Request for swapcontext and getcontext to be ported to our libc

[Simon 'corecode' Schubert]

Matthew Dillon wrote:
    The answer is: yes, it is possible.  There is no reason why the
    signal mask (and signal pending bitmap) couldn't be stored in user
    memory, allowing the userland threading system to swap out the mask
    without entering the kernel.  
I absolutely agree.  I am thinking of a special page mapped in kernel and userspace memory, where things like signal mask and pending (per thread) are located, and maybe also a timecounter, pid, etc.

    So I think there is a very good argument for making the current release
    implementation do these calls in libc and not as system calls, and
    initially have libc just get the signal mask with a system call, then
    at some later date add the feature sthat allow the userland context
    routines to run fully without having to make any system calls at all.
If Matt Emmerton finds the time to implement it, I am all for it.  Having these functions as syscalls seems wrong in my eyes.

cheers
 simon
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