Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2004 12:47:19 -0500 (EST) From: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> To: Alfred Perlstein <alfred@freebsd.org> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: fix for libpthread Message-ID: <20040303124601.R26892@shumai.marcuscom.com> In-Reply-To: <20040303105149.GH56622@elvis.mu.org> References: <20040303061144.GE56622@elvis.mu.org> <404592F5.1060206@freebsd.org><20040303105149.GH56622@elvis.mu.org>
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On Wed, 3 Mar 2004, Alfred Perlstein wrote: > * Alfred Perlstein <alfred@freebsd.org> [040303 02:46] wrote: > > * David Xu <davidxu@freebsd.org> [040303 00:09] wrote: > > > Alfred Perlstein wrote: > > > > > > >This assertion doesn't seem necessary. Apply to > > > >src/lib/libpthread/thread/thr_spinlock.c > > > > > > > As I saw some reports in the -CURRENT list, the panic is always > > > triggered by mix up > > > of libc_r and libpthread in same program. So to avoid other mysterious > > > crashes, > > > I'd like keep the code there, it is now used to check the problem. > > > > Can you clarify? Without this patch mplayer refuses to work for > > me and crashes at startup. With the patch it runs just fine. > > > > Is there a workaround? > > I sort of see what you are saying: > ~ % ldd `which mplayer` > /usr/local/bin/mplayer: > libpng.so.5 => /usr/local/lib/libpng.so.5 (0x2828e000) > libz.so.2 => /lib/libz.so.2 (0x282b0000) > libfreetype.so.9 => /usr/local/lib/libfreetype.so.9 (0x282bd000) > libncurses.so.5 => /lib/libncurses.so.5 (0x28320000) > libGL.so.1 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libGL.so.1 (0x2835c000) > libXv.so.1 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libXv.so.1 (0x283c9000) > libXext.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libXext.so.6 (0x283ce000) > libX11.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so.6 (0x283dd000) > libpthread.so.1 => /usr/lib/libpthread.so.1 (0x284a5000) > libiconv.so.3 => /usr/local/lib/libiconv.so.3 (0x284c8000) > libintl.so.6 => /usr/local/lib/libintl.so.6 (0x285b7000) > libm.so.2 => /lib/libm.so.2 (0x285bf000) > libc.so.5 => /lib/libc.so.5 (0x285d7000) > libc_r.so.5 => /usr/lib/libc_r.so.5 (0x286a2000) > > I see somehow it got linked against BOTH libpthread and libc_r, > there has to be a way to prevent that sort of bogus linkage > from happening. :( Or at least make it work right when it > does happen... Honestly, as a porter I like the error. It's a tell-tale sign that you're linked against both libraries, and something needs to be fixed. I wouldn't mind it being changed to read, "Hey, you've linked the binary against more than one thread library," but I'll take what I can get. Joe PGP Key : http://www.marcuscom.com/pgp.asc
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