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Re: [PATCH] BZ #14545: Always check dtv before freeing dtv[-1]
- From: "H.J. Lu" <hjl dot tools at gmail dot com>
- To: Andreas Jaeger <aj at suse dot com>
- Cc: libc-alpha at sourceware dot org
- Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2012 05:49:55 -0700
- Subject: Re: [PATCH] BZ #14545: Always check dtv before freeing dtv[-1]
- References: <20120905202107.GA22504@intel.com><1737698.jvNKm1FYjG@byrd>
On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 1:08 AM, Andreas Jaeger <aj@suse.com> wrote:
> On Wednesday, September 05, 2012 13:21:07 H.J. Lu wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> We should always check dtv before freeing dtv[-1], including in
>> libc.a, since dtv is a static array in libc.a. _dl_initial_dtv
>> is intialized to &static_dtv[1] so that index -1 contains the length.
>> Testd on Linux/x86-64. OK to install?
>
> Could you add a test for the testsuite, please?
Many tests failed statically to due
http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14544
A patch was posted at
http://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2012-09/msg00059.html
I need to apply this before adding a test.
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H.J.