[LLVMdev] [PATCH] Add support for accessing the FS segment register on X86

[Zoltan Varga]

Hi,

  Here is an updated version of the patch using address space 257.

                Zoltan

On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 11:36 PM, Shantonu Sen <ssen at apple.com> wrote:

> Maybe 257 would be better (or other unused), because of r70197, which gives
> special behavior for <256
>
> Shantonu Sen
> ssen at apple.com
>
> Sent from my Mac Pro
>
>
> On May 4, 2009, at 2:28 PM, Zoltan Varga wrote:
>
>  Hi,
>>
>>  The attached patch adds support for accessing the FS segment register
>> using address space 255, similarly to the way the GS segment register can be
>> accessed. This is useful for generating TLS access code on amd64 for
>> example.
>>
>>              Zoltan
>>
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