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authorFlorian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com>2019-05-27 12:57:45 +0200
committerFlorian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com>2019-05-27 12:57:45 +0200
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nptl: Add comment to __pthread_get_minstack about external users
-rw-r--r--ChangeLog4
-rw-r--r--nptl/nptl-init.c8
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diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index b46b581707..53a3ae4ddb 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2019-05-27 Florian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com>
+
+ * nptl/nptl-init.c: Add comment.
+
2019-05-24 Florian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com>
* resolv/nss_dns/dns-host.c (getanswer_r): Be more explicit about
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)
{