[Mono-devel-list] TLS: normal versus __thread

[Michael Rasmussen]

Hi Zoltan,

tor, 24 03 2005 kl. 15:33 +0100, skrev Zoltan Varga:
>   --with-tls=__thread causes the runtime to use variables declared as __thread
> for thread-local storage. This is known to not work under older kernels/glibc
> versions etc. This is why it is not turned on by default :).
> 
Does this in fact mean that compiling with --with-tls=__thread enforces
thread safety in the JIT compiler?

It this is the case why not let Mono.Posix.Syscall depend on having this
option enabled at compile time? It seems to assure that fork works as
expected.

Hilsen/Regards
Michael Rasmussen

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