Support for C11/C++11 thread local storage

[stertingen]

C11 (https://en.cppreference.com/w/c/languag ... e_duration) and C++11 (https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/langu ... e_duration) introduce language keywords for thread local storage.

While it may be possible to define CH_CFG_THREAD_EXTRA_FIELDS to get some sort of thread local storage, it's not portable to POSIX or other OSes, so support for thread_local / _Thread_local would be nice.

[Giovanni]

Hi,

That is a compiler development, the OS already supports mechanisms able to implement that. For example a private heap that is destroyed on thread termination (using hooks).

Giovanni

[alex31]

the OS already supports mechanisms able to implement that. For example a private heap that is destroyed on thread termination (using hooks).

That's nice, can be useful for allocating memory from a dma compatible pool in a reentrant way. Is there any example of using this ?

Alexandre

[Giovanni]

No examples so far, I am thinking to make the heap allocator "thread aware", each thread could allocate private blocks that are released on thread termination (or explicitly).

This would require an extra field in the header structure because each block would be linked to the thread using a list. It would also better support that C++ feature, no need to use hooks at all.

Giovanni