Hi Mandeep :) On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 12:57, Mandeep Sandhu <mandeepsandhu.chd@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Nope, tls here refers to "thread"..... > > Ok, got it...you're referring to Thread Local Storage. I think you > meant for me to search "/lib/tls" _path_ in the addr space mappings of > my main process, right? > Googling also shows that libtls is the TLS library > > I did not see any tls dir entries in my process' addr map: > > $ cat /proc/<my apps' pid>/maps | grep tls > $ Here's mine, in x86: $ cat /proc/self/maps 001e8000-0033b000 r-xp 00000000 08:08 133713 /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc-2.11.1.so 0033b000-0033c000 ---p 00153000 08:08 133713 /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc-2.11.1.so 0033c000-0033e000 r--p 00153000 08:08 133713 /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc-2.11.1.so 0033e000-0033f000 rw-p 00155000 08:08 133713 /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc-2.11.1.so ..... > As a matter of fact, there's no /lib/tls dir at all! OK, now that's something I don't know why... > But I'm not sure if this means that NPTL is NOT supported....because I > can see the individual threads under the 'task' of my apps' /proc > listing... it could mean that it uses the old pthread method... -- regards, Mulyadi Santosa Freelance Linux trainer and consultant blog: the-hydra.blogspot.com training: mulyaditraining.blogspot.com _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies
