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Posetf



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Posetf 13 Jan 2006, 00:51
Hi,
I am writing an interpreter/compiler, and what I think I really want to do is:
low_mem:
<IL> -- code
<GVAR> -- shared data
<TVAR> -- thread-specific data
high_mem:
My (insane) plan is to allocate memory for TVAR at CreateThread, and on
thread switch I want to "rep xchg" (wishful thinking, but ykwim) the TVAR
block.

One thing I should perhaps mention is that I want <IL> to contain absolute
memory addresses of both GVAR and TVAR, and mostly treat them identically.

Is there any way to intercept the thread switch and do a little bit of
housekeeping? I would be sooo happy if I could!

Regards,
Pete
PS I am a complete thread noob, just trying to plan ahead
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comrade



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comrade 13 Jan 2006, 03:13
What OS? There are already facilities inside Windows for thread-specific data called TLS (Thread Local Storage)
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Posetf



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Posetf 13 Jan 2006, 15:52
comrade wrote:
What OS? There are already facilities inside Windows for thread-specific data called TLS (Thread Local Storage)


Windows(9Cool. I cannot think of a way to use TLS, I need something at the point of the context switch. What I think I want to do is insert a bit of code after the OS has saved the current context and before or just after it restores the new one...

The only other way round it is to copy the <IL> at CreateThread() time, and patch all the references to (the new) <TVAR>, which might not be as bad as it sounds.
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