Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2001 14:32:43 -0500 From: "PSI, Mike Smith" <mlsmith@mitre.org> To: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: _init execs in middle of code Message-ID: <3BF4185B.35A8B872@mitre.org>
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Does anyone know exactly what _init is? An "nm" of my executable lists: 080486a8 ? _init It is the lowest numeric address (before _start and main) so I would assume it is some sort of program initialization code. But when trying to determine the cause of a kernel freeze (caused by my user app), I found that _init is being "called" after quite a bit of code has been executed. I scanned every library known to man and of course all of my objects. I cannot find any symbol reference to _init anywhere so I can only guess it is set up by the linker. HELP! My kernel freezes (every 2nd/3rd execution of the program) so I can't run the debugger on the kernel. However, the freeze condition is very repeatable (happens what appears to be the same point in the execution WHEN it happens) so if I can figure out what _init is, I may have a chance to solve this. Also if _init isn't supposed to be called during a program running, can anyone give a clue as to what stupid programming error could cause this to happen? Thanks Mike Smith (not THE Mike Smith) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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