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TLS and dynamic loading now should also work. The tst-tls4 and tst-tls5 programs show what is working. Unloading is the next item on the list and then finally making all work with libpthread. This also means a lot more tests. On tests: if you port the TLS stuff to a new platform you should look at the tst-tls? tests in the order of their numbers. The coplexity increases with each test and all previous tests must work for the next to succeed. I'll keep it like this with all following tests. The code added in this set of patches is really hairy. The __tls_get_addr function obviously should be fast. This includes that no locking must be used. This in turns requires certain complications in the layout and allocation of the data structure which in good old tradition themselves must not impose any artificial limits on the program. I think I've documented the code sufficiently for those who want to understand the code. Now that Jakub has posted the binutils patch you might want to write the architecture support. If the model for the platform is that of x86 I see not many problems anymore. For IA-64-like models I'd wait. I'll have the IA-64 stuff working at some point. It's not difficult, it might require some changes in generic code, though. -- ---------------. ,-. 1325 Chesapeake Terrace Ulrich Drepper \ ,-------------------' \ Sunnyvale, CA 94089 USA Red Hat `--' drepper at redhat.com `------------------------
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