[9fans] GSoC Segments: What have I been doing, anyway?

Hi 9fans, So GSoC is more or less over! First, I really need to thank David Eckhardt and Erik Quanstrom for putting up with me this summer; dealing with me can be as frustrating as pulling teeth with a screwdriver when a patient only speaks another language. Next time I see either/both of them,

Re: [9fans] GSoC Segments: What have I been doing, anyway?

thanks for the posting. i think it would be helpful if you also posted a few more words on the problems that raising the segment limit does solve, and additional problems that it could solve. and discuss the pros and cons of the new system. as an example, I finally changed libthread.

Re: [9fans] GSoC Segments: What have I been doing, anyway?

typically, accessing memory above the stack is not a problem, so a single red zone below the stack is enough. this red zone need not be an actual segment, if the thread library picks segment addresses. although this would force the thread library to keep tabs on the top of the heap. Yep!