[PATCH] elf: Remove dead l_need_tls_init static-TLS init path
Adhemerval Zanella Netto
adhemerval.zanella@linaro.org
Tue Jun 9 16:04:06 GMT 2026
On 09/06/26 11:13, Florian Weimer wrote:
> * Adhemerval Zanella:
>
>> @@ -671,16 +641,18 @@ dl_open_worker_begin (void *a)
>> if (mode & RTLD_GLOBAL)
>> add_to_global_resize (new);
>>
>> - /* Install the new modules in the DTV slotinfo and initialise their
>> - static TLS *before* relocation, so an IFUNC resolver firing during
>> - the relocation loop below can reach its DSO's __thread storage via
>> - __tls_get_addr / TLSDESC. Without this, the resolver's TLS access
>> - for a just-loaded module would index into an unallocated DTV slot
>> - and crash. If relocation later fails, the subsequent _dl_close_worker
>> - cleans up these slotinfo entries via remove_slotinfo. */
>> + /* Register the new modules in the DTV slotinfo and bump the TLS
>> + generation counter *before* relocation, so an IFUNC resolver firing
>> + during the relocation loop below can reach its DSO's __thread storage
>> + via __tls_get_addr / TLSDESC. Without this, the new module is not yet
>> + in GL(dl_tls_dtv_slotinfo_list), so the resolver's dynamic-TLS lookup
>> + fails to find it and faults. The static-TLS image itself is copied
>> + lazily on first access; for the initial-exec model the static-TLS
>> + offset is reserved inline during relocation (see
>> + _dl_try_allocate_static_tls), not here. If relocation later fails,
>> + the subsequent _dl_close_worker cleans up these slotinfo entries via
>> + remove_slotinfo. */
>> if (any_tls)
>> - /* FIXME: This calls _dl_update_slotinfo, which aborts the process
>> - on memory allocation failure. See bug 16134. */
>> update_tls_slotinfo (new);
>
> Is the FIXME truly gone?
No, BZ 16134 is not fixed, only relocated. That lazy path still aborts:
__tls_get_addr -> _dl_update_slotinfo -> _dl_resize_dtv -> oom
Per:
elf/dt-tls.c
921 /* Resizing the dtv aborts on failure: bug 16134. */
922 dtv = _dl_resize_dtv (dtv, max_modid, THREAD_SELF);
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