Re: i386 PDA patches use of %gs

[Jeremy Fitzhardinge]

Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> Jeremy, is there a reason you're specifically using %gs and not %fs? If
> not, would you mind a switch to using %fs instead?
>   

The main reason for using %gs was to take advantage of gcc's TLS 
support.  I intend to measure the cost of gs vs fs, and if there's a 
significant difference I'll switch.

   J
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