[LLVMdev] Thread local storage and PowerPC

[Hal Finkel]

Gabor,

These is some programming necessary, but just a few days ago, someone
sent me a patch half-implementing this, so it is definitely being
worked on.

Since it sounds like you're volunteering to help, I'll contact you
off-list.

 -Hal

On Thu, 19 Apr 2012 14:53:40 +0200
Gabor Greif <ggreif at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all friends of PowerPC!
> 
> My last gripe hindering me calling out "VICTORY!" on my
> large PPC embedded project is thread level storage not
> being implemented in the backend. I have filed this bug:
> 
>   http://llvm.org/PR12593
> 
> I wonder whether there is some fundamental obstacle
> (compared to the x86 backend, where this feature seems
> to work), or is it just "simple matter of programming"?
> 
> Maybe I just need some orientation and can implement this
> myself... Any feedback is appreciated.
> 
> Cheers and thanks,
> 
>     Gabor
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Hal Finkel
Postdoctoral Appointee
Leadership Computing Facility
Argonne National Laboratory