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Re: [PATCH] RISC-V: Don't use ps_get_thread_area in libthread_db (bug 23402)
- From: DJ Delorie <dj at redhat dot com>
- To: Andreas Schwab <schwab at suse dot de>
- Cc: libc-alpha at sourceware dot org, palmer at dabbelt dot com, jimw at sifive dot com
- Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2018 19:28:06 -0400
- Subject: Re: [PATCH] RISC-V: Don't use ps_get_thread_area in libthread_db (bug 23402)
Andreas Schwab <schwab@suse.de> writes:
> Since RISC-V stores the thread pointer in a general register libthread_db
> can just ask the debugger for the register contents instead of trying to
> call ps_get_thread_area. This enables thread debugging in gdb.
>
> * sysdeps/riscv/nptl/tls.h (DB_THREAD_SELF): Use REGISTER instead
> of CONST_THREAD_AREA.
I'm OK with this but... will the definition be the same for riscv32 ?