[llvm-dev] [RFC] lld: Dropping TLS relaxations in favor of TLSDESC

[Rafael Avila de Espindola via llvm-dev]

Joerg Sonnenberger via llvm-dev <llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org> writes:

> On Tue, Nov 07, 2017 at 06:27:37PM -0800, Rui Ueyama via llvm-dev wrote:
>> tl;dr: TLSDESC have solved most problems in formerly inefficient TLS access
>> models, so I think we can drop TLS relaxation support from lld.
>
> I've skipped over the description and I have some difficulty sharing
> this conlusion. I don't see how it makes any significant difference. I
> also don't know if any system beyond glibc implements it.

musl implements it.

Cheers,
Rafael