v01d commented on a change in pull request #3170:
URL: https://github.com/apache/incubator-nuttx/pull/3170#discussion_r604146444



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File path: include/nuttx/lib/libvars.h
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+/****************************************************************************
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+
+#ifndef __INCLUDE_NUTTX_LIB_LIBVARS_H
+#define __INCLUDE_NUTTX_LIB_LIBVARS_H
+
+/****************************************************************************
+ * Included Files
+ ****************************************************************************/
+
+#include <nuttx/config.h>
+
+#include <stdbool.h>
+
+#include <nuttx/lib/getopt.h>
+
+/****************************************************************************
+ * Public Types
+ ****************************************************************************/
+
+#ifndef CONFIG_BUILD_KERNEL
+/* This structure encapsulates all task-specific variables needed by the C
+ * Library.  This structure is retained at the beginning of the main thread
+ * of and is accessed via a reference stored in the TLS of all threads in
+ * the task group.
+ *
+ * NOTE: task-specific variables are not needed in the KERNEL build.  Included
+ * that build mode, all global variables are inherently process-specific.
+ */
+
+struct libvars_s
+{
+  struct getopt_s lv_getopt; /* Globals used by getopt() */
+};
+#endif

Review comment:
       In my mind we would allocate these globals on the heap on demand, 
holding pointers in this struct to that memory.
   I was just concerned how much stack requirement for every task would 
increase even if they never use all libc functions that use those globals. 




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