Re: [RFC/PATCH] Make powerpc64 use __thread for per-cpu variables
From: Alan Modra <hidden>
Date: 2006-05-11 02:01:28
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On Thu, May 11, 2006 at 11:21:15AM +1000, Paul Mackerras wrote:
Alan Modra writes:quoted
gcc shouldn't think there is any reason to cache the address.Can I rely on that being true in the future?
It isn't true in the *present*, except with a compiler on my home
machine. :-)
__thread int i1;
void
f3 (void)
{
int x = i1;
__asm__ __volatile__ ("#dragons be here. %0" : "+r" (x));
i1 = x;
}
current mainline with -O2 -S -mtls-size=16
f3:
addi 9,2,i1@tprel
lwz 0,0(9)
#APP
#dragons be here. 0
#NO_APP
stw 0,0(9)
blr
Same thing with my modified compiler.
f3:
lwz 0,i1@tprel(2)
#APP
#dragons be here. 0
#NO_APP
stw 0,i1@tprel(2)
blr
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Alan Modra
IBM OzLabs - Linux Technology Centre