Re: [Linux-ia64] getcontext() correctly implemented ?

On Thu, 20 Sep 2001, David Mosberger wrote:

> You didn't mention the register backing store.  Be sure to scan that
> one too!  For the main thread, libc exports a global variable which
> will help you find the beginning of the backing store.  The variable
> is called "__libc_ia64_register_backing_store_base".  I'm not sure
> what pthreads does (Hans can you help?).  The top of the register
> backing store can be obtained from the "sc_bsp" member in the ucontext
> (uc->uc_mcontext.sc_bsp).

Wow ! This fixed this specific problem. With a little change:
uc->uc_mcontext.sc_bsp is uc->uc_mcontext.sc_ar_bsp.

Thanks a lot,
	stefan@lkcc.org