From: Alexander Terekhov (terekhov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-08-22 06:45:40
> I'm going to try again. I have no dispute with your
> assertions. I have no dispute with the need for TLS and adoption.
> However, the need does not exist when creating a brand new
> boost supported program using the threads library.
IMHO, the need (for TLS/TSD) DOES exist even when creating
a brand new boost supported program using the threads library.
e.g. if i want to implement my own portable starvation-free
read/write lock which would support recursive read locking
(posix says: "A thread may hold multiple concurrent read
locks on rwlock (that is, successfully call the
pthread_rwlock_rdlock() function n times). If so, the
application shall ensure that the thread performs matching
unlocks (that is, it calls the pthread_rwlock_unlock()
function n times").
or if i want to implement my own "debug" locks which
would trace some thread-specific data (e.g. thread name)
on lock/unlock calls.
or..
IMHO TSD/TLS/TSS/.. is simply a relatively inexpensive
mechanism to provide a function with some context
(thread-specific) state info w/o having to do so using
thread stack which is not free as well (especially taking
into account the cost of propagation to the next
function(s) and next function(s),...).
regards,
alexander.