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Re: Question about tst-stack4
On 08/16/2017 11:36 AM, Szabolcs Nagy wrote:
> Inconsistency detected by ld.so: dl-tls.c: 488: _dl_allocate_tls_init: Assertion `listp->slotinfo[cnt].gen <=
> GL(dl_tls_generation)' failed!
>
> i think segfault is also possible on accessing
> listp->next, but if it's consistently a segfault
> that may be a different issue.
>
> i had a test that exercises the race more,
> you may try to run that or something similar
> to see if it fails the same way:
> https://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2016-12/msg00456.html
It's on my hitlist for this year to track this down by auditing
the P&C aspects of the loader, since I want to try fix another
set of issues. However, I have to finish some other work, so
this might not get started for a few more months.
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Cheers,
Carlos.