lkml.org 
[lkml]   [1998]   [Sep]   [1]   [last100]   RSS Feed
Views: [wrap][no wrap]   [headers]  [forward] 
 
Messages in this thread
/
SubjectRe: patch for x86 treatment of fs and gs in signal handlers
From
Date
Jamie Lokier <lkd@tantalophile.demon.co.uk> writes:

> Simply that "%gs:" is emitted as an address prefix for an instruction
> that address an object with the segment attribute. (Or "%fs:" etc.).
> Nothing else.

But this is not usable since the intent is to have the segments
associated with %fs and %gs not to have the same address as the
segments for %ds etc.

> Although it sounds complicated, the only changes are to ld.so (part of
> Glibc which you're changing anyway), and the GCC attributes.

No, I'm not changing ld.so for this.

--
---------------. drepper at gnu.org ,-. 1325 Chesapeake Terrace
Ulrich Drepper \ ,-------------------' \ Sunnyvale, CA 94089 USA
Cygnus Solutions `--' drepper at cygnus.com `------------------------

-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu
Please read the FAQ at http://www.altern.org/andrebalsa/doc/lkml-faq.html

\
 
 \ /
  Last update: 2005-03-22 13:44    [W:0.037 / U:0.892 seconds]
©2003-2020 Jasper Spaans|hosted at Digital Ocean and TransIP|Read the blog|Advertise on this site