SPARC: Local Dynamic (LD)

This code sequence implements the LD model described in Thread-Local Storage Access Models.

# %l7 - initialized to GOT pointer

0x00 sethi %hi(@tmndx(x1)), %o0
0x04 add   %o0, %lo(@tmndx(x1)), %o0
0x08 add   %l7, %o0, %o0
0x0c call  x@TLSPLT

# %o0 - contains address of TLS block of current object

0x10 sethi %hi(@dtpoff(x1)), %l1
0x14 xor   %l1, %lo(@dtpoff(x1)), %l1
0x18 add   %o0, %l1, %l1

# %l1 - contains address of local TLS variable x1

0x20 sethi %hi(@dtpoff(x2)), %l2
0x24 xor   %l2, %lo(@dtpoff(x2)), %l2
0x28 add   %o0, %l2, %l2

# %l2 - contains address of local TLS variable x2

 
 
R_SPARC_TLS_LDM_HI22
R_SPARC_TLS_LDM_LO10
R_SPARC_TLS_LDM_ADD
R_SPARC_TLS_LDM_CALL
 
 
 
R_SPARC_TLS_LDO_HIX22
R_SPARC_TLS_LDO_LOX10
R_SPARC_TLS_LDO_ADD
 
 
 
R_SPARC_TLS_LDO_HIX22
R_SPARC_TLS_LDO_LOX10
R_SPARC_TLS_LDO_ADD

 
 
x1
x1
x1
x1
 
 
 
x1
x1
x1
 
 
 
x2
x2
x2

GOT[n]
GOT[n + 1]

R_SPARC_TLS_DTPMOD32
<none>

x1

GOT[n]
GOT[n + 1]

R_SPARC_TLS_DTPMOD64
<none>

x1

The first sethi instruction and add instruction generate R_SPARC_TLS_LDM_HI22 and R_SPARC_TLS_LDM_LO10 relocations respectively. These relocations instruct the link-editor to allocate space in the GOT to hold a TLS_index structure for the current object. The link-editor processes this relocation by substituting the GOT -relative offset for the new GOT entry.

The load object index is not known until runtime. Therefore, a R_SPARC_TLS_DTPMOD32 relocation is created, and the ti_tlsoffset field of the TLS_index structure is zero filled.

The second add and the call instruction are tagged with the R_SPARC_TLS_LDM_ADD and R_SPARC_TLS_LDM_CALL relocations respectively.

The following sethi instruction and xor instruction generate the R_SPARC_LDO_HIX22 and R_SPARC_TLS_LDO_LOX10 relocations, respectively. The TLS offset for each local symbol is known at link-edit time, therefore these values are filled in directly. The add instruction is tagged with the R_SPARC_TLS_LDO_ADD relocation.

When a procedure references more than one local symbol, the compiler generates code to obtain the base address of the TLS block once. This base address is then used to calculate the address of each symbol without a separate library call.

The register containing the TLS object address in the add instruction tagged by the R_SPARC_TLS_LDO_ADD must be the first register in the instruction sequence. This requirement permits the link-editor to identify the register during a code transformation.