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authorUlrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>2009-08-04 11:03:46 -0700
committerUlrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>2009-08-04 11:03:46 -0700
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Optimize x86-64 syscall cancellation handling.
The syscall wrappers had to save and restore the syscall parameter
values and return value when calling the functions to enable/disable
cancellation were called.  Not anymore.  The called functions are
special and don't modify any unexpected registers.
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+2009-08-04  Ulrich Drepper  <drepper@redhat.com>
+
+	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/cancellation.S: New file.
+	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/libc-cancellation.S: New file.
+	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/librt-cancellation.S: New file.
+	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/sysdep-cancel.h (PSEUDO): Optimize
+	since we can assume the special __*_{en,dis}able_asynccancel
+	functions.
+	(PUSHARGS_*, POPARGS_*, SAVESTK_*, RESTSTK_*): Removed.
+	* sysdeps/x86_64/tcb-offsets.sym: Add cancellation-related bits
+	and PTHREAD_CANCELED.
+
 2009-07-31  Ulrich Drepper  <drepper@redhat.com>
 
 	* descr.h: Better definition of *_BITMASK macros for cancellation.