org.jikesrvm.ia32

Class ThreadLocalState

java.lang.Object

org.jikesrvm.ia32.ThreadLocalState

public abstract class ThreadLocalState
extends Object

This class provides a layer of abstraction that the rest of the VM must use in order to access the current RVMThread object.

See Also:

RVMThread

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
ThreadLocalState()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static void	boot() The C bootstrap program has placed a pointer to the initial RVMThread in ESI.
static void	emitLoadThread(Assembler asm, RegisterConstants.GPR base, Offset offset) Emit an instruction sequence to load current RVMThread object from a location defined by [base]+offset
static RVMThread	getCurrentThread()
static void	setCurrentThread(RVMThread p)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

ThreadLocalState

public ThreadLocalState()

Method Detail

boot

public static void boot()

The C bootstrap program has placed a pointer to the initial RVMThread in ESI.

getCurrentThread

public static RVMThread getCurrentThread()

setCurrentThread

public static void setCurrentThread(RVMThread p)

emitLoadThread

public static void emitLoadThread(Assembler asm,
                                  RegisterConstants.GPR base,
                                  Offset offset)

Emit an instruction sequence to load current RVMThread object from a location defined by [base]+offset

Parameters:

asm - assembler object

base - number of base register

offset - offset