Re: [PATCH v2] nptl_db: Support different libpthread/ld.so load orders (bug 27744)

[Emil Velikov <emil.l.velikov@gmail.com>]

Hi Florian,

On Fri, 16 Apr 2021 at 19:37, Florian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com> wrote:
>
> libthread_db is loaded once GDB encounters libpthread, and at this
> point, ld.so may not have been processed by GDB yet. As a result,
> _rtld_global cannot be accessed by regular means from libthread_db.
> To make this work until GDB can be fixed, acess _rtld_global through
> a pointer stored in libpthread.
>
> The new test does not reproduce bug 27744 with
> --disable-hardcoded-path-in-tests, but is still a valid smoke test.
> With --enable-hardcoded-path-in-tests, it is necessary to avoid
> add-symbol-file because this can tickle a GDB bug.
>
> Fixes commit 1daccf403b1bd86370eb94edca794dc106d02039 ("nptl: Move
> stack list variables into _rtld_global").
>
> ---
> v2: Fixes suggested by Pedro.  The static tests is now actually built
>     and run.
>
Thanks for the prompt fix. Both v1 and v2 fix the issue for me with
gimp and steam.

Feel free to add:
Tested-by: Emil Velikov <emil.velikov@collabora.com>

Are there any plans for glibc 2.33.1 or shall I ask the Arch Linux
maintainers to include this in the package?

Thanks again,
Emil