Implementing TLS: step 1

[Marcel Moolenaar]

On Thu, Jun 19, 2003 at 10:47:13PM -0400, Daniel Eischen wrote:
> 
> > For that matter %gs:0 need not point to the mailbox at all,
> > since anyoen who needs to find it either has teh time to get it slowely
> > (via wherever it DOES point), or has other ways of finding it.
> 
> Currently it _does_ have to point to the mailbox.

Q1: The race is only possible by the kernel changing the thread
    pointer?

Q2: Given that libthr has been ported to ia64, what needs to be done
    to port libkse to ia64 (roughtly)?

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 Marcel Moolenaar	  USPA: A-39004		 marcel at xcllnt.net