Bug#637424: Implement i386_get_gsbase i386_get_fsbase i386_set_gsbase i386_set_fsbase amd64_get_gsbase amd64_get_fsbase amd64_set_gsbase amd64_set_fsbase

[Aurelien Jarno <aurelien@aurel32.net>]

On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 10:02:18AM +0000, Robert Millan wrote:
> Package: libc0.1
> Version: 2.13-15
> Severity: wishlist
> Tags: patch
> 
> This patch implements the following syscall stubs:
> 
> i386_get_gsbase
> i386_get_fsbase
> i386_set_gsbase
> i386_set_fsbase
> amd64_get_gsbase
> amd64_get_fsbase
> amd64_set_gsbase
> amd64_set_fsbase

In any case, they will have to wait for 2.14. Anyway, what are the uses
cases for these? They only looks like wrappers (which means they don't
necessarily need to be in glibc) to already existing functions, and they
are not present in upstream glibc. I am not sure we really want these
functions.

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