CVS log for src/lib/libc/arch/mips/gen/_resumecontext.S

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Revision 1.7 / (download) - annotate - [select for diffs], Wed Sep 12 02:00:52 2012 UTC (11 years, 7 months ago) by manu
Branch: MAIN
CVS Tags: yamt-pagecache-base9, yamt-pagecache-base8, yamt-pagecache-base7, yamt-pagecache-base6, tls-maxphys-base, tls-maxphys, tls-earlyentropy-base, tls-earlyentropy, riastradh-xf86-video-intel-2-7-1-pre-2-21-15, riastradh-drm2-base3, riastradh-drm2-base2, riastradh-drm2-base1, riastradh-drm2-base, riastradh-drm2, pgoyette-localcount-base, pgoyette-localcount-20160806, pgoyette-localcount-20160726, netbsd-7-nhusb-base-20170116, netbsd-7-nhusb-base, netbsd-7-nhusb, netbsd-7-base, netbsd-7-2-RELEASE, netbsd-7-1-RELEASE, netbsd-7-1-RC2, netbsd-7-1-RC1, netbsd-7-1-2-RELEASE, netbsd-7-1-1-RELEASE, netbsd-7-1, netbsd-7-0-RELEASE, netbsd-7-0-RC3, netbsd-7-0-RC2, netbsd-7-0-RC1, netbsd-7-0-2-RELEASE, netbsd-7-0-1-RELEASE, netbsd-7-0, netbsd-7, agc-symver-base, agc-symver
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Changes since 1.6: +3 -3 lines
Diff to previous 1.6 (unified)

setcontext() used to be incompatible with -lpthread since it affected
the TLS pointer, therefore wrecking the pthread environement.

Some ports had _UC_TLSBASE flag or equivalent (_UC_UNIQUE on alpha)
that controlled whether setcontext() would change the TLS pointer.
This change let libpthread override setcontext() with its own version
that unsets _UC_TLSBASE, enabling safe usage of setcontext() with
-lpthread.

We also have the following required changes here:
- rename alpha's _UC_UNIQUE into _UC_TLSBASE
- add _UC_TLSBASE definition in header file for all ports
  (powerpc, sh3, sparc and sparc64 lack the implementation for now)
- introduce a libc stub that can be overriden for setcontext()
- modify MD libcs swapcontext() implementations so that they use the
  setcontext() libc stub instead of doing a plain system call.

While we are there:
- document various MD _UC_* flags in header file
- add libc and libpthread tests for swapcontext() behavior
  (hopefully helpful to spot MD problems introduced with this change)

Future work:
- Deciding whether kernel support or _UC_TLSBASE should be added for
  powerpc, sh3, sparc and sparc64 is left to portmasters
  sparc64

Approved by core@

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