Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 06 Feb 2002 16:13:23 -0800 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: kernel: ldt allocation failed |
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Alan Cox wrote:
>>This is not possible, since then %gs:0 (which is TLS base) cannot be read. >>We would have to change the TLS ABI (thus become incompatible e.g. with Sun) >> > > Sun who have canned their x86 product it seems. I don't feel "the standard > requires we suck" is an appropriate justification for anything. If there > is not a sane way to follow the standard - break it. If there is a sane way > then all fair and good, find it and use it >
I do have to agree that zero-basing the TLS pointer seems saner than not doing so.
-hpa
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