Re: [RFC v2 1/4] tls: add macros for coroutine-safe TLS variables

[Stefan Hajnoczi]

On Wed, Dec 01, 2021 at 07:24:33PM +0100, Florian Weimer wrote:
> * Stefan Hajnoczi:
> 
> > +#elif defined(__x86_64__)
> > +#define QEMU_CO_TLS_ADDR(ret, var)                              \
> > +    asm volatile("rdfsbase %0\n\t"                              \
> > +                 "lea "#var"@tpoff(%0), %0" : "=r"(ret))
> > +#endif
> 
> RDFSBASE needs quite recent kernels.  I think you should use
> 
>   movq %%fs:0, %0
> 
> instead, which is equivalent for the x86-64 psABI.

Nice trick! I remember reading that the address of the thread data is
stored in the first element of the thread data itself, so this makes
sense :).

Stefan

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