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Re: thread-ready ABIs
"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.
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