[Bug runtime/9928] New: Configuring latest snapshot on RHEL4.x fails with 'error: __thread support required'

[Bug runtime/9928] New: Configuring latest snapshot on RHEL4.x fails with 'error: __thread support required'

[kamalesh at linux dot vnet dot ibm dot com]

Build fails while trying to build the latest systemtap snapshot
(820e7ac7a68952d88cc8ff702f18e8c4b7eae822), the configure reported following error

checking whether yytext is a pointer... yes
checking for gcc with C99 support... yes
checking for __thread support... no
configure: error: __thread support required


build-elfutils/config.log
--------------------------
configure:4044: checking for __thread support
configure:4077: gcc -o conftest -fpic -g -O2  -shared -Wl,-z,defs,-z,relro 
-Wl,--enable-new-dtags,-rpath,${exec_prefix}/lib/systemtap conftest.c  >&5
/tmp/ccIxYbGJ.o(.text+0x24): In function `foo':
/tmp/systemtap/systemtap/src/build-elfutils/conftest.c:13: undefined reference
to `__tls_get_addr'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
configure:4084: $? = 1
configure: failed program was:
| /* confdefs.h.  */
| #define PACKAGE_NAME "Red Hat elfutils"
| #define PACKAGE_TARNAME "elfutils"
| #define PACKAGE_VERSION "0.140"
| #define PACKAGE_STRING "Red Hat elfutils 0.140"
| #define PACKAGE_BUGREPORT "http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/"
| #define PACKAGE "elfutils"
| #define VERSION "0.140"
| #define MODVERSION "Build on gekko-lp3.ltc.austin.ibm.com
2009-03-06T04:00:49-0500"
| #define YYTEXT_POINTER 1
| /* end confdefs.h.  */
| #undef __thread
| static __thread int a; int foo (int b) { return a + b; }
| int
| main ()
| {
| exit (foo (0));
|   ;
|   return 0;
| }
configure:4106: result: no
configure:4109: error: __thread support required

# gcc -v
Reading specs from /usr/lib/gcc/ppc64-redhat-linux/3.4.6/specs
Configured with: ../configure --prefix=/usr --mandir=/usr/share/man
--infodir=/usr/share/info --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix
--disable-checking --with-system-zlib --enable-__cxa_atexit
--disable-libunwind-exceptions --enable-java-awt=gtk --host=ppc64-redhat-linux
--build=ppc64-redhat-linux --target=ppc64-redhat-linux --with-cpu=default32
Thread model: posix
gcc version 3.4.6 20060404 (Red Hat 3.4.6-10)


When it was build using the gcc4/g++4, the configure reported following failure

configure:2904: checking for C compiler default output file name
configure:2926: /usr/bin/gcc4 -g -O2 -fstack-protector-all -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 
 -Wl,--enable-new-dtags,-rpath,${exec_prefix}/lib/systemtap conftest.c  >&5
/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lssp_nonshared
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
configure:2930: $? = 1
configure:2968: result:
configure: failed program was:
| /* confdefs.h.  */
| #define PACKAGE_NAME "Red Hat elfutils"
| #define PACKAGE_TARNAME "elfutils"
| #define PACKAGE_VERSION "0.140"
| #define PACKAGE_STRING "Red Hat elfutils 0.140"
| #define PACKAGE_BUGREPORT "http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/"
| #define PACKAGE "elfutils"
| #define VERSION "0.140"
| #define MODVERSION "Build on gekko-lp3.ltc.austin.ibm.com
2009-03-06T04:09:27-0500"
| /* end confdefs.h.  */
|
| int
| main ()
| {
|
|   ;
|   return 0;
| }
configure:2974: error: in `/tmp/systemtap/systemtap/src/build-elfutils':
configure:2977: error: C compiler cannot create executables

# /usr/bin/gcc4 -v
Using built-in specs.
Target: ppc64-redhat-linux5E
Configured with: ../configure --prefix=/usr --mandir=/usr/share/man
--infodir=/usr/share/info --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix
--enable-checking=release --with-system-zlib --enable-__cxa_atexit
--disable-libunwind-exceptions --with-gxx-include-dir=/usr/include/c++/3.4.3
--enable-libgcj-multifile --enable-languages=c,c++,java,f95
--enable-java-awt=gtk --disable-dssi
--with-java-home=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.4.2-gcj-1.4.2.0/jre
--host=ppc64-redhat-linux5E --build=ppc64-redhat-linux5E
--target=ppc64-redhat-linux5E --with-cpu=default32
Thread model: posix
gcc version 4.1.2 20071124 (Red Hat 4.1.2-42)


We tried configuring it, without ssp

 ./configure --with-elfutils=${PWD}/../../elfutils-*/ --disable-ssp

and build-elfutils/config.log reported following failure.

configure:4044: checking for __thread support
configure:4077: /usr/bin/gcc4 -o conftest -fpic -g -O2  -shared
-Wl,-z,defs,-z,relro  -Wl,--enable-new-dtags,-rpath,${exec_prefix}/lib/systemtap
conftest.c  >&5
conftest.c: In function 'main':
conftest.c:17: warning: incompatible implicit declaration of built-in function
'exit'
/tmp/cc0tNqjJ.o(.text+0x24): In function `foo':
/tmp/systemtap/systemtap/src/build-elfutils/conftest.c:13: undefined reference
to `__tls_get_addr'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
configure:4084: $? = 1
configure: failed program was: 
| /* confdefs.h.  */
| #define PACKAGE_NAME "Red Hat elfutils"
| #define PACKAGE_TARNAME "elfutils"
| #define PACKAGE_VERSION "0.140"
| #define PACKAGE_STRING "Red Hat elfutils 0.140"
| #define PACKAGE_BUGREPORT "http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/"
| #define PACKAGE "elfutils"
| #define VERSION "0.140"
| #define MODVERSION "Build on gekko-lp3.ltc.austin.ibm.com
2009-03-06T04:13:26-0500"
| #define YYTEXT_POINTER 1
| /* end confdefs.h.  */ 
| #undef __thread
| static __thread int a; int foo (int b) { return a + b; }
| int
| main ()
| {
| exit (foo (0));
|   ;
|   return 0;
| }
configure:4106: result: no
configure:4109: error: __thread support required

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           Summary: Configuring latest snapshot on RHEL4.x fails with
                    'error: __thread support required'
           Product: systemtap
           Version: unspecified
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: runtime
        AssignedTo: systemtap at sources dot redhat dot com
        ReportedBy: kamalesh at linux dot vnet dot ibm dot com


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[Bug runtime/9928] Configuring latest snapshot on RHEL4.x fails with 'error: __thread support required'

[fche at redhat dot com]

------- Additional Comments From fche at redhat dot com  2009-03-06 14:27 -------
Note that it is building a bundled modern elfutils that causes this error,
not systemtap per se.  Elfutils versions older than 2009-01 (0.139) should
not require __threads / TLS support in gcc.


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[Bug runtime/9928] Configuring latest snapshot on RHEL4.x fails with 'error: __thread support required'

[roland at gnu dot org]

------- Additional Comments From roland at gnu dot org  2009-03-06 20:34 -------
You need elfutils-portability.patch for systems older than ~RHEL5.

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[kamalesh at linux dot vnet dot ibm dot com]

------- Additional Comments From kamalesh at linux dot vnet dot ibm dot com  2009-03-10 06:50 -------
(In reply to comment #1)
> Note that it is building a bundled modern elfutils that causes this error,
> not systemtap per se.  Elfutils versions older than 2009-01 (0.139) should
> not require __threads / TLS support in gcc.
> 
The build was successful, with Elfutils-0.138.

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------- Additional Comments From kamalesh at linux dot vnet dot ibm dot com  2009-03-10 06:51 -------
(In reply to comment #2)
> You need elfutils-portability.patch for systems older than ~RHEL5.

While trying to apply the patch, there were lots of rejects.

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[fche at redhat dot com]

------- Additional Comments From fche at redhat dot com  2010-08-16 22:12 -------
We need to note use of elfutils 0.139 or earlier (or else the per-release
portability patch).
commit fffc971

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