Purpose of attribute_tls_model_ie

[Florian Weimer]

On 10/16/2015 03:25 PM, Alexander Monakov wrote:

> A problem with the attribute is that it disallows the compiler to optimize
> initial-exec to local-exec for accesses to locally-defined variables.  Is that
> what you meant?

Yes, this seems to be what is happening.  It overrides the
variable-specific compiler decision.  Thanks for explaining it more clearly.

So the remaining question is: do we want this?

Thanks,
Florian