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nptl: Add comment to __pthread_get_minstack about external users

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Florian Weimer May 27, 2019, 10:59 a.m. UTC
2019-05-27  Florian Weimer  <fweimer@redhat.com>

	* nptl/nptl-init.c: Add comment.

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Carlos O'Donell May 27, 2019, 12:11 p.m. UTC | #1
On 5/27/19 5:59 AM, Florian Weimer wrote:
> 2019-05-27  Florian Weimer  <fweimer@redhat.com>
> 
> 	* nptl/nptl-init.c: Add comment.
> 

OK for master. Given that I almost removed this once last year it's a good
thing to have a comment here.

Reviewed-by: Carlos O'Donell <carlos@redhat.com>

> diff --git a/nptl/nptl-init.c b/nptl/nptl-init.c
> index 2926558b91..73935f8be4 100644
> --- a/nptl/nptl-init.c
> +++ b/nptl/nptl-init.c
> @@ -407,6 +407,14 @@ strong_alias (__pthread_initialize_minimal_internal,
>  	      __pthread_initialize_minimal)
>  
>  
> +/* This function is internal (it has a GLIBC_PRIVATE) version, but it
> +   is widely used (either via weak symbol, or dlsym) to obtain the
> +   __static_tls_size value.  This value is then used to adjust the
> +   value of the stack size attribute, so that applications receive the
> +   full requested stack size, not diminished by the TCB and static TLS
> +   allocation on the stack.  Once the TCB is separately allocated,
> +   this function should be removed or renamed (if it is still
> +   necessary at that point).  */
>  size_t
>  __pthread_get_minstack (const pthread_attr_t *attr)
>  {
>
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diff --git a/nptl/nptl-init.c b/nptl/nptl-init.c
index 2926558b91..73935f8be4 100644
--- a/nptl/nptl-init.c
+++ b/nptl/nptl-init.c
@@ -407,6 +407,14 @@  strong_alias (__pthread_initialize_minimal_internal,
 	      __pthread_initialize_minimal)
 
 
+/* This function is internal (it has a GLIBC_PRIVATE) version, but it
+   is widely used (either via weak symbol, or dlsym) to obtain the
+   __static_tls_size value.  This value is then used to adjust the
+   value of the stack size attribute, so that applications receive the
+   full requested stack size, not diminished by the TCB and static TLS
+   allocation on the stack.  Once the TCB is separately allocated,
+   this function should be removed or renamed (if it is still
+   necessary at that point).  */
 size_t
 __pthread_get_minstack (const pthread_attr_t *attr)
 {