Re: Implementing TLS: step 1 Message-ID: <20030620031326.GA2260@dhcp01.pn.xcllnt.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.10.10306192208420.4795-100000@pcnet5.pcnet.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0306191846200.41210-100000@InterJet.elischer.org> <Pine.GSO.4.10.10306192208420.4795-100000@pcnet5.pcnet.com>
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On Thu, Jun 19, 2003 at 10:47:13PM -0400, Daniel Eischen wrote:
>
> > For that matter %gs:0 need not point to the mailbox at all,
> > since anyoen who needs to find it either has teh time to get it slowely
> > (via wherever it DOES point), or has other ways of finding it.
>
> Currently it _does_ have to point to the mailbox.
Q1: The race is only possible by the kernel changing the thread
pointer?
Q2: Given that libthr has been ported to ia64, what needs to be done
to port libkse to ia64 (roughtly)?
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Marcel Moolenaar USPA: A-39004 marcel@xcllnt.net
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