Re: Linux Jobs as of 2.3.99pre6-5

Linus Torvalds (torvalds@transmeta.com)
24 Apr 2000 18:24:40 -0700

In article <m366t7f4bw.fsf@localhost.localnet>,
Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com> wrote:
>Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> writes:
>
>> To Do
>> -----
>
>Do you want to add:
>
>fix kernel handling of %fs and %gs registers on x86
>
>?? It's preventing major optimizations in the thread library.

I've never been able to verify this. As far as I know, the kernel
handles %fs and %gs just right. You should re-check, and maybe try to
make a test-case for what you think is incorrect behaviour..

Linus

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