12499 2011-02-18 03:49:00 +0000 Changes to .init_array support breaks eglibc-2.11.2 on hppa-linux 2011-03-17 02:52:38 +0000 1 1 1 Unclassified binutils ld 2.22 All All RESOLVED DUPLICATE 12343 P2 normal --- 1 danglin unassigned 47110 danglin 2011-02-18 03:49:27 +0000 ... CPP='gcc-4.4 -E -x c-header' /home2/dave/debian/glibc/eglibc-2.11.2/build-tre e/hppa-libc/elf/ld.so.1 --library-path /home2/dave/debian/glibc/eglibc-2.11.2/bu ild-tree/hppa-libc:/home2/dave/debian/glibc/eglibc-2.11.2/build-tree/hppa-libc/m ath:/home2/dave/debian/glibc/eglibc-2.11.2/build-tree/hppa-libc/elf:/home2/dave/ debian/glibc/eglibc-2.11.2/build-tree/hppa-libc/dlfcn:/home2/dave/debian/glibc/e glibc-2.11.2/build-tree/hppa-libc/nss:/home2/dave/debian/glibc/eglibc-2.11.2/bui ld-tree/hppa-libc/nis:/home2/dave/debian/glibc/eglibc-2.11.2/build-tree/hppa-lib c/rt:/home2/dave/debian/glibc/eglibc-2.11.2/build-tree/hppa-libc/resolv:/home2/d ave/debian/glibc/eglibc-2.11.2/build-tree/hppa-libc/crypt:/home2/dave/debian/gli bc/eglibc-2.11.2/build-tree/hppa-libc/nptl /home2/dave/debian/glibc/eglibc-2.11. 2/build-tree/hppa-libc/sunrpc/rpcgen -Y ../scripts -c rpcsvc/bootparam_prot.x -o /home2/dave/debian/glibc/eglibc-2.11.2/build-tree/hppa-libc/sunrpc/xbootparam_p rot.T make[3]: *** [/home2/dave/debian/glibc/eglibc-2.11.2/build-tree/hppa-libc/sunrpc /xbootparam_prot.stmp] Segmentation fault (core dumped) Problem occurs in call_init trying to run constructors for newly built libc.so.6. /home2/dave/debian/glibc/eglibc-2.11.2/build-tree/hppa-libc/libc.so.6: +file format elf32-hppa-linux Contents of section .init_array: 159008 ffffffff 0015bee2 00000000 ............ The ffffffff and 00000000 appear to come from merging .ctors into .init_array. Calling 0xffffffff causes the segv. ffffffff and 00000000 mark the limits of .ctors as generated by crtstuff.c. Building binutils with --disable-initfini-array avoids the error. Not much documentation on this... 47136 hjl.tools 2011-02-21 18:13:42 +0000 Dup. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 12343 *** 47413 danglin 2011-03-11 02:09:24 +0000 Irrespective of the closing of bug 12343, I still believe this is a binutils bug. .ctors is incorrectly merged. binutils should understand the markers that GCC has used for years. 47533 hjl.tools 2011-03-17 02:52:38 +0000 (In reply to comment #2) > Irrespective of the closing of bug 12343, I still believe this is a binutils > bug. .ctors is incorrectly merged. binutils should understand the markers > that GCC has used for years. There is no problem with the markers that GCC has used for years. The problem is the custom markers used by glibc. There is no plan to support the custom markers used by glibc. If you want to use the new linker, you need to fix glibc. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 12343 ***