Re: Where is GetCurrentFiber?

[Kurt Schwartz <kurt at whdl dot com>]

No, it is not in user32.a.  Some other fiber routines are in kernel32.a.


At 10:57 AM 3/6/2001 -0500, Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc) wrote:
>At 12:37 AM 3/6/2001, Kurt Schwartz wrote:
> >There is a function declaration in the cygwin headers for 
> GetCurrentFiber, but there is no symbol in any library file, and I get 
> unresolved link errors when using this function.
> >
> >In the VC++ header, this function is an inline assembly function:
> >
> >_inline PVOID GetCurrentFiber( void ) { __asm mov eax, fs:[0x10] }
> >
> >Also, the same problem exists with GetFiberData, defined in MSVC as
> >
> >_inline PVOID GetFiberData( void ) { __asm {
> >                                         mov eax, fs:[0x10]
> >                                         mov eax,[eax]
> >                                         }
> >                                      }
> >
> >
> >Now, I know gcc uses a different asm syntax, but I have no clue how to 
> write the above functions legally for gcc.
> >
> >Did these functions slip through the cracks??
>
>
>I don't think so.  GetCurrentFiber() and GetFiberData() are in user32.dll
>according to the MSDN.  As a result, I would expect them to show up in
>libuser32.a.  Are you saying they don't?
>
>
>
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