[llvm-dev] __builtin_thread_pointer for RISC-V

[Sam Elliott via llvm-dev]

Hi kamlesh,

Does GCC provide such a builtin?

At the moment, you can write inline assembly to access the `tp` register if you need to read it directly, like so (you can directly inline this if you need to):

void* read_thread_pointer(void) {
  void* thread_pointer;
  asm("mov %0, tp" : "=r"(thread_pointer) : );
  return thread_pointer;
}

I am not entirely sure how where `tp` points to in the different thread local models. There is more information on these models in the RISC-V ELF psABI document: https://github.com/riscv/riscv-elf-psabi-doc/blob/master/riscv-elf.md#thread-local-storage

Sam

> On 25 Mar 2020, at 12:34 pm, kamlesh kumar via llvm-dev <llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi Devs,
> since risc-v has a register $tp which is thread pointer.
> is it possible to have __builtin_thread_pointer for RISC-V?
> I am not sure what could be corresponding instructions?
> 
> ./kamlesh
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