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35.Dd February 21, 2005
36.Dt TLS 2
37.Os
38.Sh NAME
39.Nm set_tls_area ,
40.Nm get_tls_area
41.Nd kernel TLS (thread local storage) support.
42.Sh LIBRARY
43.Lb libc
44.Sh SYNOPSIS
45.In sys/tls.h
46.Ft int
47.Fn set_tls_area "int which" "struct tls_info *info" "size_t infosize"
48.Ft int
49.Fn get_tls_area "int which" "struct tls_info *info" "size_t infosize"
50.Sh DESCRIPTION
51The
52.Fn set_tls_area
53system call creates an entry for the TLS facility
54.Fa which
55representing thread local storage as specified by the
56.Fa info
57structure.  A descriptor representing the facility is returned, or -1 if
58an error occurred.  The facility may be cleared by specifying a NULL pointer
59and an infosize of 0.
60The
61.Fn get_tls_area
62system call retrieves the requested TLS facility.  A descriptor representing
63the facility is returned, or -1 if an error occurred.  If you simply want the
64descriptor you may specify a NULL pointer and an infosize of 0.
65.Pp
66The returned descriptor and the TLS mechanism is machine-dependent.  On IA32
67three global segment descriptors are supported  (0, 1, and 2) and the %gs
68load value is returned.
69.Pp
70The
71.Fa tls_info
72structure passed to
73.Fn set_tls_area
74should first be zerod (to remain compatible with future extensions)
75and then initialized.
76.Bd -literal
77struct tls_info {
78        void	*base;		/* base address of TLS area */
79        int	size;		/* size of TLS area in bytes */
80};
81.Ed
82.Pp
83The actual implementation of the area is machine-dependent.  If the kernel
84is unable to accommodate the supplied size it may create a larger area.
85If the kernel is unable to accommodate the supplied base address an error
86will be returned.
87.Sh RETURN VALUES
88A return value of 0 is returned on success, -1 on error.
89.Sh EXAMPLE
90.Bd -literal -compact
91
92/*
93 * Pseudo example showing how the TLS system calls work on IA32.
94 */
95#include <stdio.h>
96#include <unistd.h>
97#include <stdlib.h>
98#include <errno.h>
99#include <sys/tls.h>
100
101int X;
102
103static int getdata(int offset);
104
105int
106main(int ac, char **av)
107{
108    int i;
109    int gs;
110    struct tls_info info;
111
112    info.base = &X;
113    info.size = sizeof(X);
114    if ((gs = set_tls_area(0, &info, sizeof(info))) < 0) {
115        perror("setarea");
116        exit(1);
117    }
118    printf("gs = %04x\en", gs);
119    __asm __volatile("mov %0,%%gs" : : "g" (gs) );
120
121    if (get_tls_area(0, &info, sizeof(info)) < 0) {
122        perror("getarea");
123        exit(1);
124    }
125    printf("%p/%d\en", info.base, info.size);
126
127    X = 1;
128    printf("should be 1: %d\en", getdata(0));
129    X = 2;
130    printf("should be 2: %d\en", getdata(0));
131
132    printf("this should fault:\en");
133    fflush(stdout);
134    getdata(4);
135
136    return(0);
137}
138
139static int
140getdata(int offset)
141{
142    int rv;
143    __asm __volatile("movl %%gs:(%0),%%eax; movl %%eax,%1" : "+r" (offset) : "m"
144 (rv) : "ax");
145    return (rv);
146}
147
148.Ed
149.Sh ERRORS
150.Bl -tag -width Er
151.It Bq Er ERANGE
152The specified facility index,
153.Fa which ,
154is not supported.
155.It Bq Er EINVAL
156An invalid parameter has been specified.
157.It Bq Er ENOENT
158(get_tls_area) The specified facility has not been initialized with
159.Fn sys_set_tls_area .
160.El
161.Sh SEE ALSO
162.Xr umtx 2
163.Sh HISTORY
164The
165.Fn set_tls_area ,
166and
167.Fn get_tls_area
168function calls first appeared in
169.Dx 1.1 .
170