src/os_cpu/linux_x86/vm/threadLS_linux_x86.cpp

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   1 /*
   2  * Copyright (c) 1999, 2003, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
   3  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
   4  *
   5  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
   6  * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
   7  * published by the Free Software Foundation.
   8  *
   9  * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
  10  * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
  11  * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
  12  * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
  13  * accompanied this code).
  14  *
  15  * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
  16  * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
  17  * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
  18  *
  19  * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
  20  * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
  21  * questions.
  22  *
  23  */
  24 
  25 #include "incls/_precompiled.incl"
  26 #include "incls/_threadLS_linux_x86.cpp.incl"

  27 
  28 // Map stack pointer (%esp) to thread pointer for faster TLS access
  29 //
  30 // Here we use a flat table for better performance. Getting current thread
  31 // is down to one memory access (read _sp_map[%esp>>12]) in generated code
  32 // and two in runtime code (-fPIC code needs an extra load for _sp_map).
  33 //
  34 // This code assumes stack page is not shared by different threads. It works
  35 // in 32-bit VM when page size is 4K (or a multiple of 4K, if that matters).
  36 //
  37 // Notice that _sp_map is allocated in the bss segment, which is ZFOD
  38 // (zero-fill-on-demand). While it reserves 4M address space upfront,
  39 // actual memory pages are committed on demand.
  40 //
  41 // If an application creates and destroys a lot of threads, usually the
  42 // stack space freed by a thread will soon get reused by new thread
  43 // (this is especially true in NPTL or LinuxThreads in fixed-stack mode).
  44 // No memory page in _sp_map is wasted.
  45 //
  46 // However, it's still possible that we might end up populating &


   1 /*
   2  * Copyright (c) 1999, 2010, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
   3  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
   4  *
   5  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
   6  * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
   7  * published by the Free Software Foundation.
   8  *
   9  * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
  10  * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
  11  * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
  12  * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
  13  * accompanied this code).
  14  *
  15  * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
  16  * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
  17  * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
  18  *
  19  * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
  20  * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
  21  * questions.
  22  *
  23  */
  24 
  25 #include "precompiled.hpp"
  26 #include "runtime/threadLocalStorage.hpp"
  27 #include "thread_linux.inline.hpp"
  28 
  29 // Map stack pointer (%esp) to thread pointer for faster TLS access
  30 //
  31 // Here we use a flat table for better performance. Getting current thread
  32 // is down to one memory access (read _sp_map[%esp>>12]) in generated code
  33 // and two in runtime code (-fPIC code needs an extra load for _sp_map).
  34 //
  35 // This code assumes stack page is not shared by different threads. It works
  36 // in 32-bit VM when page size is 4K (or a multiple of 4K, if that matters).
  37 //
  38 // Notice that _sp_map is allocated in the bss segment, which is ZFOD
  39 // (zero-fill-on-demand). While it reserves 4M address space upfront,
  40 // actual memory pages are committed on demand.
  41 //
  42 // If an application creates and destroys a lot of threads, usually the
  43 // stack space freed by a thread will soon get reused by new thread
  44 // (this is especially true in NPTL or LinuxThreads in fixed-stack mode).
  45 // No memory page in _sp_map is wasted.
  46 //
  47 // However, it's still possible that we might end up populating &