Subj : Re: a thread question
To   : comp.programming.threads
From : David Schwartz
Date : Fri May 13 2005 03:53 pm


"Chris Friesen" <cfriesen@nortelnetworks.com> wrote in message 
news:d635g0$91r$1@zcars129.ca.nortel.com...

> David Schwartz wrote:

>>     Actually, even thread-local variables are shared.

> Not necessarily.  I think it would be legal to have a portion of the 
> memory map dedicated to thread local storage, and thus you really wouldn't 
> be able to see other thread's memory.  The same virtual address would map 
> to different physical pages for each thread.

    I think you are right. I really should have said, "actually, even 
thread-local variables usually reside in shared memory".

    DS

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