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

Chris Lattner clattner at apple.com
Mon May 4 15:30:59 PDT 2009


On May 4, 2009, at 3:16 PM, Dan Gohman wrote:

> Hello,
>
> The preferred way to do TLS is to use the thread_local keyword.
> There is x86-64 support for thread_local on ELF; if you need
> it for other targets, I recommend looking at adapting it.

That said, the X86 backend supporting access off FS is general  
goodness, right?

-Chris



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