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
On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 09:48:48PM +0200, Robert Millan wrote:
> 2011/8/11 Aurelien Jarno <aurelien@aurel32.net>:
> > In any case, they will have to wait for 2.14. Anyway, what are the uses
> > cases for these?
>
> wine needs amd64_set_gsbase and i386_set_fsbase.
>
> amd64_set_fsbase and i386_set_gsbase are not used by any program that
> I know of. Also, they should be considered carefully: since our TLS
> implementation relies on them, programs shouldn't mess with these
> functions AFAICT.
>
> The getters are neither needed by wine nor dangerous.
>
So what do we do at the end? Couldn't wine simply use the sysarch()
function?
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