Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 7 Aug 2002 21:31:25 +0200 (CEST) | From | Ingo Molnar <> | Subject | Re: [patch] tls-2.5.30-A1 |
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On Wed, 7 Aug 2002, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> I would suggest: > - move all kernel-related (and thus non-visible to user space) segments > up, and make the cacheline optimizations _there_. > - keep the TLS entries contiguous, and make sure that segment 0040 (ie > GDT entry #8) is available to a TLS entry, since if I remember > correctly, that one is also magical for old Windows binaries for all > the wrong reasons (ie it was some system data area in DOS and in > Windows 3.1) > - and for cleanliness bonus points: make the regular user data segments > just another TLS segment that just happens to have default values. If > the user wants to screw with its own segments, let it.
i'll do this. Julliard, any additional suggestions perhaps - is GDT entry 8 the best %fs choice for Wine?
Ingo
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