Re: [RFC][PATCH] _UC_TLSBASE for all ports

[yamt%mwd.biglobe.ne.jp@localhost (YAMAMOTO Takashi)]

hi,

> On Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 07:31:59PM +0200, Emmanuel Dreyfus wrote:
>> Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg%britannica.bec.de@localhost> wrote:
>> 
>> > I maintain that trying to move contexts between threads is an inherently
>> > bad idea and that it is a very inefficient interface for implementing
>> > coroutines. I object to this change for the sake of misdesigned
>> > software.
>> 
>> Did you look at that test case? This is a nasty bug, and I think we need
>> a way for user to opt out of that behavior.
> 
> I don't agree with it being a nasty bug. Heck, document it as limitation
> if you want. But essentially don't mix *context and pthread in this way,
> it will create other interesting issues later.

what's the motivation to keep the limitation?

the current bahaviour would benefit applications which use i386 %gs register
for their own purposes.  is it your concern?

YAMAMOTO Takashi

> 
> Joerg