Remove --disable-tls.

This option is no longer useful, because TLS is correctly configured
automatically on all supported platforms.

This partially resolves #580.

INSTALL

@@ -186,11 +186,6 @@ any of the following arguments (not a definitive list) to 'configure':
     practice, this feature usually has little impact on performance unless
     thread-specific caching is disabled.
 
---disable-tls
-    Disable thread-local storage (TLS), which allows for fast access to
-    thread-local variables via the __thread keyword.  If TLS is available,
-    jemalloc uses it for several purposes.
-
 --disable-cache-oblivious
     Disable cache-oblivious large allocation alignment for large allocation
     requests with no alignment constraints.  If this feature is disabled, all

configure.ac

@@ -1670,27 +1670,14 @@ if test "x$enable_lazy_lock" = "x1" ; then
 fi
 AC_SUBST([enable_lazy_lock])
 
-AC_ARG_ENABLE([tls],
-  [AS_HELP_STRING([--disable-tls], [Disable thread-local storage (__thread keyword)])],
-if test "x$enable_tls" = "xno" ; then
-  enable_tls="0"
-else
-  enable_tls="1"
-fi
-,
-enable_tls=""
-)
-if test "x${enable_tls}" = "x" ; then
+dnl Automatically configure TLS.
 if test "x${force_tls}" = "x1" ; then
-    AC_MSG_RESULT([Forcing TLS to avoid allocator/threading bootstrap issues])
   enable_tls="1"
 elif test "x${force_tls}" = "x0" ; then
-    AC_MSG_RESULT([Forcing no TLS to avoid allocator/threading bootstrap issues])
   enable_tls="0"
 else
   enable_tls="1"
 fi
-fi
 if test "x${enable_tls}" = "x1" ; then
 AC_MSG_CHECKING([for TLS])
 AC_COMPILE_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM(
@@ -1709,12 +1696,7 @@ else
 fi
 AC_SUBST([enable_tls])
 if test "x${enable_tls}" = "x1" ; then
-  if test "x${force_tls}" = "x0" ; then
-    AC_MSG_WARN([TLS enabled despite being marked unusable on this platform])
-  fi
   AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([JEMALLOC_TLS], [ ])
-elif test "x${force_tls}" = "x1" ; then
-  AC_MSG_WARN([TLS disabled despite being marked critical on this platform])
 fi
 
 dnl ============================================================================
@@ -2170,7 +2152,6 @@ AC_MSG_RESULT([utrace             : ${enable_utrace}])
 AC_MSG_RESULT([xmalloc            : ${enable_xmalloc}])
 AC_MSG_RESULT([munmap             : ${enable_munmap}])
 AC_MSG_RESULT([lazy_lock          : ${enable_lazy_lock}])
-AC_MSG_RESULT([tls                : ${enable_tls}])
 AC_MSG_RESULT([cache-oblivious    : ${enable_cache_oblivious}])
 AC_MSG_RESULT([cxx                : ${enable_cxx}])
 AC_MSG_RESULT([===============================================================================])

doc/jemalloc.xml.in

@@ -838,16 +838,6 @@ mallctl("arena." STRINGIFY(MALLCTL_ARENAS_ALL) ".decay",
         build configuration.</para></listitem>
       </varlistentry>
 
-      <varlistentry id="config.tls">
-        <term>
-          <mallctl>config.tls</mallctl>
-          (<type>bool</type>)
-          <literal>r-</literal>
-        </term>
-        <listitem><para><option>--disable-tls</option> was not specified during
-        build configuration.</para></listitem>
-      </varlistentry>
-
       <varlistentry id="config.utrace">
         <term>
           <mallctl>config.utrace</mallctl>

src/ctl.c

@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@ CTL_PROTO(config_prof)
 CTL_PROTO(config_prof_libgcc)
 CTL_PROTO(config_prof_libunwind)
 CTL_PROTO(config_stats)
-CTL_PROTO(config_tls)
 CTL_PROTO(config_utrace)
 CTL_PROTO(config_xmalloc)
 CTL_PROTO(opt_abort)
@@ -254,7 +253,6 @@ static const ctl_named_node_t	config_node[] = {
 	{NAME("prof_libgcc"),	CTL(config_prof_libgcc)},
 	{NAME("prof_libunwind"), CTL(config_prof_libunwind)},
 	{NAME("stats"),		CTL(config_stats)},
-	{NAME("tls"),		CTL(config_tls)},
 	{NAME("utrace"),	CTL(config_utrace)},
 	{NAME("xmalloc"),	CTL(config_xmalloc)}
 };
@@ -1450,7 +1448,6 @@ CTL_RO_CONFIG_GEN(config_prof, bool)
 CTL_RO_CONFIG_GEN(config_prof_libgcc, bool)
 CTL_RO_CONFIG_GEN(config_prof_libunwind, bool)
 CTL_RO_CONFIG_GEN(config_stats, bool)
-CTL_RO_CONFIG_GEN(config_tls, bool)
 CTL_RO_CONFIG_GEN(config_utrace, bool)
 CTL_RO_CONFIG_GEN(config_xmalloc, bool)
 

src/stats.c

@@ -712,7 +712,6 @@ stats_general_print(void (*write_cb)(void *, const char *), void *cbopaque,
 	CONFIG_WRITE_BOOL_JSON(prof_libgcc, ",")
 	CONFIG_WRITE_BOOL_JSON(prof_libunwind, ",")
 	CONFIG_WRITE_BOOL_JSON(stats, ",")
-	CONFIG_WRITE_BOOL_JSON(tls, ",")
 	CONFIG_WRITE_BOOL_JSON(utrace, ",")
 	CONFIG_WRITE_BOOL_JSON(xmalloc, "")
 

test/unit/mallctl.c

@@ -136,7 +136,6 @@ TEST_BEGIN(test_mallctl_config) {
 	TEST_MALLCTL_CONFIG(prof_libgcc, bool);
 	TEST_MALLCTL_CONFIG(prof_libunwind, bool);
 	TEST_MALLCTL_CONFIG(stats, bool);
-	TEST_MALLCTL_CONFIG(tls, bool);
 	TEST_MALLCTL_CONFIG(utrace, bool);
 	TEST_MALLCTL_CONFIG(xmalloc, bool);