[cfe-dev] [libcxx][libcxxabi] Use of thread_local in libcxxabi

[Craig, Ben via cfe-dev]

There isn't much TLS stuff in libcxx, and what is there isn't terribly 
suitable for the thread_local keyword.

The biggest usage of TLS in libcxx involves TLS destructors. There are 
several things that a thread needs to do on exit ( 
notify_all_at_thread_exit, set_value_at_thread_exit, 
make_ready_at_thread_exit), and libcxx implements most of those things 
in terms of TLS destructors.

Destructors for pthread_tls is also typically more widely supported than 
destructors for thread_local objects.

On 4/26/2016 7:20 AM, Asiri Rathnayake via cfe-dev wrote:
> Hi Marshall,
>
> (Guess you are back in the sunny part of the world? ;))
>
> So, I noted that there is a bit of code in libcxxabi 
> (cxa_exception_storage.cpp) that uses thread_local (if explicitly 
> enabled). I'm wondering why we don't give this option in libcxx? It 
> seems we always delegate all TLS stuff in libcxx to pthreads.
>
> Thanks!
>
> - Asiri
>
>
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