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Re: [Various] libc/2512: linxuthreads does not allow signal handlersto run on alternate stack
- To: Jakub Jelinek <jakub at redhat dot com>
- Subject: Re: [Various] libc/2512: linxuthreads does not allow signal handlersto run on alternate stack
- From: "Hassan M. Jafri" <hassanj at cs dot utexas dot edu>
- Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2001 00:49:47 -0500 (CDT)
- cc: Ulrich Drepper <drepper at cygnus dot com>, <libc-alpha at sources dot redhat dot com>
So is it absolutely necessary to install the kernel 2.4.x to make
alternate stack work?
> On Tue, Sep 04, 2001 at 11:43:15PM -0700, drepper@redhat.com wrote:
> >
> > When not using %gs the thread is determined based on the stack
> > pointer. How can this possibly work with an alternative stack?
What does register %gs hold (as far as I know, it holds the address of
some segment of the address space. Am I right?) and how do I configure
the kernel with %gs?
-Hassan