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          <th>Bug ID</th>
          <td><a class="bz_bug_link 
          bz_status_NEW "
   title="NEW --- - Unnecessary use of local dynamic on x86_64"
   href="http://llvm.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=17581">17581</a>
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          <th>Summary</th>
          <td>Unnecessary use of local dynamic on x86_64
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          <th>Product</th>
          <td>libraries
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        <tr>
          <th>Version</th>
          <td>trunk
          </td>
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          <th>Hardware</th>
          <td>PC
          </td>
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          <th>OS</th>
          <td>Linux
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          <th>Status</th>
          <td>NEW
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          <th>Severity</th>
          <td>normal
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          <th>Priority</th>
          <td>P
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          <th>Component</th>
          <td>Backend: X86
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          <th>Assignee</th>
          <td>unassignedbugs@nondot.org
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          <th>Reporter</th>
          <td>rafael.espindola@gmail.com
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          <th>CC</th>
          <td>llvmbugs@cs.uiuc.edu
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          <th>Classification</th>
          <td>Unclassified
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        <pre>Local dynamic is not any better than general dynamic when there is only one
access. Given

__attribute__((visibility("hidden")))  __thread int obj;
int test() {
  return ((int)&obj) > 0;
}

clang produces

    leaq    obj@TLSLD(%rip), %rdi
    callq    __tls_get_addr@PLT
    movq    $obj@DTPOFF, %rcx
    addl    %eax, %ecx

which is 21 bytes 

without the hidden attribute clang itself produces

    data16
    leaq    obj@TLSGD(%rip), %rdi
    data16
    data16
    rex64
    callq    __tls_get_addr@PLT

which is 16 bytes.</pre>
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