Subj : Re: Can C++ local static objects be made thread safe?
To   : comp.programming.threads
From : Alexander Terekhov
Date : Thu Feb 17 2005 04:02 pm


Gianni Mariani wrote:
[...]
> POSIX thread specific get/set stuff is very slow compared to the
> __thread keyword on GCC on x86 w Linux.  How would you propose to make
> it as fast as simply reading a memory location ?

Get/set stuff aside for a moment, __thread keyword on GCC on x86 w 
Linux doesn't make objects with thread storage duration thread-
private.

regards,
alexander.

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