add comment: __thread is not supported by gcc on OS X yet

[ghc-hetmet.git] / rts / sm / GCThread.h

diff --git a/rts/sm/GCThread.h b/rts/sm/GCThread.h
index 9188a20..ab5aca7 100644 (file)
--- a/rts/sm/GCThread.h
+++ b/rts/sm/GCThread.h
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 
 #include "WSDeque.h"
 
+BEGIN_RTS_PRIVATE
+
 /* -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
    General scheme
    
@@ -215,6 +217,9 @@ extern gc_thread **gc_threads;
 // we have too few registers available.  In my tests it was worth
 // about 5% in GC performance, but of course that might change as gcc
 // improves. -- SDM 2009/04/03
+//
+// We ought to do the same on MacOS X, but __thread is not
+// supported there yet (gcc 4.0.1).
 
 extern __thread gc_thread* gct;
 #define DECLARE_GCT __thread gc_thread* gct;
@@ -270,5 +275,7 @@ extern StgWord8 the_gc_thread[];
 
 #endif
 
+END_RTS_PRIVATE
+
 #endif // SM_GCTHREAD_H