"H . J . Lu" <hjl@lucon.org> writes: > Ulrich, should applciations have access to thread register directly? It doesn't matter. The value isn't changed in the lifetime of a thread. So the overhead of a syscall wouldn't be too much. And protection against programs overwriting the register isn't necessary. It's the program's fault if that happens. -- ---------------. ,-. 1325 Chesapeake Terrace Ulrich Drepper \ ,-------------------' \ Sunnyvale, CA 94089 USA Red Hat `--' drepper at redhat.com `------------------------
